Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1716 of 29 June 2021 amending Directive 2014/47/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards modifications to the vehicle category designations stemming from amendments to the type-approval legislation (Text with EEA relevance)

‘1 This Directive shall apply to vehicles with a design speed exceeding 25 km/h of the following categories, as defined in Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council , and Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council :

1 Member States shall adopt and publish, by 27 September 2022 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative measures necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions. They shall apply the measures necessary to comply with Article 1 from 27 September 2022. When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by the Member States.

2 Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.