1.[F2GB type-approval] of a vehicle with regard to the installation of a 112-based eCall in-vehicle system shall be subject to the vehicle and its system passing the tests laid down in Annexes I to VIII and complying with the relevant requirements laid down in those Annexes.
2.Where the motor vehicle is fitted with a type of 112-based eCall in-vehicle STU that has been type-approved in accordance with Article 7, the vehicle and its system [F3must] pass the tests laid down in Annexes II, III and V and [F4must] comply with all relevant requirements laid down in those Annexes.
[F52A.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.]
3.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, the motor vehicle and its system [F6must] pass the tests laid down in Annexes I to VIII and to 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 [F7must] in Article 6(3).
[F83A.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.]
[F94.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.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 5 heading 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), 79(2)
F2Words in Art. 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), 79(2)
F3Word in Art. 5(2) substituted (28.7.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/796), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(a)(i)
F4Word in Art. 5(2) substituted (28.7.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/796), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(a)(ii)
F5Art. 5(2A) inserted (28.7.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/796), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(b)
F6Word in Art. 5(3) substituted (28.7.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/796), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(c)(i)
F7Word in Art. 5(3) substituted (28.7.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/796), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(c)(ii)
F8Art. 5(3A) inserted (28.7.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/796), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(d)
F9Art. 5(4) inserted (28.7.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/796), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(e)