{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-858/article-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-858/article-39.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/39",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Exemptions for new technologies or new concepts",
  "text": "1. The manufacturer may apply for a GB type-approval in respect of a type of vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit that incorporates new technologies or new concepts that are incompatible with one or more regulatory acts listed in Annex II.\n2. The approval authority shall grant the GB type-approval referred to in paragraph 1 where all of the following conditions are met:\n(a) the application for the GB type-approval states the reasons why the new technologies or new concepts make the vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units incompatible with one or more regulatory acts listed in Annex II;\n(b) the application for the GB type-approval describes the safety and environmental implications of the new technology or new concept and the measures taken in order to ensure at least an equivalent level of safety and environmental protection to that provided by the requirements in respect of which an exemption is sought;\n(c) test descriptions and results are presented proving that the condition in point (b) is met.\n3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n4. If type-approval is granted under this Article, that circumstance must be reflected in the heading of—\n(a) the type-approval certificate, and\n(b) any certificate of conformity.\n4A. The Secretary of State may by regulations—\n(a) amend Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683, and\n(b) make further provision regarding the template which is to be used for type-approval certificates and certificates of conformity for the purposes of this paragraph.\n5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n6. Where appropriate, the approval authority shall specify whether the approval is subject to any restrictions, in particular with regard to the maximum number of vehicles covered. In all cases, the GB type-approval shall be valid for at least 36 months.\n7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 39(1) 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), 29(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 39(2) substituted (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), 29(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 39(3) 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), 29(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 39(4)(4A) substituted for Art. 39(4) (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), 29(1)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Art. 39(5) 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), 29(1)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Art. 39(6) 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), 29(1)(f)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Art. 39(6) 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), 29(1)(f)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Art. 39(6) 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), 29(1)(f)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Art. 39(7) 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), 29(1)(g)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/858/article/39",
    "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."
}