G/TBT/N/EU/771  
22 January 2021  
(21-0668) 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/tbt/e n/  
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):  
Motor  vehicles of categories M and N; Road vehicles in general (ICS 43.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council by la ying down detailed rules concerning the 
specific test procedures and technical requirements for the type -approval of motor 
vehicles with regard to the driver drowsiness and attention warning systems and 
amending Annex II to that Regulation and Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council (7 page(s), in English; 18 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Currently, there are no EURO NCAP (The European New Car 
Assessment Programme) protocols for testing vehicles'  driver drowsiness and attention 
warning (DDAW) systems. The development of such systems is specific to research 
teams, car manufacturers and suppliers, therefore, the provisions of this Regulation cover 
the human machine interface aspect and the environme nt, where the DDAW must warn 
the driver.  
The testing method is based on tests run with human participants, either in a simulated 
environment or in a test vehicle, and the results are a compilation of successful 
drowsiness warnings and failure to warn the driver. This Regulation provides a reference 
scale to be used by manufacturers and technical services to measure driver drowsiness. 
Manufacturers may choose to use alternative measurement methods, in which case the 
process must be duly documented and equiv alence to the reference scale set out in the 
Regulation has to be provided.  
The technical services will assess the technical documentation and the results from the 
tests performed by the manufacturers and may re -run tests on predictable aspect of the 
system. Vehicle manufacturers have to propose at least one test protocol for chec king the G/TBT/N/EU/771  
 
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  capability of the DDAW systems to provide a warning to the driver. The technical services 
will carry out testing in accordance with this test protocol.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This ini tiative lays down the specific test procedures and detailed technical 
requirements for the approval of motor vehicles with regard to the Driver drowsiness and 
attention warning system in accordance with Article 6(6) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 
of the Euro pean Parliament and of the Council. New types of motor vehicles must be 
equipped with DDAW systems from 6 July 2022 and all new motor vehicles - two years 
later. Since the existing technologies are still under development, the test provisions 
cover the hum an machine interface aspect and the environment, where the DDAW must 
warn the driver. It is expected that stakeholders will broadly support the proposal in the 
consultation process; Protection of human health or safety; Other  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Regul ation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
27 November 2019 on type -approval requirements for motor vehicles and their 
trailers, and systems, components and separate technical units intended for such 
vehicles, as regards their ge neral 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  
• The European New Car Assessment Programme   
https://www.euroncap.com/en  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  April 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU (The provisions shall apply from 6 July 2022)  
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 -
databa ses/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/EEC/21_0621_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/EEC/21_0621_01_e.pdf