The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683: Annexes

86.—(1) The Annexes to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683 are amended as follows.

(2) In Annex I—

(a) in the explanatory notes—

(i) for the words in note (⁸), substitute “According to section 1 of the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 (c.18).”;

(ii) for the words in note (²⁹), substitute “Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 of 12 December 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to type-approval requirements for masses and dimensions of motor vehicles and their trailers and amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (EUR 2012/1230).”;

(iii) in note (⁵⁶), for the words “Regulation No 101” to the end, substitute “Regulation (EC) 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 on type approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information (EUR 2007/715)”;

(iv) for the words in note (⁶⁰), substitute “Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 setting CO₂ emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 443/2009 and (EU) No 510/2011 (EUR 2019/631).”;

(v) omit note (⁶¹);

(vi) in notes (⁶⁵) and (⁶⁶), for “Commission Decision” substitute “document”;

(vii) in note (¹⁰⁶), for “EU” substitute “GB”;

(viii) in notes (¹⁴⁴)—

(aa) for “Commission Decision” substitute “Document”;

(bb) in the second sentence, for “Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 140. 5.6.2009, p. 1)” substitute “Regulation (EU) 2019/631 (EUR 2019/631)”;

(ix) in note (¹⁴⁵), for “Commission Decision” substitute “document”;

(x) in note (¹⁴⁷), for “Commission Implementing Regulation XX/XXX of …. on” substitute “this Regulation,”;

(xi) in note (¹⁵¹), for the words after “consist of” to the end, substitute “the two-digit codes for each individual eco-innovation, each separated by a blank space”;

(xii) in note (¹⁵⁵), for the existing text substitute “The speedometer must be capable of showing both imperial and metric measures, at the choice of the driver, if they are not displayed simultaneously.”;

(xiii) in note (¹⁵⁶)—

(aa) for “Member States” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(bb) for the words from “in a Member State” to the end, substitute “intended for use in right hand traffic”;

(b) in the Template for an information document for the EU type-approval of vehicle, systems, components or separate technical units—

(i) in the heading, for “EU” substitute “GB”;

(ii) in the opening paragraph, and on each other time it occurs, for “EU type-approval” substitute “GB type-approval”;

(iii) for point 1.11, substitute—

“1.11.   Vehicle is designed to be capable, in at least some circumstances or situations, of safely driving itself: yes/no (⁴) (⁸).”;

(iv) in point 2.4.2.1.3, for “Article 9a of Council Directive 96/53/EC (²⁹)” substitute “Appendix 5 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) 1230/2019 (²⁹)”;

(v) in point 2.6.4, for “Additional mass” substitute “Increase in mass”;

(vi) in point 3.5.6, for the words from “Article 12” to “N₁ vehicles”, substitute “Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council (⁶⁰)”;

(vii) in the table at point 3.5.6.3, in the heading of the first column, for “Decision” substitute “Document”;

(viii) in point 3.5.8, for the words from “Article 12” to “N1 vehicles”, substitute “Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council (⁶⁰)”.

(3) In Annex II (template for an information document for whole vehicle step-by-step approval)—

(a) in the heading, for “EU” substitute “GB”;

(b) in the opening paragraph, for “EU type-approval” substitute “GB type-approval”;

(c) in Part III, in the fourth column of the table, omit “Member State or”.

(4) In Annex III (templates for approval certificates)—

(a) in point 1.2, omit the words from “(for approval” to “Greek characters)”;

(b) in point 1.3, in the second subparagraph—

(i) omit “national”, the first time it occurs;

(ii) for “National” substitute “GB” ;

(c) in points 1.4 and 1.5, for “EU” substitute “GB”;

(d) omit point 1.6;

(e) in point 1.7, omit “national”;

(f) in the template for Model A—

(i) in the heading and in the opening section—

(aa) for “EU vehicle” substitute “GB vehicle”;

(bb) for “EU whole” each time it occurs, substitute “GB whole”;

(cc) for “EU type-approval” each time it occurs, substitute “GB type-approval”;

(ii) after “Communication concerning granting/extension/refusal/withdrawal”—

(aa) in the second indent, for “Commission” substitute “approval authority”, and omit “in accordance with Article 39(3) thereof”;

(bb) omit the third indent;

(cc) in the fourth indent, for “small” substitute “medium”;

(dd) in the fifth indent, for “national” substitute “GB”;

(iii) in Section II—

(aa) for “EU type-approval” substitute “GB type-approval”;

(bb) in the heading before Part 2, for “EU VEHICLE” substitute “GB VEHICLE”;

(iv) in Part 2, for “EU type-approval”, each time it occurs, substitute “GB type-approval”;

(g) in the template for Model B—

(i) in the heading, and in the opening section, for “EU type-approval” substitute “GB type-approval”;

(ii) in the opening section, for “EU system”, each time it occurs, substitute “GB system”;

(iii) after “Communication concerning granting/extension/refusal/withdrawal”—

(aa) in the second indent, for “Commission” substitute “approval authority”, and omit “in accordance with Article 39(3) thereof”;

(bb) omit the third indent;

(iv) in the Addendum following Section II, for “EU type-approval” in the heading and in point 2, substitute “GB type-approval”;

(h) in the template for Model C—

(i) in the heading, for “EU” substitute “GB”;

(ii) in the opening section, for “EU component” each time it occurs, substitute “GB component”;

(iii) after “Communication concerning granting/extension/refusal/withdrawal”—

(aa) in the second indent, for “Commission” substitute “approval authority” and omit “in accordance with Article 39(3) thereof”;

(bb) omit the third indent;

(iv) in the following subparagraph, for “EU” substitute “GB”;

(v) in Section I, in point 0.7, for “EU” substitute “GB”;

(vi) in the Addendum following Section II, in the heading, for “EU” substitute “GB”;

(i) omit the template for Model D;

(j) in the template for Model E—

(i) in the heading, omit “national” both times it occurs;

(ii) in the row following the heading, for “e(4)” substitute “g11”;

(iii) in the text before Section I, omit “national” both times it occurs;

(iv) in Section I, in the text after point 0.10—

(aa) in the second paragraph, for “issuing Member State” substitute “approval authority”;

(bb) in the third paragraph, for “(name of the Member State)” substitute “Great Britain”;

(k) in Appendix 1—

(i) in the heading, omit “EU individual vehicle approval certificate and of the national”;

(ii) in the section relating to Category N2, in point 5.2, for “Article 9a of Directive 96/53/EC” substitute “Appendix 5 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) 1230/2012”;

(iii) in the section relating to Category N3, in point 5.2, for “Article 9a of Directive 96/53/EC” substitute “Appendix 5 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) 1230/2012”.

(5) In Annex IV (approval certificate numbering system)—

(a) for point 2.1, substitute—

“The lower-case letter ‘g’ is followed by the number 11.”;

(b) in point 2.2—

(i) for “an EU type-approval” both times it occurs, substitute “a GB type-approval”;

(ii) for “or Commission Implementing Regulation” substitute “, Commission Implementing Regulation or Statutory Instrument”;

(iii) after point (c), insert—

“(d) the number of the Statutory Instrument laying down the applicable requirements.”;

(c) in point 2.3—

(i) in the opening words—

(aa) for “or Commission Implementing Regulation” substitute “, Commission Implementing Regulation or Statutory Instrument”;

(bb) after “Regulation/Directive” both times it occurs, insert “/Statutory Instrument”;

(ii) in the second paragraph—

(aa) in the opening words and in point (a), for “an EU type-approval”, substitute “a GB type-approval”;

(bb) in point (a), for “small” substitute “medium”;

(cc) in point (b), omit “national”;

(dd) omit point (c);

(ee) in point (d), for “a national” substitute “an”;

(iii) in the third paragraph, for “Directive or Regulation” both times it occurs, substitute “Directive, Regulation or Statutory Instrument”;

(d) in point 2.4—

(i) for “an EU” both times it occurs, substitute “a GB”;

(ii) for “EU type-approval” substitute “GB type-approval”;

(iii) for “small series”, the first time it occurs, substitute “medium series”;

(iv) for “national” substitute “GB”;

(v) omit “EU individual vehicle approval or a national”;

(vi) for “Member States” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(e) in point 2.5, omit “EU individual vehicle approval and national”;

(f) in point 3.1—

(i) in the opening words, omit “granted by France”;

(ii) in points (a) to (d), at the beginning of the example approval certificate numbers, for “e2” substitute “g11”;

(g) in point 3.2—

(i) for “EU whole” substitute “GB whole”;

(ii) omit “by Ireland”;

(iii) at the beginning of the example number, for “e24” substitute “g11”;

(h) in point 3.3—

(i) for “an EU type-approval” substitute “a GB type-approval”;

(ii) for “small” substitute “medium”;

(iii) omit “by Luxembourg”;

(iv) at the beginning of the example number, for “e13” substitute “g11”;

(i) in point 3.4—

(i) omit “national”;

(ii) omit “by the Netherlands”;

(iii) at the beginning of the example number, for “e4” substitute “g11”;

(j) omit point 3.5;

(k) in point 3.6—

(i) “a national” substitute “an”;

(ii) omit “by Austria”;

(iii) at the beginning of the example number, for “e12” substitute “g11”;

(l) in point 4, in the second subparagraph, for “EU type-approval” substitute “GB type-approval”;

(m) in point 4.6.1—

(i) omit “by Germany”;

(ii) at the beginning of the example number, for “e1” substitute “g11”;

(n) in point 4.6.2—

(i) omit “by Croatia”;

(ii) at the beginning of the example number, for “e25” substitute “g11”.

(6) In Annex V (EU type-approval mark of components and separate technical units)—

(a) in the heading, and in point 1, for “EU type-approval” substitute “GB type-approval”;

(b) for point 1.1, substitute—

“1.1.   A rectangle surrounding the lower-case letter ‘g’, followed by the number 11.”;

(c) in point 3—

(i) omit “by Belgium”;

(ii) for the image, substitute—

“

”

(d) in point 4—

(i) in the second subparagraph—

(aa) in the opening words, for “EU type-approvals” substitute “GB type-approvals”;

(bb) in the final sentence in point (b), for the words after “lower-case letter ‘e’” to the end, substitute “the lower-case letter ‘g’ shall be used, followed by the number 11”,

(ii) in the third subparagraph, omit “by Germany”;

(iii) for the image following the third subparagraph, substitute—

“

”

(7) In Annex VI (template for the test result sheet)—

(a) in the opening sentence, for “EU type-approval” substitute “GB type-approval”;

(b) in each table in point 4, in the heading of the first column, for “Decision” substitute “Document”.

(8) In Annex VII (format of test reports for type-approval), in paragraph 2, for the words from “one of the official languages” to the end, substitute “English”.

(9) In Annex VIII (certificate of conformity in paper format)—

(a) in point 1.4, omit the words in brackets;

(b) in Part 1 of the Appendix—

(i) in the Section relating to Model A1, in the text below point 0.11, for “can be permanently registered in Member States having” substitute “is suitable for”;

(ii) in the Section relating to Model A2, in the text below point 0.11, for “can be permanently registered in Member States having” substitute “is suitable for”;

(iii) in the Section relating to Model B, Part 1, in point 0.11(c), for “can be permanently registered in Member States having” substitute “is suitable for”;

(c) in Part 2 of the Appendix—

(i) in Vehicle Categories M2, M3, N2, and N3, in each case in point 5.2, for “complying with Article 9a of Directive 96/53/EC” substitute “complying with Appendix 5 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) 1230/2012”;

(ii) in Vehicle Category O3 and O4, in point 17—

(aa) for the second sentence, substitute—

“Only for national traffic, the lower-case letter ‘g’ followed by the number 11”.

(bb) omit the third sentence.