EU: Amendments to annexes of the General Safety Regulation 2 finally adopted
After public consultations, the EU Commission has published a final version of a Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 (General Safety Regulation) to take into account technical progress and regulatory developments concerning amendments to Vehicle Regulations adopted in the context of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
The Regulation aims to take into account the latest technical and regulatory developments at the World Forum for the Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). In this regard, the list of the UN Regulations referred to in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council and contained in Annex I to that Regulation should be updated by including references to new UN Regulations and respectively to new series of amendments of existing UN Regulations.
In addition, Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/2144, containing the list of requirements referred to in Article 4(5) and Article 5(3) of that Regulation, should be complemented with references to the regulatory acts, adopted pursuant to that Regulation following its adoption and entry into force. In particular, reference is needed to the regulatory acts as regards the advanced emergency braking for pedestrian and cyclist, the pedestrian and cyclist collision warning, the blind spot information system, the emergency lane-keeping assistance, the reversing detection, the emergency stop signal, the event data recorder.
Since the publication of GSR 2 in 2019, the UNECE WP.29 also adopted several new regulations, which the Union acceded to and apply on a compulsory basis. In particular, those are UN Regulation No 145, UN Regulation No 148, UN Regulation No 149, UN Regulation No 150, UN Regulation No 151, UN Regulation No 152, UN Regulation No 153, UN Regulation No 155, UN Regulation No 157, UN Regulation No 158, UN Regulation No 159, UN Regulation No 161, UN Regulation No 162 and UN Regulation No 163. Now, they all have been listed in GSR 2.
To get the final text of the Delegated Regulation or to find out more about the General Safety Regulation or the EU vehicle type approval system, do not hesitate to contact the Institute for Global Automotive Regulatory Research.