Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1871 of 23 July 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2015/758 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the standards relating to eCall and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/79 as regards the technical requirements and test procedures for approval of motor vehicles equipped with 112-based eCall in-vehicle systems

In Article 5(8), second subparagraph of Regulation (EU) 2015/758, points (a) to (c) are amended as follows: (1) in point (a), ‘EN 16072:2022’ is replaced by ‘EN 16072:2025’. (2) in point (b), ‘CEN/TS 17184:2022’ is replaced by ‘EN 17184:2024’. (3) in point (c), ‘CEN/TS 17240:2018’ is replaced by ‘EN 17240:2024’.

‘4 For the purpose of extending the EC type-approval granted in accordance with paragraph (1) before 1 January 2027, the technical service may exempt 112-based eCall in-vehicle system from full-scale impact test as specified in Annex II and from the subsequent audio equipment test as specified in Annex III. The changes of the modified 112-based eCall in-vehicle system as compared to the originally approved system shall be documented and explained by the manufacturer to the technical service and the type-approval authority: (a) Where the communication part is modified without impacting other components of the 112-based eCall in-vehicle system and a vehicle crash-test is conducted for other purposes, the 112-based eCall in-vehicle system shall be included and the full-scale impact test as specified in Annex II and the subsequent audio equipment test as specified in Annex III shall be conducted. (b) Where the modification of the communication part of a 112-based eCall in-vehicle system has an impact on its other parts, the full-scale impact test as specified in Annex II and the subsequent audio equipment test as specified in Annex III shall be conducted.’

‘1 EC type-approval of a 112-based eCall in-vehicle STU shall be subject to the STU passing the tests laid down in Annexes I, IV, VI, VII and VIII and complying with the relevant requirements laid down in those Annexes. In case the STU is fitted with a back-up power source, it shall comply with the requirements and be subject to the test procedure laid down in Annex X.’

1 With effect from 1 January 2026, national authorities shall refuse to grant new type approvals or extensions for existing approvals for vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units, where those do not comply with the technical specifications set out in CEN/TS 17184:2022 and CEN/TS 17240:2018 or with the standards EN 17184:2024 and EN 17240:2024, if a manufacturer so requests.

2 With effect from 1 January 2027, national authorities shall refuse to grant new type approvals for vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units, where those do not comply with the standards EN 17184:2024 and EN 17240:2024.

3 With effect from 1 January 2027, in the case of new vehicles approved after 31 March 2018 in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/758 which do not comply with the technical specifications set out in CEN/TS 17184:2022 and CEN/TS 17240:2018 or with the standards EN 17184:2024 and EN 17240:2024, national authorities shall consider the certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 48(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858.

4 With effect from 1 January 2028, in the case of new vehicles approved after 31 March 2018 in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/758 which do not comply with the standards EN 17184:2024 and EN 17240:2024, national authorities shall consider the certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 48(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858.

5 With effect from 1 January 2028, national authorities shall refuse to grant new type approvals for vehicles, systems or separate technical units, where those do not comply with the technical requirements to enable periodic roadworthiness tests in accordance with Annex VII to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/79 as amended by this Regulation.

6 With effect from 1 January 2027, national authorities shall refuse to grant new type approvals for vehicles, systems or separate technical units, where those do not comply with the requirements for the performance of the back-up power supply in accordance with Annex X to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/79.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Article 1(2) and (3) shall apply from 1 January 2027.