eSafety Compendium

For that purpose, several actions will need to be undertaken by the Member States and/or thevehicle manufacturing industry in relation to monitoring and reporting at least until thereference date. The modalities of industry data collection, as well as the commitment of allcar manufacturing industry signatories to the overall approach concerning the use of the 24GHz band for SRR applications, are included in the voluntary and publicly-availableMemorandum of Understanding which needs to be signed by manufacturers implementing24 GHz Short-Range Radar systems in the EU before the Decision is adopted by theCommission.Through this MoU, the vehicle manufacturing industry shall publicly commit to providesufficient information to the Member States and to the Commission so as to ensureappropriate monitoring of the implementation of this decision. In order to improve thereliability of data on the use of 24 GHz SRR manufacturers shall also commit to provideVehicle Identification Numbers upon request by Member States or the Commission, to tracesingle vehicles equipped with SRR and to count these vehicles when they are accepted.Where possible, manufacturers shall also provide appropriate model code information in aformat requested by or on behalf of, Member States to allow the easy identification of 24GHzSRR equipped vehicles. The sanction of non-compliance with such undertaking could be theclosing of the 24 GHz band for new SRR. This would be justified by the need to takeanticipatory protective measure for radio services which are entitled to protection againstharmful interference.According to the MoU, its signatories shall select an independent data monitoring andreporting entity (“Reporting Entity”) with the advice of the European Commission, similarlywith the procedure implemented for the monitoring of CO 2 emission. This entity will presentan annual report to the Commission which, without prejudice to the commercial sensitivity ofproprietary information, shall include all the elements specified in the Annex to the Decisionand any other duly-justified information required by the Commission to maintain an adequateoverview on this issue. The Commission will review this report every year, starting with thesituation as at 30 June 2006, and discuss it with the Radio Spectrum Committee.Member States may also decide to quantify and report on the take-up of Short-Range Radarequipment operating in the 24 GHz range on their territory. Possible modalities for suchmonitoring are presented in the next section. If they decide to do so, this data gathering oughtto be carried out on an annual calendar basis and transmitted to the Reporting Entity, togetherwith the total cumulated number of vehicles in circulation on their territory.(8) Possible Modalities to Assist Member States in Direct Monitoring of 24 GHzSRR PenetrationBesides the voluntary approach proposed by industry, monitoring of the number of 24 GHzSRR equipment installed in vehicles in the Community could rely on two Communitydirectives applicable to road vehicles, i.e. Directive 1999/37/EC and Directive 70/156/EEC.Pursuant to Directive of the Council 1999/37/EC on the registration documents for vehicles,Member States may include additional information in Parts I and II of the registrationcertificate to cover SRR equipment. This could in principle be done on a voluntary basis tomonitor the number of registered vehicles with Short-Range Radars operating in the 24 GHzband. Where possible and necessary, the Commission will also consider proposing mandatorymonitoring of 24 GHz SRRs by all Member States through modifications of the relevantannexes of Directive 1999/37/EC. However, mandating the recording of this information onthe registration documents across the EC requires an amendment to Directive 70/156/EEC7