Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/203 of 28 November 2019 on classification of vehicles, obligations of European Electronic Toll Service users, requirements for interoperability constituents and minimum eligibility criteria for notified bodies (Text with EEA relevance)

This Delegated Regulation lays down requirements for: (1) the classification of vehicles, (2) the detailed obligations of EETS users, (3) interoperability constituents, (4) the minimum criteria of eligibility for notified bodies.

1 The parameters used to classify vehicles for determining tolls shall comply with the requirements provided for in Annex I of this Delegated Regulation.

2 Without prejudice to Article 6(2) of Directive (EU) 2019/520, where a toll charger intends to introduce new vehicle classification parameters, the Member State where it is registered must inform the Commission, the other Member States and EETS providers in operation in the EETS domain thereof six months before the new classification parameters are introduced.

1 EETS users shall ensure that all user and vehicle data they provide to the EETS providers and the declaration of variable parameters are correct.

2 EETS users shall take all possible measures to ensure that the on-board equipment is operational whilst the vehicle is circulating within an EETS domain requiring on-board equipment.

3 EETS users shall operate on-board equipment in accordance with the EETS provider’s instructions, in particular where these apply to the declaration of variable vehicle classification parameters.

Interoperability constituents and roadside infrastructure shall comply with the requirements provided for in Annex II of this Delegated Regulation.

The notified bodies referred to in Article 19(1) of Directive (EU) 2019/520 shall comply with the minimum criteria provided for in Annex III of this Delegated Regulation.

This Delegated 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 19 October 2021.