COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 13 July 2011
adopting guidelines for reporting by the Member States under Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document C(2011) 4947)
(2011/453/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport (1) and in particular Article 15(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 17(1) of Directive 2010/40/EU requires the Member States to submit to the Commission, by 27 August 2011, a report on their national activities and projects regarding the priority areas.
(2)
Article 17(2) of Directive 2010/40/EU requires the Member States to provide the Commission by 27 August 2012 with information on national ITS actions envisaged over the following 5-year period.
(3)
Article 17(3) of Directive 2010/40/EU requires the Member States to report every 3 years following the initial report on the progress made in the deployment of the actions referred to in Article 17(1).
(4)
Article 17(2) of Directive 2010/40/EU also requires guidelines for reporting by the Member States to be adopted.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the European ITS Committee established under Article 15(1) of Directive 2010/40/EU,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The guidelines for reporting by the Member States, as set out in the Annex, are hereby adopted.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 July 2011.