Description:
Regulation (EU) 2018/8581. establishes the role and obligations of economic operators, Member States and the European Commission regarding the type approval and compliance of motor vehicles placed on the EU market. Article 2 of the regulation provides the measures needed when automotive products in the market represent serious safety or environmental risks that undermine the protection of consumers or that do not comply with the type approval requirements (Preamble 10). The regulation mandates that the Commission should organise and carry out compliance verification tests and inspections that are independent of those carried out by Member States under their national market surveillance obligations (Preamble 35).