S.I. No. 757/2005 - European Communities (Interoperability of Electronic Road Toll Systems) Regulations, 2005
European Communities (Interoperability of Electronic Road Toll Systems) Regulations, 2005. | |||||||||
I, Martin Cullen, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) for the purpose of giving effect to Directive No. 2004/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 20041 , hereby make the following regulations: 1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Interoperability of Electronic Road Toll Systems) Regulations 2005. 2. A word or expression which is used in these Regulations and is also used in Directive No. 2004/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 20041 has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning in these Regulations as it has in that Directive. 3. These Regulations do not apply to - | |||||||||
(a) road toll systems for which no electronic means of toll collection exists, | |||||||||
(b) electronic road toll systems which do not need the installation of on-board equipment, and | |||||||||
(c) small, strictly local road toll systems for which the costs of complying with the requirements of these Regulations would be disproportionate to the benefits. 4. All new electronic road toll systems brought into service on or after 1 January 2007 shall, for carrying out electronic toll transactions, use one or more of the following technologies: | |||||||||
(a) satellite positioning, | |||||||||
(b) mobile communications using the GSM-GPRS standard (reference GSM TS 03.60/23.060), | |||||||||
(c) 5,8 GHz microwave technology. 5. For the purposes of the European electronic toll service, road toll operators shall make available to interested users on-board equipment which is suitable for use with and is interoperable and capable of communicating with all electronic systems in service in the Member States using the technologies referred to in Regulation 4 and suitable for use in all types of vehicle. | |||||||||
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