1Council Decision (EU) 2024/2566 of 23 September 2024 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Group of Experts on the European Agreement concerning the work of crews of vehicles engaged in international road transport (AETR) and within the Working Party on Road Transport of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) as regards amendments to Appendix 1B to the Annex to the AETR

Article 2(2) of Appendix 1B to the Annex to the AETR is amended as follows:

(1) point 2.4.5 is replaced by the following:

2.4.5

Requirement 278 is changed as follows:

In relation to manufacturers established in Contracting Parties against which the European Union has not adopted measures which it considers necessary for the protection of its essential security interests, and insofar as the rules of the European Union so permit, interoperability tests are carried out by a single competent body under the authority and responsibility of the European Commission of the European Union.;

(2) the following point is added:

2.4.8

In Appendix 11/Sub-Appendix XI of the AETR (Common Security Mechanisms), 3.1.1, requirement CSM_007 is changed as follows:

At European level, a single European key pair (EUR.SK and EUR.PK) shall be generated. The European private key shall be used to certify the Contracting Parties public keys. Records of all certified keys shall be kept. In relation to Contracting Parties against which the European Union has not adopted measures which it considers necessary for the protection of its essential security interests, and insofar as the rules of the European Union so permit, these tasks shall be handled by the European Commission of the European Union, acting as the European Certification Authority..