Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1717 of 9 July 2021 amending Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the updating of certain vehicle category designations and the addition of eCall to the list of test items, methods, reasons for failure and assessment of deficiencies in Annex I and Annex III to that Directive (Text with EEA relevance)

‘1 This Directive shall apply to vehicles with a design speed exceeding 25km/h of the following categories, as referred to in Regulations (EU) No 167/2013 , (EU) No 168/2013 , and (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council:

‘2 Member States shall establish appropriate intervals within which vehicles of categories L3e, L4e, L5e and L7e equipped with a combustion engine with a displacement of more than 125 cm3, are to be subject to a roadworthiness test.’;

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 and point (2) of the Annex of this Directive from 27 September 2022. They shall apply the measures necessary to comply with point 1 of the Annex to this Directive from 20 May 2023 at the latest. 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.