Regulations and Policies Map

France

Testing infrastructure

All infrastructures. AD technologies for passenger cars cannot be tested in roads/streets for public transport only.

Procedure description

« Demande d’autorisation d’expérimentation de véhicule à délégation de conduite sur des voies ouvertes à la circulation publique »

Organisation(s) in charge

• Ministry of Ecological Transition and Solidarity (in charge of Transport)
• Ministry of domestic affairs (in charge of Traffic Safety)
• Ministry of Economy and Finance

Belgium

Testing infrastructure

Information not available.

Procedure description

Code of Practice for testing in Belgium.

Organisation(s) in charge

• Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport – DG Road Transport and Road Safety
• Flemish Ministry of Mobility and Public Works
• Brussels Regional Public Service Mobility
• Walloon Regional Public Service – DGO 1 Roads and Buildings

Germany

Testing infrastructure

• “Digitales Testfeld Autobahn”
• DLR Application Platform for Intelligent Mobility
• “Testfeld Autonomes Fahren”
• “Digitales Testfeld Dresden”
• “ITS Test site Merzig”
• Test site Aldenhoven
• Test field “simTD”, ITS G5
• C-Roads test field Germany
• Test site Düsseldorf

Procedure description

Straßenverkehrs-Zulassungs-Ordnung

Organisation(s) in charge

• Federal Motor Transport Authority

Czech Republic

Testing infrastructure

No dedicated infrastructure for testing of automated vehicles on public roads.

Procedure description

A formal application has to be submitted.

Organisation(s) in charge

• Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic, Road Vehicles Operation Section.

Austria

Testing infrastructure

• Public roads
• Special test environments
• Austrian Light Vehicle Proving Region for Automated Driving
• DigiTrans

Procedure description

Testing automated vehicles on public roads in Austria. Process and procedure

Organisation(s) in charge

• Austrian Federal Ministry for Transportation, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT).
• AustriaTech

Estonia

Testing infrastructure

Information is not available.

Procedure description

Information is not available.

Organisation(s) in charge

• Estonian Road Administration.

Spain

Testing infrastructure

• SISCOGA4CAD test bed.
• Catalonia Living Labs.
• Applus IDIADA
• CTAG
• INTA

Procedure description

Instruction 15/V-113.

Organisation(s) in charge

• Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT)

Finland

Testing infrastructure

• Aurora Snowbox
• Traffic Lab

Procedure description

Testing automated vehicles in Finland

Organisation(s) in charge

• Finnish Transport and communication agency (TRAFICOM)

Greece

Testing infrastructure

Currently there is no dedicated testing infrastructure for automated vehicles

Procedure description

Approval from the local Road Traffic Police department and from the local municipality is needed.

Organisation(s) in charge

• Greek Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure and Networks
• Local Stakeholders
• Public Research or Educational Institute

Hungary

Testing infrastructure

Public roads

Procedure description

5/1990. (IV. 12.) KöHÉM rendelet

6/1990. (IV. 12.) KöHÉM rendelet

Organisation(s) in charge

• Hungarian Ministry of National Development

Ireland

Testing infrastructure

No physical infrastructure on Irish public roads for testing automated vehicles.

Procedure description

No procedures yet

Organisation(s) in charge

The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Italy

Testing infrastructure

Public roads but only in dry run mode.

Procedure description

Art. 98. Circolazione di prova

Organisation(s) in charge

Ministry of infrastructure and transport

Luxembourg

Testing infrastructure

Cross-border test bed between Germany, France and Luxembourg (Highway A13 and A3 for Luxembourg)

Procedure description

A formal application has to be submitted to the Ministry of sustainable development

Organisation(s) in charge

Ministry of infrastructure and transport

Netherlands

Testing infrastructure

All public roads

RDW proving ground

Procedure description

A formal application has to be submitted and it some test assessment steps will be followed.

Organisation(s) in charge

• The Netherlands Vehicle Authority, RDW

Poland

Testing infrastructure

Information not available.

Procedure description

Electromobility and Alternative Fuels’ Act.

Organisation(s) in charge

• Relevant road authority (depending on the proposed route)
• Voivodeship police commander
• Transportation technical supervision
• Secondary parties involved in the consultation (e.g. local community) & safety procedures.

Portugal

Testing infrastructure

• Portugal does not have any specific regulation concerning Automated Driving tests in open roads
• Portuguese government is working with the Spanish one to create conditions for the tests.

Procedure description

No testing procedure exists.

Organisation(s) in charge

• There are not any organisations involved in testing procedures.

Sweden

Testing infrastructure

AstaZero

Procedure description

Ordinance (2017:309).

Organisation(s) in charge

• Swedish Transport Agency

Norway

Testing infrastructure

Public roads

Procedure description

Act on testing of self-driving vehicles.

Organisation(s) in charge

• The Norwegian Public Roads Administration