REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the exercise of the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission pursuant to 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
Date: 2024-12-18
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, European standard, approval, delegated legislation, motor vehicle, powers of the institutions (EU), road safety, safety standard, technical standard, transport accident

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 18.12.2024  COM(2024) 582 final  REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the exercise of the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission pursuant to 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  
 
 
REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND 
TO THE COUNCIL 

on the exercise of the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission 
pursuant to 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 

1. 

INTRODUCTION 

Regulation  (EU)  2019/2144  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council1  lays  down  the 
type-approval requirements for vehicles as regards their general safety and the protection of 
vehicle  occupants  and  vulnerable  road  users.  It  aims  to  significantly  reduce  deaths  and 
serious  injuries  on  EU  roads  by  introducing  state-of-the-art  safety  technologies  as  standard 
vehicle equipment, and to enhance the competitiveness of EU car manufacturers on the global 
market  by  providing  the  first  ever  EU  legal  framework  for  automated  and  fully  automated 
vehicles. 

For  the  purpose  of  achieving  its  objectives,  Regulation  (EU)  2019/2144  of  the  European 
Parliament and of the Council confers on the Commission the power to adopt delegated acts 
in a number of matters listed in Article 12(2) and subject to the conditions laid down in this 
Article, in accordance with Article 290 TFEU. 

2.  LEGAL BASIS 

Article  4(3)  and  (6)  and  Article  6(6)  of  Regulation  (EU)  2019/2144  of  the  European 
Parliament  and  of  the  Council  empower  the  Commission  to  adopt  delegated  acts  under  the 
conditions laid down in Article 12.  

Article 12(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 confers the power on the Commission to adopt 
delegated acts concerning the matters listed therein for a period of five years from 5 January 
2020. Furthermore, it puts the Commission under the obligation to prepare a report in respect 
of the delegation of power at the latest nine months before the end of the five-year period.  

The delegated powers shall be tacitly  extended for a period of  an identical  duration, unless 
the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months 
before the end of each period.  

The power to adopt delegated acts may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or 
by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified 
in  that decision.  It  shall take effect  the day following the publication of  the decision in  the 

1 OJ L325, 16.12.2019, p. 1. 

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Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein and shall not affect 
the  validity  of  any  delegated  acts  already  in  force  (Article  12(3)  of  Regulation  (EU) 
2019/2144). 

Regulation  (EU)  2019/2144  empowers  the  Commission  to  adopt  delegated  acts  concerning 
the following matters:  

a) 

b) 

c) 

to 

introducing  and  updating  references 

to amend Annex I to the Regulation in order to take account of technical progress and 
regulatory  developments  by 
the  UN 
Regulations,  and  relevant  series  of  amendments,  that  apply  on  compulsory  basis 
(Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2144); 
to amend Annex II to the Regulation in order to take account of technical progress and 
regulatory developments, in particular in relation to the matters listed in points (a) to (f) 
of  paragraph  5  of  Article  4  as  well  as  those  referred  to  in  points  (a)  to  (g)  of  Article 
6(1), Article 7(2), (3), (4) and (5), Article 9(2), (3) and (5) and Article 11(1), and with a 
view  to  ensuring  a  high  level  of  general  safety  of  vehicles,  systems,  components  and 
separate  technical  units  and  a  high  level  of  protection  of  vehicle  occupants  and 
vulnerable  road  users,  by  introducing  and  updating  references  to  UN  Regulations,  as 
well  as  to  delegated  acts  and  implementing  acts  adopted  pursuant  to  the  Regulation 
(Article 4(6) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2144); 
to  lay  down  detailed  rules  concerning  the  specific  test  procedures  and  technical 
requirements for: 

− 

− 

the  type-approval  of  vehicles  with  regard  to  the  following  advanced  vehicle 
systems: intelligent speed assistance, alcohol interlock installation facilitation, 
driver drowsiness and attention warning, advanced driver distraction warning, 
emergency stop signal, reversing detection and event data recorder; 
the  type-approval  of  the  intelligent  speed  assistance,  the  reversing  detection 
and  the  event  data  recorder  as  separate  technical  units  (Article  6(6)  of 
Regulation (EU) 2019/2144). 

Before  adopting  a  delegated  act,  the  Commission  shall  consult  experts  designated  by  each 
Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement 
of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making (Article 12(4) of Regulation 2019/2144). 

As  soon  as  the  Commission  adopts  a  delegated  act,  it  shall  notify  it  simultaneously  to  the 
European Parliament and to the Council (Article 12(5) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2144).  

Under  Article  12(6)  of  Regulation  (EU)  2019/2144,  a  delegated  act  adopted  pursuant  to 
Article  4(3)  and  (6)  and  Article  6(6)  shall  enter  into  force  only  if  no  objection  has  been 
expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months 
of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry 
of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission 
that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the 
European Parliament or of the Council. 

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3.  EXERCISE OF THE DELEGATION 

3.1.  Delegated acts adopted 

In  the  reference  period,  the  Commission  exercised  the  delegated  powers  by  adopting  the 
following seven acts covering the matters listed in section 2 above: 

1)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1958 of 23 June 2021 supplementing 
Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying 
down  detailed  rules  concerning 
technical 
the  specific 
requirements  for  the  type-approval  of  motor  vehicles  with  regard  to  their  intelligent 
speed  assistance  systems  and  for  the  type-approval  of  those  systems  as  separate 
technical units and amending Annex II of that Regulation2. 

test  procedures  and 

2)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1243 of 19 April 2021 supplementing 
Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying 
down detailed rules concerning the alcohol interlock installation facilitation in motor 
vehicles and amending Annex II of that Regulation3. 

3)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1341 of 23 April 2021 supplementing 
Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying 
down  detailed  rules  concerning 
technical 
the  specific 
requirements  for  the  type-approval  of  motor  vehicles  with  regard  to  their  driver 
drowsiness  and  attention  warning  systems  and  amending  Annex  II  to  that 
Regulation 4. 

test  procedures  and 

4)  Commission  Delegated  Regulation 

(EU)  2022/545  of  26 January  2022 
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  motor  vehicles  with  regard  to  their 
event  data recorder and  for the type-approval  of  those systems  as separate technical 
units and amending Annex II to that Regulation 5. 

5)  Commission  Delegated  Regulation  (EU)  2022/1398  of  8 June  2022  amending 
Regulation  (EU)  2019/2144  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  to  take 
into account technical progress and regulatory developments concerning amendments 
to  Vehicle  Regulations  adopted  in  the  context  of  the  United  Nations  Economic 
Commission for Europe 6. 

6)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2590 of 13 July 2023 supplementing 
Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying 
technical 
the  specific 
down  detailed  rules  concerning 

test  procedures  and 

2 OJ L 409, 17.11.2021, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2021/1958/oj 
3 OJ L 272, 30.7.2021, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2021/1243/oj 
4 OJ L 292, 16.8.2021, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2021/1341/oj 
5 OJ L 107,6.4.2022, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2022/545/oj 
6 OJ L 213, 16.8.2022, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2022/1398/oj 

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requirements  for  the  type-approval  of  certain  motor  vehicles  with  regard  to  their 
advanced driver distraction warning systems and amending that Regulation 7. 

7)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2220 of 26 July 2024 supplementing 
Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying 
down  detailed  rules  concerning 
technical 
the  specific 
requirements for the type-approval of heavy-duty motor vehicles with regard to their 
event  data recorder and  for the type-approval  of  those systems  as separate technical 
units and amending Annex II to that Regulation 8. 

test  procedures  and 

The technical requirements and detailed rules concerning the specific test procedures for the 
type-approval  of  vehicles  with  regard  to  the  emergency  stop  signal  and  the  reversing 
detection  are  laid  down  in  UN  Regulations  No  48  and  No  158,  which  were  referred  to  in 
Annexes  I  and  II  to  Regulation  (EU)  2019/2144  as  amended  by  Commission  Delegated 
Regulation (EU) 2022/1398 (listed above). 

Information about all delegated acts is available to the public in the Interinstitutional Register 
of Delegated Acts9.  

3.2.  Consultation prior to adoption 

The  Commission  consulted  experts  nominated  by  the  Member  States  and  relevant 
stakeholders  (at  the  Motor  Vehicle  Working  Group),  via  regular  dedicated  expert  meetings 
and written consultations, in the preparation of the delegated acts. The documents relevant to 
these  consultations  were  transmitted  simultaneously  to  the  European  Parliament  and  to  the 
Council. The final versions of the delegated acts were endorsed by the Member States Expert 
Group on Motor Vehicles. 

3.3.  No objections to the delegated acts 

According  to  Article  12(6)  of  Regulation  (EU)  2019/2144,  the  European  Parliament  or  the 
Council  may  object  to  a  delegated  act  under  Article  4(3)  and  (6)  and  Article  6(6)  within  a 
period  of  two  months  from  the  date  of  notification  of  the  act,  extendable  by  another  two 
months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council. 

Neither  the  European  Parliament  nor  the  Council  objected  to  the  delegated  acts  mentioned 
under section 3.1. above and the acts were therefore published and entered into force at the 
end of the objection period. 

7 OJ L, 2023/2590, 22.11.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2023/2590/oj 
8 OJ L, 2024/2220, 2.10.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2024/2220/oj 
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4.  CONCLUSION 

The  Commission  considers  that  it  has  exercised  the  delegated  powers  conferred  upon  it 
within the limits and in respect of the conditions laid down in Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 
2019/2144. 

The Commission  sees  the need to  extend the empowerments  because further delegated acts 
are required in the future, amongst others to update the references to the UN Regulations in 
Annex I and to the regulatory acts listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 as well as 
to revise, if needed, the technical requirements set out in the delegated acts listed in section 
3.1. above. A draft delegated act, updating Annexes I and II of Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 to 
take  into  account  regulatory  developments  as  regards  amendments  to  existing  UN 
Regulations and the new UN Regulations adopted by the World Forum for Harmonization of 
Vehicle  Regulations  of  the  United  Nations  Economic  Commission  for  Europe,  is  currently 
under preparation with planned adoption in the first quarter of 2025.  

With  this  report,  the  Commission  complies  with  the  reporting  requirement  under  Article 
12(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2144. The Commission invites the European Parliament and 
the Council to take note of this Report. 

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