This Recommendation asks all involved parties, such as the industry, professional organisations related to transport to adhere to the updated European Statement of Principles, and the Member States to monitor their application and use. The updated European Statement of Principles (version 2006) summarises the essential safe design and use aspects to be considered for the human machine interface (HMI) for in-vehicle information and communication systems. This 2006 Recommendation and its Annex attached replace the previous 1999 Recommendation and Annex. It recommends: 1) The European vehicle manufacturing and supply industries, which design and/or provide and/or fit in-vehicle information and communication systems, whether original equipment providers or after sales system providers, including importers and nomadic devices suppliers, should comply with the attached updated European Statement of Principles and should enter into a voluntary agreement on this matter within a period of nine months from the publication of this Recommendation; 2) Professional organisations related to transport (e.g. transport companies, vehicle rental companies) should commit to these principles within the same time frame; 3) Member States should monitor activities linked to HMI, disseminate the updated version of the statement of principles towards all relevant stakeholders, encourage them to adhere to these Principles. Where appropriate, they should discuss and co-ordinate their actions through the Commission, the eSafety Forum or other appropriate forums (nomadic devices forum etc); Member States should perform a continuous evaluation and monitoring of the impact of the European Statement of Principles of 2006 and report to the Commission about the dissemination activities carried out as well as the results of the application of the 2006 Principles within a period of 18 months from their publication. (Author/publisher)
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