Regulation (EU) 2015/758 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 concerning type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system based on the 112 service and amending Directive 2007/46/EC

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Article 5U.K.Specific obligations of manufacturers

1.Manufacturers shall ensure that all of their new types of vehicle and 112-based eCall in-vehicle systems, components and separate technical units designed and constructed for such vehicles are manufactured and approved in accordance with this Regulation and the delegated and implementing acts adopted pursuant to this Regulation.

2.Manufacturers shall demonstrate that all new types of vehicles are constructed in such a way as to ensure that, in the event of a severe accident, detected by activation of one or more sensors or processors within the vehicle, which occurs in the territory of the [F1the United Kingdom], an eCall to the F2... emergency number 112 is triggered automatically.

Manufacturers shall demonstrate that new types of vehicles are constructed in such a way as to ensure that an eCall to the F2... emergency number 112 can also be triggered manually.

Manufacturers shall ensure that the manual trigger control of the 112-based eCall in-vehicle system is designed in such a way as to avoid mishandling.

3.Paragraph 2 is without prejudice to the right of the vehicle owner to use a TPS eCall in-vehicle system providing a similar service, in addition to the 112-based eCall in-vehicle system, provided that all the following conditions are met:

(a)the TPS eCall in-vehicle system shall comply with the standard EN 16102:2011 ‘Intelligent transport systems — eCall — Operating requirements for third party support’;

(b)manufacturers shall ensure that there is only one system active at a time and that the 112-based eCall in-vehicle system is triggered automatically in the event that the TPS eCall in-vehicle system does not function;

(c)the vehicle owner shall have the right to choose to use the 112-based eCall in-vehicle system rather than a TPS eCall in-vehicle system at all times;

(d)manufacturers shall include information on the right referred to in point (c) in the owner's manual.

4.Manufacturers shall ensure that the receivers in the 112-based eCall in-vehicle systems are compatible with the positioning services provided by the Galileo and the EGNOS systems. Manufacturers may also choose, in addition, compatibility with other satellite navigation systems.

5.Only those 112-based eCall in-vehicle systems, either permanently installed within the vehicle or type-approved separately, which can be tested shall be accepted for the purposes of [F3GB] type-approval.

6.Manufacturers shall demonstrate that, in the event of a critical system failure which would result in an inability to execute a 112-based eCall, a warning will be given to the occupants of the vehicle.

7.The 112-based eCall in-vehicle system shall be accessible to all independent operators for a reasonable fee not exceeding a nominal amount and without discrimination for repair and maintenance purposes in accordance with [F4Chapter XIV of Regulation (EU) 2018/858].

8.[F5The Secretary of State may make regulations] establishing the detailed technical requirements and tests for the [F6GB type-approval] of vehicles in respect of their 112-based eCall in-vehicle systems and the [F6GB type-approval] of 112-based eCall in-vehicle systems, components and separate technical units.

[F7The technical requirements and tests referred to in the first subparagraph shall be based on the requirements set out in paragraphs 2 to 7 and on the available standards relating to eCall, where applicable, including:

[F8(a)EN 16072:2025 ‘Intelligent transport systems — eSafety — Pan-European eCall operating requirements’;

(b)CEN/TS 17184:2022 or EN 17184:2024 ‘Intelligent transport systems — eSafety — eCall high level application protocols (HLAP) using IP multimedia sub-system (IMS) over packet-switched networks’;

(c)CEN/TS 17240:2018 or EN 17240:2024 ‘Intelligent transport systems — eSafety — eCall end to end conformance testing for IMS packet-switched based systems’;

(d)EN 15722:2020 ‘Intelligent transport systems — eSafety — eCall minimum set of data (MSD)’;]

(e)EN 16102:2011 ‘Intelligent transport systems — eCall — Operating requirements for third party support’;

(f)any additional F9... standards relating to the eCall system [F10specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State], or Regulations of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE Regulations) relating to eCall systems to which the [F11United Kingdom] has acceded.]

[F12Notwithstanding the standards specified in items (a) to (d) above, the manufacturer is permitted to conduct testing in accordance with the standards specified in the second column of the Table until the date specified in the third column, and to register those standards until the date specified in the fourth column.

Table

Standard referenced in paragraph 8	Alternative standard	New types may be approved in accordance with the standard specified in column two until the date specified below	For new vehicles approved in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/758 and the standards specified in this table, the Secretary of State shall deem the certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 48(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 from the date specified below
(a)	EN 16072:2015 ‘Intelligent transport systems — eSafety — Pan-European eCall operating requirements’	31 December 2025	N/A
(b)	EN 16062:2015 ‘Intelligent transport systems — eSafety — eCall high level application requirements (HLAR)or EN 16062:2023 ‘Intelligent transport systems — eSafety — eCall end to end conformance testing	31 December 2025	1 January 2027
(c)	EN 16454:2015 ‘Intelligent transport systems — eSafety — eCall end to end conformance testing’ or EN 16454:2023 ‘Intelligent transport systems — eSafety — eCall end to end conformance testing’	31 December 2025	1 January 2027
(d)	EN 15722:2015 ‘Intelligent transport systems — eSafety — eCall minimum set of data (MSD)’	31 December 2025	N/A]

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9.[F14The Secretary of State may make regulations] to update the versions of the standards referred to in paragraph 8 of this Article when a new version is adopted.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Art. 5(2) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 77(5)(a)(i)

F2Words in Art. 5(2) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 77(5)(a)(ii)

F3Word in Art. 5(5) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 77(5)(b)

F4Words in Art. 5(7) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 77(5)(c)

F5Words in Art. 5(8) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 77(5)(d)(i)(aa)

F6Words in Art. 5(8) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 77(5)(d)(i)(bb)

F7Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/79 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) 2015/758 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the exemptions and applicable standards (Text with EEA relevance).

F8Art. 5(8)(a)-(d) substituted (3.7.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/661), regs. 1(2), 6(2)(a)(i)

F9Word in Art. 5(8)(f) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 77(5)(d)(ii)(aa)

F10Words in Art. 5(8)(f) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 77(5)(d)(ii)(bb)

F11Words in Art. 5(8)(f) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 77(5)(d)(ii)(cc)