Specific obligations of manufacturers
Article 5
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 the United Kingdom, an eCall to the ... 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 ... 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 GB 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 Chapter XIV of Regulation (EU) 2018/858.
8
The Secretary of State may make regulations establishing the detailed technical requirements and tests for the GB type-approval of vehicles in respect of their 112-based eCall in-vehicle systems and the GB type-approval of 112-based eCall in-vehicle systems, components and separate technical units.
The 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:
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
... standards relating to the eCall system
specified 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
United Kingdom
has acceded.
Notwithstanding 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
The 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.
Substituted 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).
Words 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)
Words 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)
Word 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)
Words 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)
Words 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)
Words 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)
Words in Art. 5(8) 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)(iii)
Word 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)
Words 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)
Words 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)
Words in Art. 5(9) 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)(e)
Words in Art. 5(8) inserted (3.7.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/661), regs. 1(2), 6(2)(a)(ii)
Art. 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)