The European Electronic Toll Service (EETS)

GUIDE FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE DIRECTIVE ON THE INTEROPERABILITY OF ELECTRONIC ROAD TOLL SYSTEMS
that non-EETS-related applications or services residing on/making use of the same hardware platform do not affect correct toll
calculations. Relevant design information in that respect shall be communicated to the Toll Charger and the notified body. Where
possible the suitability for use tests shall also cover exception handling and other less usual scenario conditions (robustness).
Suitability for use assessment should pay special attention to the monitoring of performance parameters and the respect of
essential clauses of EETS service level agreements (SLAs), e.g. the correct implementation of toll contexts, security and privacy
protection levels.
A manufacturer can be involved in a suitability for use assessment procedure, as the result of its own initiative or at the request
of another party (EETS Provider, Toll Charger, notified body).
The Toll Chargers shall allow and support suitability for use tests of EETS Providers’ on-board equipment and procedures.
The suitability for use tests:
• should be agreed between the concerned parties, and
• where requested, shall be approved and surveyed by a notified body.
Before assessing the suitability for use in a live operational environment, it is advised to first perform interoperability tests in
validated EETS reference implementations of benchmark EETS domains. Such preliminary suitability for use tests would contribute:
• to minimise the risk of disturbing the operations of a live toll system, and
• to test efficiency by deploying only pre-tested, mature specimens in a live environment.
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Article 5(1) of Decision 2009/750/EC applies where suitability for use tests show that an EETS domain does not comply with the
technical and procedural EETS interoperability conditions of Directive 2004/52/EC and of Decision 2009/750/EC.
4.5. Standards and other normative documents with EETS relevance
This part of the guide lists standards and other normative documents relevant for assessing the conformity to specifications and
suitability for use of EETS interoperability constituents.
Where the EETS European legislation specifically refer to or quote (part(s) of) European standards or other documents, compliance
with those (part(s) of) standards or documents becomes mandatory.
Only those (part(s) of) standards and documents that are strictly necessary to achieve the interoperability of the European electronic
road toll systems are specifically referred to or quoted in, and therefore mandated by, the European legislation. However, various
other standards and documents are also relevant to EETS even though they are not referred to in the legislation. Compliance
with these standards or documents remains voluntary.
The sections below list three groups of documents:
• published standards and other normative documents of mandatory application;
• published standards and other normative documents of voluntary application;
• standards and other normative documents under revision or in development and of voluntary application.
As a general reminder, products manufactured in compliance with harmonised standards (see Section 3.3.2 of Annex 3 to this
guide for a link to harmonised standards and Section 9.1 of Annex 9 for a definition) benefit from a presumption of conformity
with the essential requirements of the corresponding European legislation.
Annex 7 gives a brief description of the European standardisation context.
Annex 8 gives a common definition for the most important terms used in the context of certification.