Scope of EU-CEM

The overall scope of EU-CEM is the evaluation and impact assessment of CCAM systems. However, it is also beneficial for the development or deployment of CCAM when decisions between available alternatives are made based on their potential impacts.

Within the handbook, evaluation is defined as “the systematic process to research the amount, value, quality or consequences of an aspect related to a CCAM system and its use” and impact assessment as “the evaluation addressing the broader implications of the CCAM systems and their use on people and society”.

Five high-level principles were developed for EU-CEM. These principles are presented in the following figure.

Core principles of EU-CEM.

EU-CEM is intended for projects addressing CCAM systems with the following focus:

• Automation in road transport of people and goods, covering all motor vehicle categories (specifically cars, trucks, shuttles, buses) and private, shared, and public transport
• Higher-level driving automation (SAE level 3 and higher), with and without connectivity
• Use cases on public roads, automated driving systems with a specified operational design domain operating in mixed traffic.

Additionally, EU-CEM is suitable for projects that include testing of safety-critical scenarios on test tracks to supplement on-road testing or driving in confined areas where the automated vehicle interacts with humans or non-automated vehicles.