On May 21, 2024, the European Commission published a draft Regulation specifying the technical requirements and test procedures for Event Data Recorders (EDR's) fitted to heavy duty motor vehicles for public comment.The mandatory fitment of Event Data Recorders (EDR's) to heavy duty motor vehicles is one of the new safety features required by (EU) 2019/2144 (more commonly referred to as General Safety Regulation 2 or GSR 2).As specified in (EU) 2019/2144, from January 7, 2026, the fitment of an EDR becomes mandatory for all new types of M2, M3, N2 and N3 category vehicle (i.e. buses, coaches, heavy trucks and tractor units) and, from January 7, 2029, the fitment of an EDR will become mandatory for all new vehicles falling into those categories.
Essentially, the draft Regulation requires EDR's for heavy duty vehicles to comply with the technical requirements specified in United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE) Regulation No. 169 on Event Data Recorders for heavy duty vehicles.However, the draft Regulation does also specify some additional requirements on data retrieval, privacy and security of data.
The closing date for interesting parties to submit comments to the European Commission on this draft Regulation, via the European Commission's 'Better Regulation' web site, is June 18, 2024.
This draft Regulation is available on InterRegs.NET for our EC subscribers and is also available at SelectRegs.