Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1871 of 23 July 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2015/758 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the standards relating to eCall and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/79 as regards the technical requirements and test procedures for approval of motor vehicles equipped with 112-based eCall in-vehicle systems

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2015/758 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 concerning type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system based on the 112 service and amending Directive 2007/46/EC (1), and in particular Article 5(8) and (9) and Article 6(12) thereof,

Whereas:

(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 and technical specifications, which the technical requirements for the approval of eCall systems and vehicles equipped with such systems are based on.

(4) The European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) has adopted new standards EN 17184:2024 and EN 17240:2024 succeeding respectively the technical specifications CEN/TS 17184:2022 and CEN/TS 17240:2018. In addition, the new version of the standard EN 16072:2025 contains relevant changes for eCall. Accordingly, the references to the respective technical specifications and standards in Article 5(8) of Regulation (EU) 2015/758 should be updated.

(5) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/79 (3) establishes detailed technical requirements and test procedures for the approval of the 112-based eCall in-vehicle systems and motor vehicles equipped with such systems. Those technical requirements and test procedures should be revised to ensure technologic neutrality and to allow technology agnostic implementation of the test methods.

(6) In order to ensure the effectiveness of the eCall in-vehicle system self-test, it is necessary to provide that the failure modes should be tested separately.

(7) In order to ensure the readiness of the eCall in-vehicle system for the periodic roadworthiness tests in accordance with Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), it is necessary to provide the specific technical requirements to be met at type-approval to facilitate the roadworthiness testing throughout the lifecycle of the motor vehicles.

(8) To ensure that the verification of the lack of traceability of the eCall in-vehicle is performed without ambiguity it is necessary to specify the expected behaviour after the eCall is emitted.

(9) In order to ensure that the structure of the test procedures is consistent throughout the Annexes to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/79, those annexes should clearly distinguish between the test conditions, the test methods and the assessment.

(10) It is necessary to set out provisions allowing for the extension of approvals granted before 1 January 2027 to 112-based eCall in-vehicle systems operating over circuit-switched communication networks to ensure that they continue to serve the purpose after the transition to packet-switched communication technology.

(11) In order to make sure that the 112-based eCall in-vehicle system remains operational in case the main power supply of the vehicle is disconnected, it is necessary to provide test procedures for the back-up power supply (if fitted) and the secondary vehicle power supply, which might be used after a road accident with the vehicle.

(12) Therefore, Regulation (EU) 2015/758 and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/79 should be amended accordingly.

(13) In order to provide Member States, national authorities and manufacturers with sufficient lead time to implement the changes, the mandatory application of the standards EN 17184:2024 and EN 17240:2024 should be deferred to 1 January 2027. In addition, it is necessary to set out transitional provisions for the implementation of the new requirements regarding the back-up power supply and the secondary vehicle power supply of the 112-based eCall in-vehicle system and regarding the readiness for periodic roadworthiness tests of new types of vehicles with such systems,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2015/758

In Article 5(8), second subparagraph of Regulation (EU) 2015/758, points (a) to (c) are amended as follows:

(1) in point (a), ‘EN 16072:2022’ is replaced by ‘EN 16072:2025’.

(2) in point (b), ‘CEN/TS 17184:2022’ is replaced by ‘EN 17184:2024’.

(3) in point (c), ‘CEN/TS 17240:2018’ is replaced by ‘EN 17240:2024’.

Article 2

Amendments to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/79

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/79 is amended as follows:

(3) in Article 7, paragraph (1), is replaced by the following: ‘1.   EC type-approval of a 112-based eCall in-vehicle STU shall be subject to the STU passing the tests laid down in Annexes I, IV, VI, VII and VIII and complying with the relevant requirements laid down in those Annexes. In case the STU is fitted with a back-up power source, it shall comply with the requirements and be subject to the test procedure laid down in Annex X.’

(4) Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation;

(5) Annex II is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation;

(6) Annex III is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Regulation;

(7) Annex IV is amended in accordance with Annex IV to this Regulation;

(8) Annex VII is amended in accordance with Annex V to this Regulation;

(9) Annex VIII is amended in accordance with Annex VI to this Regulation;

(10) Annex VII to this Regulation is added as Annex X.

Article 3

Transitional provisions

Article 4

Entry into force and application

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

Article 1 (2) and (3) shall apply from 1 January 2027.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 July 2025.

For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 77, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2015/758/oj.

(2) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions ‘Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy – putting European transport on track for the future’, COM(2020) 789 final of 9.12.2020.

(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/79 of 12 September 2016 establishing detailed technical requirements and test procedures for the EC type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to their 112-based eCall in-vehicles systems, of 112-based eCall in-vehicle separate technical units and components and supplementing and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/758 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the exemptions and applicable standards (OJ L 12, 17.1.2017, p. 44, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2017/79/oj).

(4) 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).