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 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, XXX   
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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
amending Regulation (EU) 2015/758 of the European Parliament and of the Council as 
regards the standards relating to eCall  
(Text with EEA relevance)   EN 1  EN EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM  
1. CONTEXT  OF THE  DELEGATED  ACT  
Regulation (EU) 201 5/758 of the European Parliament and of the Council1 makes it 
mandatory to  fit a 112-based eCall in -vehicle system in all new categor y M1 and N 1 vehicles 
from 31  March  2018 onward s. The eCall system automatically dials the European emergency 
number 112 in the event of a serious road accident, thus reducing the response time and 
saving lives.  
The eCall  system currently works over 2G/3G circuit -switched cellular networks. However, 
mobi le operators plan to phase out  2G/3G between 2025 and 2030. Therefore, there is an 
urgent need to adapt emergency call systems to the newest 4G/5G packet -switched 
communication networks.  
The Commission is empowered to update the references to the standards  on which the 
technical requirements for the approval of eCall systems are based (Article 5(9) of Regulation 
(EU) 2015/758). The European standardisation organisation  (CEN) recently adopted new 
eCall -related technical specifications based on packet -switched networks.  These technical 
specifications are expected to be transformed into standards in 2025.  
This draft Commission delegated regulation amend s Article 5(8) of Regulation (EU) 
2015/758 by introducing a  reference to the new eCall standard s and technical specifications . It 
also lays down transitional provisions to ensure that , as from a certain date , vehicle 
manufacturers will also equip newly produced  vehicles under existing type -approvals with 
packet -switch eCall systems in order to guarantee that the eCall system in those vehicles will 
be operational after the 2G/3G networks are completely shut down . Finally, it provides 
sufficient lead -time for manufacturers and national authorities to adapt to the new rules.  
2. CONSULTATIONS  PRIOR  TO THE  ADOPTION  OF THE  ACT  
To help prepar e this act, a supporting study  was carried out in 2023 . The study looked , in 
particular , at the eCall short -term evolution , notably the inclusion of packet -switched 
communications , and assessed whether the  cost versus benefit of this development would be 
beneficial to citizens and stakeholders. Stakeholder s were consulted through  an online 
questionnaire , followed by  interviews when extra information and key input  was needed  from 
specific groups/individuals . The ques tionnaire included s pecific questions about costs , and 
responses fed into  the cost-benefit analysis. In total, 74 questionnaires  were completed and 19 
interviews conducted during this part of the study.  
The Commission also consult ed Member State experts  and stakeholders  during  meetings of 
the Motor Vehicles Working Group held on 4  July and 5 October 2023 , which confirmed their 
general support.  
3. LEGAL  ELEMENTS  OF THE  DELEGATED  ACT  
The legal basis of this delegated act is Article 5(9) and Article 6(12) of Regulation (EU) 
2015/758 of the European Parliament and of the Council . 
                                                 
1 OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 77. EN 2  EN COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
amending Regulation (EU) 2015/758 of the European Parliament and of the Council as 
regards the standards relating to eCall  
(Text with EEA relevance)  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union , 
Having regard to  Regulation (EU) 201 5/758 of the European Parliament and of the Coun cil of 
29 April  2015 on type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall in -vehicle 
system based on the 112 service and amending Directive 2007/46/EC1, and in particular 
Article 5(9) and Article 6(12) thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Regulation (EU) 201 5/758 requires  all new types of vehicles of categories M 1 and N 1 
to be equipped with a 112-based eCall in -vehicle system .  
(2) The Commission’s Communication on a Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy2 
identifies the need to adapt the eCall legal framework to new telecommunication 
technologies . 
(3) Regulation (EU) 201 5/758 contains a list of European standards , which the technical 
requirements for the approval of eCall systems  and vehicles equipped with such 
systems a re based on . 
(4) Since the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 201 5/758, t he European Committee for 
Standardisation (CEN) adopted new versions of standard EN 15722 ‘Intelligent 
transport systems — eSafety — eCall minimum set of data (MSD)’ , standard  EN 
16072 ‘Intelligent transport systems — eSafety — Pan-European eCall operating 
requirements’  and standard EN 1 6454 ‘Intelligent transport systems — ESafety — 
Ecall end to end conformance testing’ . That Regulation should therefore be amended 
to include reference s to the new versions of those standards.  
(5) European  standards EN 16062 ‘Intelligent transport systems — eSafety — eCall high 
level application requirements (HLAR) ’ and EN 16454 ‘Intelligent transport systems 
— ESafety — Ecall end to end conformance testing’  are based on eCall working over 
circuit -switched networks  (2G/3G ). Since  mobile network operators plan a gradual 
phasing out of 2G/3G networks between 2025 and 2030  in all Member States , there is 
an urgent need to adapt emergency call in-vehicle systems to the newest packet -
switched communication  networks  (4G/5G ).  
                                                 
1 OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 77.  
2 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European 
Economic and Social Committee and the Committ ee of the Regions ‘Sustainable and Smart Mobility 
Strategy – putting European transport on track for the future’, COM(2020) 789 final of 9.12.2020.   EN 3  EN (6) Two new eCall -related technical specifications  based on packet -switched networks 
have been recently adopted by CEN  in accordance with the procedures laid down in 
Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council3. 
Regulation (EU) 201 5/758 should therefore be amended to include reference to those 
standards.  
(7) To provide Member States, national authorities and economic operators with sufficient 
time to prepare for the implementation of eCall in -vehicle systems based on packet -
switched standards , the date of application of those standards  should be deferred . 
(8) It is necessary to ensure that eCall in -vehicle systems approved after the date of  
application of Regulation (EU) 2015/758 and fitted into new vehicles will continue to 
be operational after the circuit -switched networks are completely shut down in all 
Member States . For this reason , from 1 January 2027, the certificate s of conformity of 
such new vehicles should not be  considered valid for the purpose of Article 48(1) of 
Regulation (EU) 2018/8584 and the vehicles should not be registered  or entered into 
services unless they comply with the technical specifications for the packet -switched 
eCall as referred to in this Reg ulation.   
 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1 
Amendment s to Regulation (EU) 2015/758 
In Article 5(8) , second subparagraph , points (a) to (d) are  replaced by the following:  
‘(a) EN 16072:20 22 ‘Intelligent transport systems — eSafety — Pan-European eCall 
operating requirements’;  
(b) from … [ OP: please insert the date of entry into force of this Regulation ] until 31 
December 2025 EN 16062:2023 ‘Intelligent transport systems — eSafety — eCall 
High Level Application Requirements (HLAP)’; and from 1 January 2026 CEN/TS 
17184:2022 ‘Intelligent transport systems — eSafety — eCall high level application 
protocols (HLAP) using IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) over packet -switched 
networks’;  
(c) from … [ OP: please insert the date of entry into force of this Regulation ] until 31 
December 2025 EN 16454:2023 ‘Intelligent transport systems — eSafety — eCall end 
to end conformance testing’; and from 1 January 2026 CEN/TS 17240:2023 
‘Intelligent transpor t systems — eSafety — eCall end to end conformance testing for 
IMS packet -switched based systems’;’.  
(d) EN 15722:20 20 ‘Intelligent transport systems — eSafety — eCall minimum set of 
data (MSD)’; ’. 
                                                 
3 Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on 
European  standardisation, amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 
94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/23/EC and 
2009/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council De cision 
87/95/EEC and Decision No 1673/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L  316, 
14.11.2012, p.  12). 
4 Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European 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/EC  (OJ L 151, 14.6.2018, p. 1).  EN 4  EN Article 2 
Transitional provisions  
1. With effect from 1  January  2025, national authorities shall not refuse to grant new type 
approval s or extensions of existing approvals for vehicle s, systems, components or separate 
technical units, where th ose compl y with the technical specifications set out in CEN/TS 
17184:2022  and CEN/TS 17240:2023 , if a manufacturer so requests . 
2. With effect from 1  January  2027 , in the case of new vehicles approved after 31  March  2018 
in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/758, which do not comply with the technical 
specifications  set out in CEN/TS 17184:2022  and CEN/TS 17240:2023 , national authorities 
shall consider the certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 
48(1) of Regulation 2018/858.  
Article 3 
Entry into force and application  
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