{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-858/article-33",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-858/article-33.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2018/858",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-858",
  "path": "article/33",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "General provisions on amendments of GB type-approvals",
  "text": "1. The manufacturer shall inform the approval authority ... without delay of any change in the particulars recorded in the information package referred to in Article 26(4), including any change in the extended documentation package under the regulatory acts listed in Annex II.\nThe approval authority shall decide whether that change requires an amendment, in the form of either a revision or an extension of the GB type-approval in accordance with Article 34, or whether that change requires a new GB type-approval.\n2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3. Where the approval authority finds that an amendment requires the repetition of inspections or tests, it shall inform the manufacturer accordingly.\n4. Where the approval authority finds on the basis of the inspections or tests referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article that the requirements for the GB type-approval continue to be fulfilled, the procedures referred to in Article 34 shall apply.\n5. Where the approval authority finds that the changes in the particulars recorded in the information package cannot be covered by an extension of the existing type-approval, it shall refuse to amend the GB type-approval and shall request the manufacturer to apply for a new GB type-approval.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 33(1) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 27(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 33 substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 27(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 33(2) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 27(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 33(3) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 27(2)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 33(4) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 27(2)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Art. 33 heading substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 27(2)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/858/article/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:04.914425+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."
}