A Connecting Europe Success Story
eJustice and cross-border collection of traffic penalties
Every summer, France attracts millions of visitors from all over the world as a holiday destination. While the increase in tourism brings a welcome boost to the economy, one of the drawbacks is an increase in traffic violations and road-related casualties.
With the number of casualties and incidents on the road steadily increasing each year, the French National Agency for Automated Offence (Antai) were compelled to take action.
eCODEX and tracking drivers across borders
In response to the climbing rate of traffic incidents, Antai collaborated with the Dutch Fine Collecting Agency (CJIB) to build a solution to improve cross-border fine collection.
The two European traffic authorities recognised the need for a platform that would enable a fast, secure and reliable exchange of data related to traffic offences across different jurisdictions. It had to be interoperable and able to accept electronic identities in all Member States involved.
They delivered on that with the successful launch of eCODEX; the eJustice Communication via Online Data Exchange. eCODEX allows European cross-border access to justice for citizens, businesses and legal authorities within the EU. eCODEX set the foundations for eDelivery; a CEF building blocks that can be reused on any European project requiring secure data exchange between entities and across borders. The co-development of CEF eDelivery and eCodex ensured and continues to ensure the opportunities for cross-domain operations. Reusing the building blocks also minimizes costs for further development.
eCodex piloted from 2010 to 2016, establishing a digital exchange infrastructure for the European Justice domain that enabled both Member States to exchange traffic penalty data. To date, the platform has been updated to comply with eID regulation for electronic identification transactions in the EU.
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