# Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, amending Regulations (EC) No 715/2007 and (EC) No 595/2009 and repealing Directive 2007/46/EC (Text with EEA relevance), Article 24: Information folder

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The information folder shall include the following:
(a) an information document, in accordance with the template laid down in the retained direct EU legislation made under paragraph 4 as it had effect before IP completion day, or regulations made under paragraph 4 as it is now in force, except where paragraph 1A applies, for single-step type-approval or mixed whole-vehicle type-approval or for step-by-step whole-vehicle type-approval or, in the case of the type-approval of a system, component or separate technical unit, in accordance with the relevant regulatory act listed in Annex II;
(b) all data, drawings, photographs and other relevant information;
(c) for vehicles, an indication of the procedure or procedures chosen in accordance with Article 22(1);
(d) any additional information requested by the approval authority in the context of the GB type-approval procedure.
1A. The information document submitted as part of an information folder accompanying an application for GB type-approval in relation to a vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit, which has previously been used to apply for an EU type-approval in accordance with the EU Type Approval Regulation, may be in the same format as the information document used to apply for that EU type-approval, if the application is made—
(a) before 1st August 2026, in the case of a vehicle in category M or N, or
(b) before 1st August 2027, in the case of a vehicle in category O, a component or a separate technical unit.
2. The information document referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 for whole-vehicle type-approval shall contain a complete set of information on the characteristics of the type of vehicle that is necessary for the approval authority to identify the type of vehicle and to properly conduct the type-approval procedure.
3. The manufacturer shall submit the information folder to the approval authority in an electronic format that is acceptable to that authority. The approval authority may also accept the information folders that are submitted in paper format.
4. The Secretary of State may, by regulations prescribe—
(a) the template for the information document and any other part of the information folder, and
(b) a harmonised electronic format for the purposes of paragraph 3 of this Article.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/858/article/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-858/article-24
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