1.For the purpose of facilitating the provision of compatible, interoperable, and continuous real-time traffic information services across the Union, road authorities and road operators shall provide the static road data they collect and update pursuant to Article 8 in a standardised format, if available, or in any other machine readable format.
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 digital map producer or service provider within the Union:
(a)on a non-discriminatory basis;
(b)within a time-frame that ensures the timely provision of the real-time traffic information service;
(c)through the national or common access point referred to in Article 3;
(d)Road authorities, road operators, digital map producers and service providers using the static road data referred to in paragraph 1 shall collaborate in order to ensure that any inaccuracies related to static road data are signalled without delay to the road authorities and road operators from which the data originates.
3.When service providers use static road data referred to in paragraph 1 provided by road authorities and road operators, they shall take into account, as far as possible, any traffic circulation plans developed by the competent authorities.