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15 March 2022  
(22-2274) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
European Comm ission  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/e n/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Passenger 
cars and vans (motor vehicles of categories M and N); Road vehicles in general (ICS 
43.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the Euro pean 
Parliament and of the Council to take into account technical progress and regulatory 
developments concerning amendments to Vehicle Regulations adopted in the context of 
the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (7 page(s), in English; 10 page( s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 contains the list of the 
UN Regulations that apply on mandatory basis for the purpose of EU type -approval. Annex 
II to that Regulation contains the list of regulatory acts lay ing down the specific technical 
requirements with which vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units 
have to comply. The references to the regulatory acts listed in these Annexes need to be 
amended to take into account the latest regulatory d evelopments, i.e. the Regulations 
adopted at EU and UNECE level following the publication of Regulation (EU) 2019/214.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The references to the UN Regulations in Annex I to  Regulation (EU) 
2019/2144 are static, hence, that Annex needs periodically to be amended to take 
account of the new versions of the existing and the newly adopted UN Regulations. In 
addition, it is necessary to introduce in Annex II references to the impl ementing measures 
adopted pursuant to this Regulation and the new UN Regulations; Other  G/TBT/N/EU/882  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 
November 2019 on type -approval requirements for motor vehicles and their trailers, 
and systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, as 
regards their general safety and the protection of vehicle occupants and vulnerable road 
users  
(https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019R2144&from=EN )  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  May 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
European Commission  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
 
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website: http:/ /ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EU/22_2217_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EU/22_2217_01_e.pdf  
 