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Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2024/2220 2.10.2024
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2024/2220
of 26 July 2024
supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying
down detailed rules concerning the specific test procedures and technical requirements for the
type-approval of heavy-duty motor vehicles with regard to their event data recorder and for the
type-approval of those systems as separate technical units and amending Annex II to that Regulation
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to 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, amending Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulations (EC)
No 78/2009, (EC) No 79/2009 and (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission
Regulations (EC) No 631/2009, (EU) No 406/2010, (EU) No 672/2010, (EU) No 1003/2010, (EU) No 1005/2010, (EU)
No 1008/2010, (EU) No 1009/2010, (EU) No 19/2011, (EU) No 109/2011, (EU) No 458/2011, (EU) No 65/2012, (EU)
No 130/2012, (EU) No 347/2012, (EU) No 351/2012, (EU) No 1230/2012 and (EU) 2015/166(1), and in particular
Article 4(6) and Article 6(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 lays down a general obligation for motor vehicles to be equipped with certain advanced
vehicle systems. Annex II to that Regulation should list requirements for the type-approval of motor vehicles with
regard to their event data recorders and for the type-approval of those systems as separate technical units. It is
necessary to supplement those requirements by establishing detailed harmonised rules on the specific test
procedures and technical requirements for such type-approval.
(2) The technical requirements and test procedures set out in this Regulation concern motor vehicle categories M M
2, 3,
N and N , in accordance with the applicable dates for refusal to grant EU type-approval regarding those categories
2 3
of motor vehicles set out in Regulation (EU) 2019/2144.
(3) In accordance with Article 3, point (13), of Regulation (EU) 2019/2144, the event data recorder is a system with the
only purpose of recording and storing critical crash-related parameters and information shortly before, during and
immediately after a collision with a view to obtain more accurate, in-depth accident data enabling Member States to
conduct road safety analysis and assess the effectiveness of specific measures.
(4) The test procedures and detailed technical requirements for type-approval of vehicle types with regard to event data
recorders are subject to the provisions of UN Regulation No 169(2). That UN Regulation should therefore be added
to the list of applicable requirements referred to in Articles 4(5) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2144.
(5) UN Regulation No 169 includes the requirements regarding data elements that event data recorders are to record, the
format of those data, the requirements for data capture, recording and on-board storing, as well as requirements on
survivability.
(1) OJ L 325, 16.12.2019, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/2144/oj.
(2) OJ L, 2024/1218, 23.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1218/oj.
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(6) In order to ensure that vehicle manufacturers take appropriate measures to ensure the protection of the event data
recorder’s data against manipulation and the availability of the event data recorder’s data over the standardised
interface, and to enable those data to be anonymised, those requirements should be supplemented with additional
requirements for data retrieval, privacy and security of data.
(7) To ensure that the data recorded by the event data recorders remain anonymised, the manufacturers should be
obliged to take appropriate measures preventing that those data are reported or retrieved together with any
information related to a natural person.
(8) Until standardised communication protocols for access and retrieval of event data are in place through a
Commission delegated act, vehicle manufacturers should provide information to relevant parties on how to access,
retrieve and interpret the data in the event data recorder.
(9) Event data recorders’ correct operational status, as well as their correct functionality and software integrity, should
be verified by periodic roadworthiness tests of vehicles.
(10) The table containing the list of requirements in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 does not contain any
reference to regulatory acts as regards event data recorders for categories M M N and N . It is therefore necessary
2, 3, 2 3
to introduce a reference to this Regulation and UN Regulation No 169 in that Annex.
(11) Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(12) The provisions of this Regulation are closely interlinked as those provisions set out rules on the technical
requirements for the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to their event data recorder, as well as for the
type-approval of event data recorders as a separate technical unit. As a result of the rules laid down in this
Regulation, it is necessary to add the reference to this Regulation and UN Regulation No 169 in Annex II to
Regulation (EU) 2019/2144. It is therefore appropriate to lay down those provisions in a single Delegated
Regulation.
(13) As the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 as regards event data recorders for vehicles of categories M , M ,
2 3
N and N are to apply from 7 January 2026, this Regulation should apply from the same date,
2 3
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Scope
This Regulation shall apply to vehicle categories M M N and N , as defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of
2, 3, 2 3
the European Parliament and of the Council(3).
Article 2
Applicable technical requirements
1. The event data recorder system of a vehicle shall comply with the technical requirements set out in:
(a) UN Regulation No 169; and
(b) Articles 3, 4 and 5 of this Regulation.
(3) Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of
motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, amending
Regulations (EC) No 715/2007 and (EC) No 595/2009 and repealing Directive 2007/46/EC (OJ L 151, 14.6.2018, p. 1, ELI: http://
data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/858/oj).
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2. Type-approval of an event data recorder as a separate technical unit shall be subject to the separate technical unit
complying with the same requirements as those set out in paragraphs 5.3 (introductory paragraph), 5.3.3, 5.3.4, 5.3.5
and 5.5 of UN Regulation No 169.
3. Where the motor vehicle is fitted with an event data recorder type-approved as a separate technical unit, the vehicle
and its event data recorder shall comply with the technical requirements referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. However,
as regards paragraph 5 of UN Regulation No 169, they shall comply with the requirements set out in paragraphs 5.1, 5.2,
5.3.1, 5.3.2, and 5.4 of that Regulation.
Article 3
Data security
1. The crash-related data that the event data recorder records and stores shall be protected against manipulation by
complying with the relevant technical requirements and transitional provisions of UN Regulation No 155(4), the original
series or any later series of amendments thereof.
2. Software updates performed on the event data recorder shall be protected to reasonably prevent them from being
compromised and reasonably prevent invalid updates.
Article 4
Data retrieval
1. Crash-related data recorded by the event data recorders shall be made available for retrieval through the serial data
port on the standardised data link connector referred to in point 2.9 of Annex X to Regulation (EU) 2018/858. Where the
serial data port is no longer functional after a collision, the data shall be retrievable by a direct connection to the event data
recorder.
2. The vehicle manufacturer shall provide the type-approval authority and, at the request of a type-approval authority,
any interested manufacturer or repairer of components, diagnostic tools or test equipment with information about how the
event data can be accessed, retrieved and interpreted.
3. Vehicles and their event data recorders shall be designed in a way that enables a data retrieval tool to produce event
reports that contain the following data elements:
(a) each of the mandatory data elements, as required under UN Regulation No 169;
(b) the precise vehicle type, variant and version (including the fitted active safety and accident avoidance systems) of the
vehicle hosting the event data recorder.
The manufacturer shall demonstrate that data referred to in the point (b) above are available after an impact referred to in
paragraph 5.4.1 of UN Regulation No 169.
4. The data recorded by the event data recorder shall not be available for retrieval over interfaces accessible without the
need to unlock the vehicle or to use tools, or over vehicle interfaces for wireless connections.
5. The event data recorder’s data made available pursuant to paragraph 1:
(a) shall be available in a machine-readable format;
(b) shall not include or be made available together with any information allowing to relate those data to a natural
person.
(4) UN Regulation No 155 – Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regards to cybersecurity and cybersecurity
management system [2021/387] (OJ L 82, 9.3.2021, p. 30, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/387/oj).
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Article 5
Provisions for roadworthiness testing
For the purpose of periodic roadworthiness tests of vehicles, it shall be possible to verify the following features of the event
data recorder system:
(1) its correct operational status, by visible observation of the failure warning signal status following the activation of
the vehicle master control switch and any bulb check. Where the failure warning signal is displayed in a common
space (the area on which two or more information functions/symbols may be displayed, but not simultaneously), it
must be checked first that the common space is functional prior to the failure warning signal status check;
(2) its correct functionality and the software integrity, by the use of an electronic vehicle interface, such as the one laid
down in Section I, point (14), of Annex III to Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the
Council(5), where the technical characteristics of the vehicle allow for it and the necessary data is made available.
Manufacturers shall ensure to make available the technical information for the use of the electronic vehicle interface
in accordance with Article 6 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/621(6).
Article 6
Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2019/2144
Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 7
Entry into force and date of application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
It shall apply from 7 January 2026.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 July 2024.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(5) Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor
vehicles and their trailers and repealing Directive 2009/40/EC (OJ L 127 29.4.2014, p. 51, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/45/
oj).
(6) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/621 of 17 April 2019 on the technical information necessary for roadworthiness
testing of the items to be tested, on the use of the recommended test methods, and establishing detailed rules concerning the data
format and the procedures for accessing the relevant technical information (OJ L 108, 23.4.2019, p. 5, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/
reg_impl/2019/621/oj).
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Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2019/2144
In Annex II, in Part E, the row for requirement E5 is replaced by the following:
Additional specific technical
Subject Regulatory acts M M M N N N O O O O STU Component
provisions 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 4
‘E5 Event Data Commission Delegated B B B
Recorder Regulation
(EU) 2022/545(*)
UN Regulation No 160
Commission Delegated D D D D D
Regulation
(EU) 2024/2220(**)
UN Regulation No 169
(*) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/545 of 26 January 2022supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down detailed rules concerning
the specific test procedures and technical requirements for the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to their event data recorder and for the type-approval of those systems as separate technical units
and amending Annex II to that Regulation (OJ L 107, 6.4.2022, p. 18, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2022/545/oj).
(**) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2220 of 26 July 2024supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down detailed rules concerning the
specific test procedures and technical requirements for the type-approval of heavy-duty motor vehicles with regard to their event data recorder and for the type-approval of those systems as separate technical
units and amending Annex II to that Regulation (OJ L, 2024/2220, 2.10.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2024/2220/oj).’
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