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European Commission Initiatives

… on RFID and the Internet of Things

Dr Florent Frederix

Head of Sector RFID

European Commission

ETSI Workshop on RFID and The Internet Of Things, 3rd and 4th December 2007

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Content

The Cluster of European RFID projects (CERP)

RFID standards mandate

RFID policy actions

RFID and international cooperation

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<Insert Your logo> The cluster of RFID projectsRunning projects addresssing RFID applications (1/2007)

AMI-4-SMEATB Bremen

STREP

CoBIsSAP

STREP

DYNAMITEVTT

STREP

CE-RFIDMetro

CA

CONCLOREBIBA

STREP

BRIDGEGS1

IP

SMMARTTURBOMECA

IP

MinAMiSTMicroelectronics

IP

PABADIS’PROMISEUni Magdeburg

STREP

Indisputable KeySveriges Provnings

IP

StoLPaNMotorolaSTREP

PROMISESintef

IP

STOPSAP

STREPTraSer

MTA SztakiSTREP

PRIMEIBMIP

SMARTIntrasoftSTREP

POLYAPPLYSTMicroelectronics

IP

OpTagInnovision

STREP

Traceability of livestock

JRC

EMF-NETPhilipsSTREP

U-2010Uni Luxembourg

IP

SecurityBusiness

environments

Technology

Health

CoordinationProduct Life-cycle

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Description of CERP Projects (1)

AMI-4-SME Ambient Intelligence Technology for Systemic Innovation in Manufacturing SMEs

Improving business processes especially of SMEs based on “ambient intelligence” ideas

BRIDGE Building Radio Frequency Identification in the Global Environment

Developing and implementing tools to enable the deployment of EPCglobal applications in Europe

CE-RFID Coordinating European Efforts for Promoting the European Value Chain

Aims at improving the conditions of competition for RFID technology and its further development in Europe and at reinforcing the political environment of RFID at European level

CoBIs Collaborative Business Items

Closing the gap between networked embedded systems technologies and their application in large-scale business processes and enterprise systems (Oil and Gas Industry)

Dynamite Dynamic Decisions in Maintenance

Setting up an infrastructure for global e-maintenance to allow mobile monitoring of machinery and processes (Industrial Machinery Maintenance)

Indisputable Key

Developing a methodology and advanced technologies that improve the use of wood and that optimize forest production through the chain of transformation, minimizing environmental impacts (Forrest Industry)

PRIME Privacy and Identity Management for Europe

Project validating scientific and research results, aiming at developing a prototype of a privacy-enhancing Identity Management System to foster market adoption, solutions for managing identities will be demonstrated in real-world scenarios

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<Insert Your logo> Description of CERP Projects (2)

PROMISE Product orientated manufacturing systems including RFID technology

Development of applications to improve life-cycle management of products to allow tracking and tracing and to improve production, management and monitoring systems

SMART Intelligent Integration of Supply Chain Processes and Consumer Services based on Unique Product Identification in a Networked Business Environment

Use of a distributed software-architecture and innovative electronic services, capitalizing on existing infrastructures and standards, to allow real time information sharing among supply chain partners as well as information services to customers

SMMART System for Mobile Maintanance Accessible in Real Time

Concept to answer the maintenance challenges of the transport industry (aeronautics, road transport, marine transport) by providing up-to-date information to assist the mobile workers in all their tasks wherever they operate

StoLPaN Store Logistics and Payment with NFC

StoLPaN examines the potential for bringing together the new kind of local wireless interface, NFC and mobile communication (Retail, E-Cash, Access, Ticketing)

SToP Stop tampering of products

Solutions for the authentication of products based on RFID and related ambient intelligence technologies

TraSer

Open source project developing, testing, and documenting innovative open-source tracing and tracking solutions for products and product data of companies in changing networks

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Description of 2008 CERP Projects

ASPIRE Advanced Sensors and lightweight Programmable middleware for Innovative Rfid Enterprise applications

Innovative, programmable, royalty-free, lightweight and privacy friendly middleware.

GRIFS Global RFID Interoperability Forum for Standards Support action for global RFID-related standardisation activities, involving in particular organisations from Europe, China, Japan, Korea and USA.

Objective of the project is to maximize the consistency of global standards.

CASAGRAS Support action for global RFID related activities and standardisation CASAGRAS aim is to provide a standards and regulatory framework to assist in business and enterprise development where attention of RFID from an

international standpoint is required.

Cuteloop Customers in the loop

isurf An Interoperability Service Utility for Collaborative Supply

Chain Planning across Multiple Domains Supported by RFID Devices

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RFID standards mandate

Why do we need standards and interoperability?

What can be the topic of a mandate? Identifiers Applications Privacy enhancing technology Frequency spectrum

The global picture

The RFID standards mandate

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Interoperability and standards, why?

Closed vs. open systems Up to now, RFID usage has been confined to close system usage Expected potential can only be realised in an open system approach

Role of the Commission Stimulate/support global harmonisation of RFID standards Contribute to set RFID standards

Role of Industry Actively participate in global standardisation activities

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Interoperability and standards

Unique identifiers EPC - Global ITU ? Open systems U-code, ….

Open standards - Application domains ? Transport Pharmaceutical Financial ….

STAN

DAR

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Privacy: Dangerous deployment scenario?

Will privacy laws stop the RFID 'big brother' effect?

Privacy ?

STAN

DAR

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1. Build in privacy compliance Define minimal level of needed PET Invest in new secure technologies Define certification and/or ‘security seal’

2. EU’s legal framework The Data Privacy and ePrivacy directive Reports of “Working Party 29”

3. Enforce legal framework

Privacy: A save deployment scenario?

Will privacy laws stop the RFID 'big brother' effect?

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Spectrum allocation Reallocating spectrum is a long process Consensus exists in Europe to promote a

globally harmonised spectrum EC decision on UHF spectrum harmonisation

meets today’s requirements Sufficient for initial RFID deployment Future adoption

Longer term spectrum requirementshave to be explored now Industry offered already their help for the analysis

Frequency spectrum

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Ubiquitous Ubiquitous

SDMMC

E-TowerGame Machine

Telephone

PC

DVD

Audio

TVSTBDVC Map Information

IC Card

SDMMC

SDMMC

SIM

♪Digitalcontents

Intranet Information

PersonalInformation

Car/Railway Mobile Office/Factory

Home Outdoor Street/Shop

Public expectation

The global picture

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<Insert Your logo> RFID standards mandate

Best possible timing

03 2008

Contractstart

Request for quotationto 3 ISOs

Waiting for decision

of responsiblecommittee

10 2007

Editing ofstandardisation

mandate

09 2007.

TranslationEN/FR/GE

01 2008.11 2007 12 200707 2007 08 2007

Preparing mandate content

Contact: Antonio Conte – DG ENTR

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RFID policy: Need for Legal Certainty

Data protection, privacy and securityData protection, privacy and security Guidance on practical implementation of RFID under existing legal

framework Governance of resourcesGovernance of resources

Model of an information retrieval network for RFID tags in the emerging “Internet of Things”

Radio spectrumRadio spectrum Short-term and longer-term spectrum requirements

StandardsStandards Working towards international standards Working towards European standards

Environment and healthEnvironment and health Raising public awareness of existing legal framework

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Actions at European Level: A threefold strategy

Technology development ICT-FP7 (RFID in 4 ‘challenges’ out of 7) Cluster of European Research Projects (CERP)

Awareness and multi-stakeholder debate RFID Expert Group: from June 2007 to March 2009

Regulatory measures Self-regulation

• Codes of conduct and exchange of best practices on data security and privacy aspects of various RFID applications

Legislation• Recommendation to public authorities (2007)

• Input from RFID Expert Group, “Art. 29 WP”, other initiatives • Further possible legislative steps (after 2008)?

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Key Milestones

28 June 2007 Establishment of RFID Expert (Stakeholder) Group

• Balanced representation of all relevant interests May 2008

Recommendation • Principles that public authorities and other stakeholders should apply wrt RFID usage

Amendment of ePrivacy Directive• Add appropriate provisions wrt RFID

By end of 2008 Communication about the future embedded, networked RFIDs (“Internet of Things”)

• Particular attention to security, privacy, trust, governance • Assessment of policy options, incl. legislation

2006 – 2008 International dialogue

• USA, Japan, China, Korea, Russia…

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EU Institutional Roadmap European Parliament

Participation of MEPs in RFID Events “STOA Experience” Exhibition, Strasbourg, 18-21 May (

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/stoa/events/workshop/2007_experience/default_en.htm)

German ‘European Policy Outlook RFID’ document

Council of the EU Competitiveness Council 22-23 November TTE Council, 29-30 November

Portuguese Presidency of the EU Conference “RFID: The next step to the Internet of Things”, Lisbon, 15-16 November (

http://www.rfid-outlook.pt/)

European Economic & Social Committee Exploratory Opinion adopted on 11 July

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Data protection and security recommendation roadmap

Dec 07

Jan 08

Fev 08

Mar 08

Apr 08

May 08

Public Consultation

Impact Assessment

Inter-Service Consultation

Adoption

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RFID and international cooperation RFID EU-US lighthouse project

Action plan endorsed by US federal government & EU Commission

Governmental dialogue China (2005) Japan (2006) South Korea (2007)

FP7 thematic networks GRIFS:

• GS1 / ETSI / CEN• ASIA, EUROPE, US

CASAGRAS:• AIM UK / Univ of Tokyo / U-it (Seoul) / Univ of London / NRC (US)• Awareness raising

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More information

http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/rfid/index_en.htm

http://www.rfid-outlook.pt/ http://www.rfid-outlook.de

http://www.rfidconsultation.eu/

http://www.rfid-in-action.eu/cerp

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/

Florent.frederix@ec.europa.eu