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 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, XXX   
[…](2020) XXX  draft  
 
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
as regards the basic format, structure and the means of exchange of data certificate of 
conformity in electronic format   EN 1  EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
as regards the basic format, structure and the means of exchange of data certificate of 
conformity in electronic format  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union , 
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/ 858 of the Eur opean Parliament and of the Council of 
30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and 
of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles , amending 
Regulations (EC) No 715/2007 and ( EC) No 595/2009 and repealing Directive 2007/46/EC1, 
and in particular Article 37(8) thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) To ensure that Member States have sufficient time to establish the organisation and 
structure of their data network , to enable data supply and reception of the certificates 
of conformity as structured data in electronic format , it is appropriate to designate  the 
European Vehicle and Driving Licence Information System (EUCARIS)2  for the 
exchange of th at data. EUCARIS has been developed by  and for  governmental 
authorities to share vehicle and driving license registration information.  
(2) In order to ensure  that the certificate s of conformity are exchanged in a uniform 
manner and that the data elements and messages they contain are harmonised,  the 
forma t and structure of the data elements of the certificates of conformity should be 
based on Extensible Markup Language (XML) schema structure and principles and the 
manufacturer and the approval authority should use the standardised Initial Vehicle 
Informati on (IVI) messages established by EUCARIS for their exchange as structured 
data in electronic format . 
(3) In order to make it possible for the  approval authority  and the manufacturer to 
implement the amendments to the  data elements for the  certificate of conformity in 
paper format referred to in Article 36(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 in their data 
network  it is necessary to lay down practical arrangements for such amendments . 
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in acc ordance  with the opinion of the  
Technical Committee – Motor Vehicles (TCMV) , 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1   
The means of exchange of data  
 
                                                 
1 OJ L 151, 14.6.2018, p. 1.  
2 Consolidated version of the EUCARIS Treaty concerning a European Vehicle and Driving Licence 
Information System (EUCARIS) including the amendments signed by the Parties on 8 June 2017.  EN 2  EN (1) The manufacturer and the approval authority shall use the European Vehicle and 
Driving Licence Information System ( EUCARIS)  as the means of exchange of data 
of the certificate of conformity as structured data in electronic format referred to in 
point (c) of Article 37(8) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858.  
(2) The manufacturer shall make available  the certificate of conformity  in accordance 
with the format and structure  of the data elements and standardised messages set out 
in Article 2 to any national access point of EUCARIS  of the type-approval authority 
that has granted the whole -vehicle type -approval . 
 
 Article 2 
Basic f ormat and structure of the data elements  and standardised messages  
 
(1) The format and structure of the data elements of the certificate s of conformity in 
electronic format  and the messages used in the exchange , referred to in point (a) of 
Article 37(8) of Regulatio n (EU) 2018/858 , shall be based on Extensible Markup 
Language (XML) schema structure and principles.  
(2) The manufacturer  and the approval authority  shall use the  standardised Initial 
Vehicle Information (IVI)  messages  established by EUCARIS  for the exchange o f 
the certificate s of conformity as structured data in electronic format.  
(3) The IVI message s shall include all  data elements for the certificate of conformity  in 
paper format  referred to  in Article 36(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858.  
 Article 3  
Procedure  for amending the data elements  
 
(1) The Commission shall inform  the central registration authorities of EUCARIS  and 
the Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement (‘the Forum’) referred to in 
Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the amendments to the data elements for  
the certificate of conformity  in paper format referred to  in A rticle 36(1) of 
Regulation (EU) 2018/858 . 
(2) The central registration authorities of  EUCARIS  shall make the necessary 
amendments  referred to in paragraph 1 in the IVI messages  within 3 months of the 
publication date in the Official Journal of the European Union  of the amendments to 
the certificate of conformity  in paper format  referred to  in Article 36(1) of 
Regulation (EU) 2018/858 . 
(3) The central registration authorities of  EUCARIS  shall plan the release date of the 
amended  version of the IVI messages established  in accordance  with paragraph 2  in 
an annual overview and inform the Forum and the Commission  thereof  at the 
beginning of each year . The number of release s of the IVI messages shall be limited 
to two per year . 
(4) The Commission shall inform the Forum of  the amended  version of the IVI messages 
and EUCARIS ’s annual planned release dates . EN 3  EN (5) The approval authority  and the manufacturer  shall implement the  amended  version  of 
the IVI messages in their  respective  systems within 1 2 months of the publication date 
in the Official Journal of the European Union  of the amendments to the certificate of 
conformity  in paper format referred to in Article 36(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 . 
(6) The certifi cate of conformity that the manufacturer makes available in accordance 
with Article 1(2) shall be based on the most recent IVI messages reflecting the  latest 
amendments to the certificate of conformity in paper format referred to in  Article 
36(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 . 
(7) The Commission shall  determine  the dates of application of the amendments  to the 
certificate of conformity  in paper format referred to  in Article 36(1) of Regulation 
(EU) 2018/858  by taking into consideration the  annual planned release dates of the 
IVI message s. 
 
Article 4 
Entry into force  
This Regulation shall enter into force on the  twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union . 
 
This Regulation shall be binding in  its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 The President  
 Ursula von der Leyen