G/TBT/N/EU/1062  
6 May 2024  
(24-3597) 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 CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addit ion, where applicable):  Motor 
vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2 and N3 and separate technical units for such vehicles.  
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 laying down detailed rules concerning the 
specific test procedures and technical requirements for the type -approval of heavy -duty 
motor vehicles with regard to their event data reco rder and for the type -approval of those 
systems as separate technical units and amending Annex II to that Regulation; (8 
page(s), in English), (2 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This initiative provides the technical requirements and test 
procedures for the approval of trucks, buses and coaches (M2, M3, N2 and N3) with regard 
to the event data recorder systems in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 
2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council including by making applicab le 
in EU law the requirements of UN Regulation No [169]. It also covers the approval of EDR 
systems as separate technical units.  G/TBT/N/EU/1062  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The event data recorder is a system with the only purpose of recording and 
storing critical crash -related parameters and information shortly before, during and 
immediately after a collision. It aims at obtaining more accurate, in -depth accident data 
enabling Member States to conduct r oad safety analysis and assess the effectiveness of 
specific measures taken. The notified draft sets harmonised rules on the specific test 
procedures and technical requirements for type -approval for data recorder systems to 
ensure human health and safety ( both as regards vehicle users and other road users, 
notably pedestrians).; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation 
(EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parli ament 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:  July 2024  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days after the publication in the Official Journal  
(The provisions shall apply from 7 January 2026)  
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/2024/TBT/EEC/24_03099_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/EEC/24_03099_01_e.pdf