(1)

Regulation (EU) 2015/758 requires all new types of vehicles of categories M1 and N1 to be equipped with a 112-based eCall in-vehicle system.

(2)

The Commission’s Communication on a Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy (2) identifies the need to adapt the eCall legal framework to new telecommunication technologies.

(3)

Regulation (EU) 2015/758 contains a list of European standards, on which the technical requirements for the approval of eCall systems and vehicles equipped with such systems are based.

(4)

Since the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2015/758, the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) adopted new versions of standard EN 15722 ‘Intelligent transport systems – eSafety – eCall minimum set of data (MSD)’, standard EN 16072 ‘Intelligent transport systems – eSafety – Pan-European eCall operating requirements’ and standard EN 16454 ‘Intelligent transport systems – ESafety – Ecall end to end conformance testing’. That Regulation should therefore be amended to include references to the new versions of those standards.

(5)

European standards EN 16062 ‘Intelligent transport systems – eSafety – eCall high level application requirements (HLAP)’ and EN 16454 ‘Intelligent transport systems – ESafety – Ecall end to end conformance testing’ are based on eCall working over circuit-switched networks (2G/3G). Since mobile network operators plan a gradual phasing out of 2G/3G networks between 2025 and 2030 in all Member States, there is an urgent need to adapt emergency call in-vehicle systems to the newest packet-switched communication networks (4G/5G).

(6)

Two new eCall-related technical specifications based on packet-switched networks have been recently adopted by CEN in accordance with the procedures laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3). Regulation (EU) 2015/758 should therefore be amended to include reference to those standards.

(7)

To provide Member States, national authorities and economic operators with sufficient time to prepare for the implementation of eCall in-vehicle systems based on standards for packet-switched electronic communication networks, the date of application of those standards, as regards the approval of new types of eCall in-vehicle systems and new types of vehicles equipped with such systems, should be deferred.

(8)

In addition, it is necessary to ensure that eCall in-vehicle systems approved after the date of application of Regulation (EU) 2015/758 (i.e. 31 March 2018) and fitted into new vehicles will continue to be operational after the circuit-switched networks are completely shut down in all Member States. For this reason, from 1 January 2027, the certificates of conformity of such new vehicles should not be considered valid for the purposes of Article 48(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), and the vehicles should not be registered or entered into service unless they comply with the technical specifications for the packet-switched eCall as referred to in this Regulation,

‘(a)

EN 16072:2022 “Intelligent transport systems – eSafety – Pan-European eCall operating requirements”;

(b)

from 9 May 2024 until 31 December 2025, EN 16062:2023 “Intelligent transport systems – eSafety – eCall High Level Application Requirements (HLAP)”; and from 1 January 2026, CEN/TS 17184:2022 “Intelligent transport systems – eSafety – eCall high level application protocols (HLAP) using IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) over packet-switched networks”;

(c)

from 9 May 2024 until 31 December 2025, EN 16454:2023 “Intelligent transport systems – eSafety – eCall end to end conformance testing”; and from 1 January 2026, CEN/TS 17240:2018 “Intelligent transport systems – eSafety – eCall end to end conformance testing for IMS packet-switched based systems”;

(d)

EN 15722:2020 “Intelligent transport systems – eSafety – eCall minimum set of data (MSD)”;’.