You wrote on 30 October 2007[37] to inform me that Sub-Committee B had cleared the Explanatory Memorandum on the following communication: 13922/07. You also requested assurances that the Government is working with the Commission to ensure the different initiatives are co-ordinated centrally.

  The Commission intends to co-ordinate activities through an ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) deployment plan, the "ITS Roadmap", which is due to be published in summer 2008. It is now consulting with principal stakeholders, including national governments, in order to develop this roadmap. Representatives from the Commission will shortly be visiting the Department for Transport to identify how we can contribute to the roadmap development and officials will have the opportunity to comment on the documentation.

  The final roadmap will form part of a Commission Communication, currently expected to be published in summer 2008.

  Your letter also mentioned some related dossiers which were still under consideration by Sub-Committee B. Separate letters have since been sent to the Committee on the eCall project (EMs 12383/05 and 15932/06), the cleaner vehicles directive (EM 5130/06) and the fuel quality directive (EM 6145/07).

12 March 2008