Amendments to Annex II
41.—(1) Annex II (requirements for the purpose of EU type-approval of vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units) is amended as follows.
(2) In the heading to Annex II, and in the heading to Part I (regulatory acts for EU type-approval of vehicles produced in unlimited series) of Annex II, for “EU” substitute “GB”.
(3) In Part I of Annex II, in Appendix 1—
(a)in the heading to Appendix 1—
(i)for “EU” substitute “GB”;
(ii)for “small” substitute “medium”;
(b)in table 1—
(i)in item 20A, in the column headed “applicability and specific requirements”—
(aa)before “Daytime Running Lights (DRL)”, insert “The requirement for”;
(bb)for the words “shall be fitted” to the end, substitute “does not apply to types which had EU whole-vehicle type-approval prior to 1st February 2026, in accordance with this Regulation or the EU Type Approval Regulation.”;
(ii)in item 63, in the column headed “applicability and specific requirements”, for “EU” substitute “GB”;
(c)in table 2—
(i)in footnote (1), for “EU” substitute “GB”;
(ii)in item 20A, in the column headed “applicability and specific requirements”—
(aa)before “Daytime Running Lights (DRL)”, insert “The requirement for”;
(bb)for the words “shall be fitted” to the end, substitute “does not apply to types which had EU whole-vehicle type-approval prior to 1st February 2026, in accordance with this Regulation or the EU Type Approval Regulation.”;
(iii)in item 63, in the column headed “applicability and specific requirements”, for “EU” substitute “GB”.
(4) Omit Appendix 2 to Part I.
(5) In Part II (list of UN regulations recognised as an alternative to the Directives or Regulations referred to in Part I) to Annex II—
(a)in the opening paragraph—
(i)for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”;
(ii)omit “by virtue of Decision 97/836/EC, or subsequent Council decisions as referred to in Article 3(3) of that Decision,”;
(iii)for “an EU” substitute “a GB”;
(b)in the second paragraph—
(i)for “an EU” substitute “a GB”;
(ii)omit “, subject to the Community Decision as referred to in Article 4(2) of Decision 97/836/EC”.
(6) In Part III (list of regulatory acts setting out the requirements for the purpose of EU type-approval of special purpose vehicles) to Annex II—
(a)in the heading, for “EU” substitute “GB”;
(b)in the explanatory notes following the table in Appendix 6—
(i)in note X, for “Member States” substitute “The approval authority”;
(ii)in note Q, for “An EU” substitute “A GB”;
(iii)in note R, for the existing text, substitute “Space must be provided for a registration plate meeting the requirements of the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001(1)”;
(iv)in note T, for “The vehicle can be tested in accordance with Directive 70/157/EEC” substitute “The vehicle may be subjected to the test procedures described in Directive 70/157/EEC, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day”;
(v)in notes V and V1, for “Directive 97/68/EC” substitute “Regulation (EU) 2016/1628(2)”;
(vi)in note W1, in the second subparagraph, for “An EU” substitute “A GB”;
(vii)in note W6, for the third sentence of the second subparagraph, substitute “An extension to the UNECE type-approval (or GB type-approval, if applicable) is not required.”;
(viii)in note W8, in the second subparagraph, for “EU” substitute “GB”.
S.I. 2001/561, amended by S.I. 2001/1079 and 2002/2687.
EUR 2016/1628.