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# The Electronic Communications and Wireless Telegraphy (Amendment and Saving Provision) Regulations 2026

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2026 No. 1119
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
The Electronic Communications and Wireless Telegraphy (Amendment and Saving Provision) Regulations 2026
Made
22nd October 2026
Laid before Parliament
26th October 2026
Coming into force
31st March 2027
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by regulation 5(1), (2) and (3)(b) of the Electronic Communications and Wireless Telegraphy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent {#regulation-1}

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Electronic Communications and Wireless Telegraphy (Amendment and Saving Provision) Regulations 2026.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 31st March 2027.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

## 2 Interpretation {#regulation-2}

In these Regulations—
“the eCall regulation” means Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 305/2013 of 26 November 2012 supplementing Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the harmonised provision for an interoperable EU-wide eCall.
“public safety answering point” has the same meaning as in Article 2(b) of the eCall regulation.

## 3 Amendment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 305/2013 {#regulation-3}

(1) The eCall regulation is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 3 (eCall PSAP requirements), in paragraph 1, for “and ‘Intelligent transport systems — eSafety — eCall High Level Application Requirements (HLAP)’ (EN 16062)” substitute “, ‘Intelligent transport systems — ESafety — ECall end to end conformance testing’ (EN 16454:2023), ‘Intelligent transport systems — eSafety — eCall High level application protocols (HLAP) using IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) over packet switched networks’ (EN 17184:2024), ‘Intelligent transport systems — ESafety — ECall end to end conformance testing for IMS packet switched based systems’ (EN 17240:2024), ‘Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE; IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) emergency sessions’ (ETSI TS 123 167 V17.2.0), ‘LTE; General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) enhancements for Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) access’ (ETSI TS 123 401 V19.6.0) and ‘5G; System architecture for the 5G System (5GS)’ (ETSI TS 123 501 V19.8.0)”.

## 4 Saving Provision {#regulation-4}

Notwithstanding the amendments made by regulation 3, Article 3(1) of the eCall regulation continues to apply, with respect to the standard ‘Intelligent transport systems — eSafety — eCall High Level Application Requirements (HLAP)’ (EN 16062), as that Article had effect immediately before 31st March 2027, in relation to any eCall public safety answering point, until the end of 31st March 2031.