These provisions require manufacturers to contact authorities in territories where features of the ADS can be active in advance of formally applying for approval. The intention is to make receiving authorities aware that an automated vehicle is destined for their territory. An ADS or feature whose ODD includes a geo-fence limiting operation to specific territories is clearly destined for just those territories. A manufacturer is not required to notify authorities in countries where the manufacturer does not intend to sell or operate the ADS or vehicles equipped with the ADS.

Proposal to add a bullet citing Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium (AVSC) Best Practice for ADS Remote Assistance Use Case (Nov. 27, 2023), available at https://avsc.sae-itc.com/publication/avsc-04-2023, which provides detailed explanation of different discrete functions underneath the broader remote operations heading, divided into interactions with vehicles or a fleet of vehicles and interactions with humans, with each then divided into more specific types of functions.