Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 901/2014 of 18 July 2014 implementing Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the administrative requirements for the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles Text with EEA relevance

This Regulation provides for the implementing measures referred to in Article 72 of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 to establish uniform conditions for the implementation of the administrative requirements for the approval of new two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles, as well as systems, components and separate technical units designed and constructed for such vehicles. It also establishes the administrative requirements for placing on the market and entry into service of parts or equipment which may pose a serious risk to the correct functioning of essential systems.

Manufacturers applying for EU type-approval shall provide the information document and the information folder referred to in Article 27(1) and Article 27(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 on the basis of the templates set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Manufacturers applying for EU type-approval shall provide statements on endurance of functional safety-critical systems, parts and equipment referred to in Article 22(2) of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 and on vehicle structure integrity as referred to in Annex XIX to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 3/2014 to that Regulation on the basis of the templates set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

Manufacturers applying for EU type-approval shall provide the approval authority with a certificate on access to vehicle OBD and vehicle repair and maintenance information in accordance with Article 57(8) of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 on the basis of the templates set out in Annex III to this Regulation.

1 Manufacturers shall issue the certificate of conformity referred to in Article 38(1) of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 in accordance with the templates set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.

2 In accordance with Article 82(2) of Regulation (EU) 168/2013 allowing manufacturers to request type-approvals already under that Regulation as from the entry into force of this Implementing Regulation until 31 December 2015, manufacturers may use for vehicles of such newly approved types, alternatively to the template for the Certificate of Conformity laid down in Appendix 1 of Annex IV, the template for the Certificate of Conformity set out in Annex IV to Directive 2002/24/EC which must include in its entries No 04 ‘Vehicle category’ and No 50 ‘Remarks:’ the information and entries laid down in Appendix 2 of Annex IV.

Manufacturers shall issue the statutory plate and the EU type-approval mark referred to in Article 39(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 in accordance with the models set out in Annex V to this Regulation.

Approval authorities shall issue the EU type-approval certificates referred to in Article 30(1) of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 on the basis of the templates set out in Annex VI to this Regulation.

Pursuant to Article 29(4) of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013, the EU type-approval certificates shall be numbered in accordance with the harmonised system set out in Annex VII to this Regulation.

Approval authorities shall issue the test results sheet referred to in Article 30(3) of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 on the basis of the template set out in Annex VIII to this Regulation.

The format of the test reports referred to in Article 32(1) of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 shall comply with the general requirements set out in Annex VIII to this Regulation.

The list of parts or equipment which may pose a serious risk to the correct functioning of systems that are essential for the safety of the vehicle or for its environmental performance referred to in Article 50(2) of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 is set out in Annex X to this Regulation.

Approval authorities shall issue the certificate for the placing on the market and entry into service of parts or equipment which may pose a serious risk to the correct functioning of systems that are essential for the safety of the vehicle or for its environmental performance referred to in Article 51(2) of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 on the basis of the template and in accordance with the numbering system set out in Annex IX to this Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2016.