Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/980 of 16 May 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 as regards a transitional smart tachograph and its use of the Galileo Open Service Navigation Message Authentication and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1228 (Text with EEA relevance)

Annex IC to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

The following paragraph is added in Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1228: ‘However, from 25 May 2023, national authorities shall not refuse to grant EU type approval for a new type of tachograph, tachograph component, or tachograph card, or grant extension for an existing type of tachograph, tachograph component, or tachograph card, or prohibit registration, placing on the market or entry into service of a new tachograph, tachograph component, or tachograph card where the equipment concerned complies with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 as amended by this Regulation, if a manufacturer so requests.’

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 21 August 2023. However, from 25 May 2023, national authorities shall not refuse to grant EU type approval for a new type of tachograph, tachograph component, or tachograph card, or grant extension for an existing type of tachograph or tachograph component, or tachograph card, or prohibit registration, placing on the market or entry into service of a new tachograph, tachograph component, or tachograph card where the equipment concerned complies with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1228 and this Regulation, if a manufacturer so requests.