Commission Regulation (EU) No 566/2011Show full title

Article 1 U.K.

Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 is amended as follows:

(1)

Article 6 is amended as follows:

(a)

paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall include:

(a) an unequivocal vehicle identification;

(b) service handbooks, including repair and maintenance records;

(c) technical manuals;

(d) component and diagnosis information (such as minimum and maximum theoretical values for measurements);

(e) wiring diagrams;

(f) diagnostic trouble codes (including manufacturer specific codes);

(g) the software calibration identification number applicable to a vehicle type;

(h) information provided concerning, and delivered by means of, proprietary tools and equipment;

(i) data record information and two-directional monitoring and test data; and

(j) standard work units or time periods for repair and maintenance tasks if made available, either directly or through a third party, to manufacturers’ authorised dealers and repairers.’;

(b)

the following paragraph 8 is added:

‘8. Where vehicle repair and maintenance records are kept in a central data base of the vehicle manufacturer or on its behalf, independent repairers, approved and authorised as required in point 2.2 of Annex XIV to Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008(1), shall have access to such records free of charge and under the same conditions as authorised dealers or repairers in order to record information on repair and maintenance performed.’;

(2)

in Article 7, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2. Manufacturers shall make available vehicle repair and maintenance information including transactional services such as reprogramming or technical assistance on an hourly, daily, monthly, and yearly basis, with fees for access to such information varying in accordance with the respective periods of time for which access is granted. In addition to time-based access, manufacturers may offer transaction-based access, for which fees are charged per transaction and not based on the time for which access is granted. Where both access systems are offered by manufacturers, independent repairers shall choose a preferred access system, either time-based or transaction-based.’;

(3)

in Annex I, notes 1 and 2 of Table 1 and notes 1, 2 and 5 of Table 2 are deleted.

Article 2 U.K.

Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 is amended as follows:

(1)

in Article 2, the following point 33 is added:

‘33.

“Cold start” means an engine coolant temperature (or equivalent temperature) at engine start less than or equal to 35 °C and less than or equal to 7 K higher than ambient temperature (if available) at engine start.’;

(2)

in Article 6(1), the following fourth and fifth subparagraphs are added:

‘The relevant requirements shall be deemed to be met if all the following conditions are fulfilled:

(a)

the requirements of Article 13 are met;

(b)

the vehicle has been approved according to UN/ECE Regulations No 83, series of amendments 06, No 101, series of amendments 01 and in the case of compression ignition vehicles No 24 Part III, series of amendments 03.

In the case referred to in the fourth subparagraph Article 14 shall also apply.’;

(3)

in Article 10(1), the following third and fourth subparagraphs are added:

‘The relevant requirements shall be deemed to be met if all the following conditions are fulfilled:

(a)

the requirements of Article 13 are met;

(b)

the replacement pollution control devices have been approved according to UN/ECE Regulation No 103.

In the case referred to in the third subparagraph Article 14 shall also apply.’;

(4)

Article 13(9) is replaced by the following:

‘9. The Forum on Access to Vehicle Information (the Forum) is hereby established.

The Forum shall consider whether access to information affects the advances made in reducing vehicle theft and shall make recommendations for improving the requirements relating to access to information. In particular, the Forum shall advise the Commission on the introduction of a process for approving and authorising independent operators by accredited organisations to access information on vehicle security.

The Commission may decide to keep the discussions and findings of the Forum confidential.’;

(5)

Annexes I, III, IV, VIII, IX, XI, XII, XIV, XVI and XVIII are amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation;

(6)

Annex II is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3 U.K.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 8 June 2011.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso