G/TBT/N/EU/884  
5 April 2022  
(22-2709) 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/en/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ],3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other  :  
4. Products covered (HS or CC CN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Road 
vehicles in general (ICS code(s): 43.020); Passenger cars, vans trucks and buses (motor 
vehicles of categories M and N)  
5. Title, numb er of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Implementing Regulation laying down rules for the application of Regulation 
(EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards uniform 
procedures and technical spec ifications for the type -approval of fully automated motor 
vehicles with regard to their automated driving system (ADS); (70 page(s), in English), 
(8 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The draft regulation establishes the technical specificati ons, 
assessment and test requirements as well as administrative requirements needed for the 
type-approval of the Automated Driving System of fully automated vehicles in accordance 
with Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 on vehicle general safety.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The purpose of the text is to establish EU harmonised technical requirements 
on the approval of fully automated vehicles as soon as possible to ensure the internal 
market  for these vehicles.  G/TBT/N/EU/884  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  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 technic al units intended for such 
vehicles, amending Regulations (EC) No 715/2007 and (EC) No 595/2009 and repealing 
Directive 2007/46/EC  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018R0858&from=EN  
Regulation (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 
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:  June 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU (The provisions on fully automated vehicles apply from 6 July 2022; the provisions 
related to vehicles produced in small series and special purpose vehicles apply 15 months 
after the date of publication)  
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_2577_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_2577_01_e.pdf