Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 28th July 2025.

(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations—

“ Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/79 ” means Commission Delegated of 12 September 2016 establishing detailed technical requirements and test procedures for the GB type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to their 112-based eCall in-vehicles systems, of 112-based eCall in-vehicle separate technical units and components and supplementing and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/79 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the exemptions and applicable standards( Regulation (EU) 2015/758 2 );

“ Commission Delegated as it has effect in EU law Regulation (EU) 2017/79 ” means Commission Delegated of 12 September 2016 establishing detailed technical requirements and test procedures for the EC type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to their 112-based eCall in-vehicles systems, of 112-based eCall in-vehicle separate technical units and components and supplementing and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/79 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the exemptions and applicable standards as it applies under the law of the European Union( Regulation (EU) 2015/758 3 ) on the date that the Road Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 come into force.

Amendment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/79

3.—(1) Commission Delegated is amended as follows. Regulation (EU) 2017/79

(2) In Article 5 (requirements and test procedures for GB type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to the installation of 112-based eCall in-vehicle systems)—

(a)in paragraph 2—

(i)for “shall have to”, substitute “must”;

(ii)for “to”, in the last place it occurs, substitute “must”;

(b)after paragraph 2, insert—

“2A. Where the motor vehicle is fitted with a type of 112-based eCall in-vehicle STU that has been approved in accordance with Article 7 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/79 as it has effect in EU law, the vehicle and its systems must also pass the tests laid down in Annexes II, III and V of this Regulation, and must comply with all relevant requirements laid down in those Annexes.”;

(c)in paragraph 3—

(i)for “shall have to”, substitute “must”;

(ii)for “to”, in the last place it occurs, substitute “must”;

(d)after paragraph 3, insert—

“3A. Where the 112-based eCall in-vehicle system of the motor vehicle comprises one or more components that have been type-approved in accordance with Article 6 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/79 as it has effect in EU law, the vehicle and its system must also pass the tests laid down in Annexes I to VIII of this Regulation and must comply with all relevant requirements laid down in those Annexes. The assessment of whether the system complies with those requirements may however partly be based on the results of the tests referred to in Article 6(3) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/79 as it has effect in EU law.”;

(e)after paragraph 3A, insert—

“4. GB type-approvals referred to in paragraph 1 that are granted before 1 January 2027 must be extended in accordance with the procedure laid down in Annex X.”;

(3) After Annex IX (classes of vehicles referred to in Article 2), insert—

“ANNEX X

Procedure for the extension of GB type-approvals granted in accordance with this Regulation to 112-based eCall in-vehicle systems operating over circuit-switched mobile networks

1.This Annex applies for the purposes of extending GB type-approval of 112-based eCall in-vehicle systems.

2. A vehicle which meets the requirements in paragraph 3 is exempt from the requirement to comply with Article 5(1) so far as it relates to Annex II (full-scale impact assessment) and Annex III (crash-resistance of audio equipment).

3. The requirements referred to in paragraph 2 are as follows.

3.1. The extension of GB type-approval is for modifications made to a component of an eCall in-vehicle system which is designed to facilitate or enable hands-free voice communications between vehicle occupants and an operator.

3.2. The modifications to which the extension relates do not impact any other component of an eCall in-vehicle system.

4. Where an extension of GB type-approval is granted in accordance with this Annex, differences between the modified eCall in-vehicle system and the eCall in-vehicle system as originally type-approved must be documented and explained to the technical service and the appropriate authority.

5. Where a crash test is required for the purpose of extending the GB type-approval of a component of an eCall in-vehicle system other than a component which is designed to facilitate or enable hands-free voice communications between vehicle occupants and an operator, the technical service shall conduct a full-scale impact test assessment in accordance with Annex II and an audio equipment crash resistance assessment in accordance with Annex III.”.