In 2022, the European Commission adopted the first worldwide legislation concerning the type-approval of the Automated Driving Systems of fully Automated Vehicles, opening the road to their introduction to the European market. The EU, in this way, becomes the first market in the world where this new generation of vehicles can be placed with a complete and unambiguous legislative framework. In order to define the conditions for the type-approval of vehicles operating without the presence of a driver, the EU Regulation 2022/1426 introduces a series of completely innovative elements that both industry and the Approval Authorities of the European Member States have the task to operationalise. In order to support this phase and to ensure the establishment of as harmonized as possible practices across the EU, the European Commission has launched in 2022 the process of drafting a first interpretation of some among the most innovative aspects of the Regulation. The present report is the result of this process. It has been drafted with the active contribution by the experts part of the Automated and Connected Vehicles sub-group of the Working Group on Motor Vehicles (MVWG-ACV). In its final form the report is composed by two parts. A first part of technical interpretation of the regulatory text and a second part composed by six appendixes providing examples and relevant resources to support the operationalization of different aspects of the legislation.
Ciuffo, B., Dona, R., Galassi, M.C., Giannotti, W., Sollima, C., Terzuoli, F. and Vass, S., Interpretation of EU Regulation 2022/1426 on the Type Approval of Automated Driving Systems, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2024, doi:10.2760/86028, JRC136417.
2024-02-23
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC136417
978-92-68-12555-7 (online)
1831-9424 (online)
EUR 31842 EN , OP KJ-NA-31-842-EN-N (online)
; DONA Riccardo; GALASSI Maria Cristina 