Implementation of EU 2022/1426 :Summary report on policy-related topics

In 2022, the European Commission adopted the first worldwide legislation concerning the type-approval of the Automated Driving Systems (ADS) of fully Automated Vehicles (AV), opening the road to their introduction to the European market. The European Union (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. However, Member States (MSs) should also put in place amendments to their national rules and legis-lation to accommodate ADS legislation. In order to support regulators at national level on this com-plementary activity and to ensure the establishment of as harmonized as possible practices for ADS deployment across Europe, the European Commission held a series of workshops to provide the status of play on some policy topics on Automated Driving System (ADS). This document summarises the discussions among the participants of the workshops on national rules and legislation organised by the European Commission – DG GROW as well as the discussions within Automated and Connected Vehicles sub-group of the Working Group on Motor Vehicles (MVWG-ACV). It has been drafted with the active contribution of the experts of MVWG-ACV. However, the contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the official/formal position or opinion of the European Commission, Member States and other stakeholders mentioned in this report. The document lists the policy topics currently under discussion within MVWG – ACV as well as the proposed actions that could be put into practise in the future. The reports also aims to foster further discussions with the involvement of the other relevant actors.