Formal context
The governed information provision by operators of charging and alternative refuelling infrastructure is partly regulated by European directives and associated Delegated Regulations.
On national level additional legal constructs can be in place governing the data provision on a national level. Usually this is further detailing the obligations and/or extending the mandatory elements of which information to provide.
This chapter provides legal context of the dataprovision on EU level. This can be supported or further detailed in national legislation or policies.
Directive on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure
DIRECTIVE 2014/94/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure
ITS Directive
Already in 2010 the EU recognised the need for an better harmonisation and alignment in the development of ITS systems. Therefore the ITS Directive was accepted by the European parliament in order to create a legal basis for delegated regulations, directing the member states towards seamless ITS services. At time this policy was mainly aiming at safety and transport efficiency. In recent years it was recognised that this ITS Directive is also contributing to the new EU policies stemming from The Green Deal.
For IDACS the relevant requirements for the publication of datasets are in priority Action A and B the provision of EU-wide real-time traffic information services and Multi modal travel information services.
Relevant parts of the ITS Directive
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
Article 3 Priority actions
Within the priority areas the following shall constitute priority actions for the development and use of specifications and standards, as set out in Annex I:
\(a\) the provision of EU-wide multimodal travel information services
\(b\) the provision of EU-wide real-time traffic information services
\(c\) data and procedures for the provision, where possible, of road safety related minimum universal traffic information free of charge to users
\(d\) the harmonised provision for an interoperable EU-wide eCall
\(e\) the provision of information services for safe and secure parking places for trucks and commercial vehicles
\(f\) the provision of reservation services for safe and secure parking places for trucks and commercial vehicles
For each of the priority actions the ITS Directive mandates the Commission to propose delegated regulations (having the status of law in the memberstates), further detailing the actions.
Delegated regulation A: provision of EU-wide MMTIS services
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2017/1926 of 31 May 2017 supplementing Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the provision of EU-wide multimodal travel information services
The relevant datasets
In this Delegated Regulation A the following data-categories are defined to provide data about. Based on this the NAP's in each country will enable the distribution of this data via their processes.
1.2. Level of service 2
\(a\) Location search (demand-responsive modes):
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\(iv\) Publicly accessible refuelling stations for petrol, diesel, CNG/LNG, hydrogen powered vehicles, charging stations for electric vehicles
1.3 Level of service 3
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\(b\) Information service (all modes):
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\(iii\) Where how to pay for car parking, public charging stations for electric vehicles and refuelling points for CNG/LNG, hydrogen, petrol and diesel powered vehicles (incl. retail channels, fulfilment methods, payment methods)
Delegated regulation B provision of Real Time Traffic Information
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2015/962 of 18 December 2014 supplementing Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the provision of EU-wide real-time traffic information services, stipulates the following with regard to the relevant datasets
The relevant datasets
In this Delegated Regulation A the following data-categories are defined to provide data about. Based on this the NAP's in each country will enable the distribution of this data via their processes.
Static data
\(j\) location of charging points for electric vehicles and the conditions for their use;
\(k\) location of compressed natural gas, liquified natural gas, liquified petroleum gas stations;
Dynamic data
\(1\) The types of the dynamic road status data include in particular:
\(o\) availability of charging points for electric vehicles;
Those short-term data need not to be included in digital map updates as they shall not be considered as changes of a permanent nature.
From data-category to dataset
With the level of detail of the aforementioned delegated regulations, the requirements for the data-elements to be delivered are still on a functional level.
The IDACS project identified on a higher granularity the information elements in the relevant datasets. These requirements are the minimum dataset that shall be delivered on the European level.
Further details on these datasets can be found in the annex, where also the mapping to the DATEX II standard is provided.
The DATEX II standard supports a wider set of relevant information elements. It is up to the data-provider to extent the number of information elements he can provide. How this can be done is addressed in DATEX II Recommended Service Profiles of this guideline.