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Regulation (EU) 2026/1738 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 July 2026 on circularity requirements for vehicle design and on management of end-of-life vehicles, amending Regulations (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2019/1020 and (EU) 2023/1542 and repealing Directives 2000/53/EC and 2005/64/EC (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

require the manufacturer of the tool used to access the OBD information to attest to the manufacturer the identity of the diagnostic tool and the pseudonymised identity of the operator and to collect and store the VIN, the unique identifier of the part, where available and supported by the vehicle manufacturer process, the UTC date and time stamp for the relevant activity and the unique diagnostic tool identifier; the manufacturer shall obtain, on request, from the manufacturer of the diagnostic tool access to the information referred to in this point where this is necessary to react to a reasonable suspicion of parts theft or misuse.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.