Accessibility, exchange and re-use of data on infrastructure
Article 4
1. For the purpose of facilitating the provision of compatible, interoperable, and continuous real-time traffic information services across the Union, road authorities, road operators, tolling operators and recharging and refuelling-related stakeholders shall provide the data on infrastructure listed in the Annex they collect in a standardised format such as the INSPIRE data specification on transport networks, TN-ITS (CEN/TS17268 and subsequently upgraded versions) or DATEX II (EN 16157, CEN/TS 16157 and subsequently upgraded versions). Any update to this data shall be carried out pursuant to Article 8. If additional or alternative standards are to be defined, the following conditions shall apply: — Member States shall cooperate in order to define these additional or alternative standards; — digital machine-readable formats shall be compatible with existing standards referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph. 2. The data referred to in paragraph 1 and the corresponding metadata including information on the quality thereof shall be accessible for exchange and re-use by any data user within the Union: (a) on a non-discriminatory basis; (b) following minimum quality requirements that Member States shall agree upon in cooperation with relevant stakeholders; (c) within a time-frame fitting to the reliable and effective use of the data to create real-time traffic information; (d) via the national or common access point referred to in Article 3. 3. Data users using the data referred to in paragraph 1 and data holders shall collaborate in order to ensure that any inaccuracies related to the data are signalled without delay to the data holder from which the data originates.