Legal provisions of COM(2013)315 - Deployment of the interoperable EU-wide eCall

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dossier COM(2013)315 - Deployment of the interoperable EU-wide eCall.
document COM(2013)315 EN
date May 15, 2014

Contents

Article 1

1. Member States shall deploy on their territory, at least six months before the date of application of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system and amending Directive 2007/46/EC and in any case no later than 1 October 2017, the eCall PSAP infrastructure required for the proper receipt and handling of all eCalls, if necessary purged of non-emergency calls, in accordance with the specifications laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) No 305/2013, in order to ensure the full functionality, compatibility, interoperability, continuity and conformity of the interoperable EU-wide eCall service.

2. Paragraph 1 is without prejudice to the right of each Member State to organise its emergency services in a way which is most cost-effective and most appropriate to its needs, including the ability to reject calls that are not emergency calls and might not be handled by eCall PSAPs, in particular in the case of manually triggered eCalls.

This paragraph and paragraph 1 are without prejudice to the right of each Member State to allow private organisations recognised by it to deal with the receipt and handling of some or all eCalls, in accordance with the specifications laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) No 305/2013.

3. Member States shall ensure that data transmitted via the eCall service are used exclusively for the attainment of the objectives of this Decision.

Article 2

Member States shall ensure that the handling of eCalls is provided free of charge to users of the EU-wide eCall service.

Article 3

By 24 December 2015, Member States shall report to the Commission on the state of implementation of this Decision. In their reports, they shall include at least the list of competent authorities entrusted with the assessment of the conformity of operations of the eCall PSAPs with the requirements listed in Article 3 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 305/2013, the list and geographical coverage of the eCall PSAPs, the description of the conformance tests and the description of the privacy and data protection protocols.

Article 4

Member States shall ensure that eCalls can originate from anywhere in their territory, provided there is at least one public mobile wireless communications network available.

Article 5

This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.