Limited Article 50 legacy-system grace period ends

The deadline does not defer all Article 50 obligations. It applies narrowly to specified marking and detection duties for pre-existing systems.

The limited transition for machine-readable marking by certain systems placed on the market before August closes.

Closes the remaining transition identified in the Commission’s Article 50 guidance.

The consequence statement is limited to what the linked evidence and event record support.

Exact quotes below are taken from evidence rows attached to this update.

• Article 50 transparency duties entered into application. The Commission states that Article 50 applies from 2 August 2026.

The date alone does not describe every duty or identify the limited transition available to certain pre-existing systems.

An update page records a dated change. It does not replace the full vehicle text or later amendments.