New “Co-operative Systems” working groups progress – Next CEN TC 278 WG 16 Meeting; ISO TC 204 WG 18 created

Date: 9/12/2009

The new European CEN working group for co-operative systems is to hold its next meeting on 8-10 December 2009. Progress of CEN TC 278 Working Group 16 has involved several meetings with other organisations, since the announcement of its creation in March:

• The inaugural meeting was held in London on 9 September, 2009
• A report was given at the CEN TC 278 Convenor and Plenary Meeting on 10-11 September
• A liaison report was delivered at the ISO TC 204 Convenor / Head Of Delegation (C/HOD) Meeting and the ISO TC 204 Plenary Meeting in Barcelona on 17-18 September
• At the ITS World Congress in Stockholm, there were several meetings and discussions with the EC, the US DOT, ERTICO, ITS Japan
• In Brussels on 23 October, discussions were held at a meeting of the ITS Steering Group (ITSSG). ITSSG is a working group of the ICT Standards Board (ICTSB), which is a joint initiative of CEN, CENELEC and ETSI.

Particular focus has been given to discussions with ETSI TC ITS on how to co-operate in fulfilling the demands included in the recent EC Standardisation Mandate to prepare a coherent set of standards, specifications and guidelines to support the implementation and deployment of co-operative systems in Europe, in alignment with the EC ITS Action Plan. A draft document discusses these efforts: “CEN TC278/WG16 and ISO TC204/WG18 Terms of Reference and Preliminary Work Items and CEN, ISO, ETSI-Cooperation in the Field of Cooperative ITS Systems Standardisation”.

The purpose of the meeting on 8 December is to discuss CEN matters, and the meeting on 9-10 December is to be a joint meeting with ISO TC 204 WG 16. Discussions will include the recent creation of a new ISO TC 204 Working Group, WG 18, also called “Co-operative Systems”. See www.isotc204wg16.org/ for further information.

See www.itsradarinternational.info/ for related articles.

ITS Radar International will continue to monitor developments in co-operative systems

Keywords: Cooperative vehicle systems, European Commission, Policy, Standard

Source: CEN