Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/883 of 21 March 2024 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/535 as regards the second rear registration plate space for trailers and the mass of energy storage systems and correcting that Regulation

‘3a With effect from 7 July 2024, type-approval authorities shall refuse to grant EU type-approval in respect of new types of vehicles, with regard to the space for mounting and fixing of the second rear registration plate for vehicle categories O3 and O4, which do not comply with the technical specifications set out in Part 2 of Annex III with regard to the respective requirements listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/2144.’

‘4 With effect from 7 July 2026, national authorities shall refuse, on grounds relating to the space for mounting and fixing of the front registration plates and to the space for mounting and fixing of the second rear registration plate for vehicle categories O3 and O4, the registration, placing on the market and entry into service of vehicles, which do not comply with the technical specifications set out in Part 2 of Annex III with regard to the respective requirements listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/2144.’

‘4a With effect from 7 July 2025, type-approval authorities shall refuse to grant EU type-approval in respect of new types of vehicles, with regard to the towing devices, which do not comply with the technical specifications for towing capability set out in Part 2 of Annex VII with regard to the respective requirements listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/2144.

4b With effect from 7 July 2027, national authorities shall refuse, on grounds relating to the towing devices, the registration, placing on the market and entry into service of vehicles, which do not comply with the technical specifications for towing capability set out in Part 2 of Annex VII with regard to the respective requirements listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/2144.’

‘3 In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 6(5) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, an EU type-approval may be granted for vehicles exceeding the maximum authorised dimensions set out in point 1.1 of Sections C, D and E of Part 2 of Annex XIII to this Regulation, in which case the remark “maximum authorised dimensions derogation” shall be included in point 52 of the type-approval certificate and the certificate of conformity.

4 An EU type-approval may be granted for vehicles intended for the transport of indivisible loads, the dimensions of which exceed the maximum authorised dimensions set out in point 1.1 of Sections C, D and E of Part 2 of Annex XIII to this Regulation, in which case the type-approval certificate and the certificate of conformity shall clearly indicate that the vehicle is intended for the transport of indivisible loads only.’

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Annex I, point (6) shall apply from 1 January 2025.