G/TBT/N/EU/871  
8 February 2022  
(22-0981) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
European Comm ission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tb t/en/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Passenger 
cars and vans (motor vehicles of categories M and N)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Implementing Regulation amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683 
by introducing and updating, in the  templates for the information document, approval 
certificate and certificate of conformity in paper format, the entries as regards vehicle 
safety systems, and adjusting the numbering system for the approval certificates (3 
page(s), in English; 18 page(s),  in English)  
6. Description of content:  The templates for the information document, contained in 
Annexes I and II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683, need to be 
modified to include the information relevant for the approval of vehicles fit ted with 
systems mandated by Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 and the implementing and delegated 
regulations adopted pursuant to it. The respective information has also to be reflected in 
the templates for the type -approval certificate and the certificate of conf ormity in paper 
format. In addition, the numbering system for the type -approval certificates, as laid down 
in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2020/683, has to be adjusted.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The templates of the information document, approval certificate and 
certificate of conformity in paper format are periodically updated to take account of 
regulatory development. This initiative is necessary to ensure consistency in the type -
approval documen ts and in the implementation of the EU vehicle approval legislation.; 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683 of 15 April 2020 implementing 
Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regards to 
the administrative requirements for the approval and market surveillance of motor 
vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units 
intended for such vehicles  
(https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32020R0683&from=EN ) 
Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 
2019 on type -approval requi rements for motor vehicles and their trailers, and systems, 
components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, as regards their 
general safety and the protection of vehicle occupants and vulnerable road users  
(https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019R2144&from=EN ) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  April 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU (The amendments to the certificate of conformity in paper format shall apply from 
1 January 2023)  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
European Commission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
 
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website : http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_1459_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_1459_01_e.pdf