http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/eur/2015/562

Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/562

of 8 April 2015

amending Regulation (EU) No 347/2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with respect to type-approval requirements for certain categories of motor vehicles with regard to advanced emergency braking systems

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor1, and in particular Article 14(1)(a) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 is a separate Regulation for the purposes of the type-approval procedure provided for by Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council2.

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 lays down basic requirements for the type-approval of motor vehicles of categories M₂, M₃, N₂ and N₃ with regard to the installation of advanced emergency braking systems (AEBS). It is necessary to set out the specific procedures, tests and requirements for such type-approval.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 lays down a general obligation for vehicles of categories M₂, M₃, N₂ and N₃ to be equipped with an AEBS.

(4)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 347/20123 lays down the specific procedures, tests and requirements for the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to AEBS, and provides for the implementation of those requirements in two stages. As part of the first stage, certain new vehicle types were to be subject, as of 1 November 2013, to approval level 1. As part of the second stage, those vehicle types, together with certain other vehicle types that had not been subject to approval level 1, would be required to obtain approval level 2, entailing compliance with further and more extensive requirements. Regulation (EU) No 347/2012 further provided that approval level 2 would be implemented as of 1 November 2016 for new vehicle types.

(5)

The time-frame for the implementation of approval level 2 was set to ensure there would be sufficient lead-in time for gaining further experience with AEBS systems and to enable further technical developments in this field. In addition, the time-frame was intended to enable the Commission to take account of international harmonised performance and test requirements that the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) was to adopt with respect to the types of vehicle of the categories covered by UN Regulation No 131 relating to AEBS.

(6)

It was therefore envisaged that the Commission would adopt, no later than two years before the implementation date for approval level 2, the warning and braking activation test criteria for types of vehicle of category M₂ and of category N₂ with a gross vehicle mass equal to or less than 8 tonnes, taking into consideration the further developments at UNECE level on this issue.

(7)

UNECE has specified the target speed value applicable for the moving target scenario in approval level 2 for the testing of types of vehicles of category M₂ and of category N₂ with a maximum mass not exceeding 8 tonnes. The target speed values have been set conservatively, so as to allow for further experience with AEBS systems to be gained and to enable further technical developments in this field for the vehicle types concerned.

(8)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Technical Committee — Motor Vehicles,

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