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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-45/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-45/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2014/45",
  "legislation_title": "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 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-45",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Delegated acts",
  "text": "The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 18 in order to:\nupdate only the vehicle category designations referred to in Article 2(1) and Article 5(1) and (2) as appropriate in the event of changes to the vehicle categories stemming from amendments to the type-approval legislation referred to in Article 2(1), without affecting the scope and frequency of testing;\nupdate point 3 of Annex I in respect of methods in the event that more efficient and effective test methods become available, without extending the list of items to be tested;\nadapt point 3 of Annex I, following a positive assessment of the costs and benefits involved, in respect of the list of test items, methods, reasons for failure and assessment of deficiencies in the event of a modification of mandatory requirements relevant for type-approval in Union safety or environmental legislation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2014/45/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:46.121319+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}