Regulations and Policies

Connected and automated driving technologies are evolving rapidly, with large-scale deployment anticipated across Europe and beyond. To support this growth, regulatory and policy coordination is essential to avoid confusion among stakeholders and promote a harmonized approach to research, development, testing, and deployment, which ultimately boosting industry confidence.

This section aims to analyze, from multiple perspectives, the regulations and policies emerging across European Member States, and at the international level, related to vehicle automation. 

This section highlights the most relevant initiatives and provides links to detailed information. Regulations and policies are organized into the following three subsections:

1. At EU-Level and Worldwide level:

• Overview of the current status and future regulatory needs, including the legislative basis and key factors for approving automated vehicles on public roads.
• Regulatory frameworks for automated driving functions. Current admittance legislation exists at the EU level and applies primarily to SAE Level 3 and select use cases at SAE Level 4.

2. National regulations (EU, NON-EU)

• Overview of national legislation enabling the testing of connected and automated vehicles.
• These regulations mainly focus on Field Operational Tests (FOTs), including experiments and demonstrations for SAE Level 3 and higher.

3. Guidelines for future EU projects

• Practical guidance for EU-level projects aiming to test automated driving vehicles on public roads across Europe

1. Targeted audience
   
   The Regulations and Policies section targets stakeholders related to organizations working on Automated Vehicles, including academic and research institutions, industry representatives (OEMs, Tech. firms, Telecom. Providers, etc.) and regulating authorities (transport ministries, local authorities, regulation bodies, etc.).
   
2. Short history of the section content and latest updates
   
   All current information and documentation provided in the Regulations and Policies section have been collected from the Horizon 2020 project CARTRE (Coordination of Automated Road Transport Deployment for Europe, 01/10/2016 – 30/09/2018), the ARCADE project (Aligning Research & innovation for Connected and Automated Driving in Europe, 01/10/2018 – 31/07/2022) and also from FAME (Framework for coordination of Automated Mobility in Europe, 01/07/2022 – 30/06/2025). The section will be further enhanced in the CCAMbassador (Connected, Cooperative and Automated MoBility Assessment & Stakeholder Dedicated and Operationalawareness Raising, 01/06/2025-31/05/2028).
   
3. How to contribute in the section
   
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