S.I. No. 241/2023 - Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) (Vehicle Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 2023


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 19th May, 2023.

I, EAMON RYAN, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 4 of the Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Act 2012 (No. 16 of 2012) (as adapted by the Transport, Tourism and Sport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 351 of 2020 )) for the purpose of giving full effect to Article 10 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/392 of 4 March 20211 , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) (Vehicle Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.

2. The Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness (Vehicle Testing) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 ( S.I. No. 347 of 2013 ) are amended -

(a) in Regulation 3, by inserting the following definitions:

“‘Commission Implementing Regulation’ means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/392 of 4 March 20211 ;

‘real-world data’ shall be construed in accordance with Article 2 (c) of the Commission Implementing Regulation;”, and

(b) by inserting after Regulation 21 the following:

Collecting of real-world data and VINS

21A When carrying out a CVR test on a CVR vehicle to which Article 10 of the Commission Implementing Regulation applies, a CVR tester shall collect real-world data and VINS in accordance with that Article.”.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

16 May, 2023.

EAMON RYAN,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations give full effect to Article 10 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/392 for the collection of real-world data from new light commercial vehicles that are first registered from 1 January 2021 and that are equipped with on-board fuel and/or energy consumption monitoring devices at the Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness Test.

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