In accordance with the Article 9(2)(b)(ii) of the CEF Regulation, studies and / or works, related to the following projects will be supported: Intelligent Transport Systems for road (ITS):

• projects related to the deployment and/or upgrade of ITS infrastructure and services in compliance with the priority areas of 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 (OJ L 2017, 6.8.2010, p. 1). This also includes the upgrade of eCall Public safety answering points for receiving and handling eCall, and the upgrade of National Access Points taking into account the recommendations of the CEF projects NAPCORE and Data4PT.
• projects related to deployment of cooperative ITS (C-ITS). Projects must deploy C-ITS stations to provide C-ITS services based on the hybrid communication approach defined in the European C-ITS Strategy (COM (2016) 766 “A European strategy on Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems, a milestone towards cooperative, connected and automated mobility”). In addition:
  • C-ITS deployments should ensure compatibility with the specifications developed by the C-ROADS platform and interoperability with existing C-ITS stations deployed in accordance to those specifications;
  • C-ITS deployments should be in line with Security Certificate Policy for deployment and Operation of  European C-ITS;
  • The project should demonstrate cooperation with the C-Roads Platform.

Priority may be given to proposals that involve implementation in several EU countries.

Where relevant, ITS projects should seek synergies with 5G corridors deployment.

Where relevant, projects should take into account the innovative new technologies and solutions in the fields of smart applications for transport resulting from Horizon Europe activities as well as the re-use of the European Digital Building Blocks.

Intelligent Transport Systems supported under CEF must be accessible for use by all operators on a non discriminatory basis.

This topic focuses on the deployment or upgrade of ITS infrastructure and services and it may include data collection and dissemination that are necessary for these objectives.