COMING SOON

Germany is working on recognising the Dutch type approval (RDW) for FSD (Supervised). A national decision and owner rollout have not yet been announced.

60%

AvailableSoonExpected

RDW approval recognition under review by KBA
Relies on the EU-wide UNECE R171 framework
Owner rollout not yet announced

SourcesUNECE06/24/26 KBA05/22/26

Path to availability

Legal framework
Application filed
Road testing
Approval
OTA rollout
Available

Regulatory history

06/24/26

Germany

WP.29 adopts amendments to UN Regulation 171 (DCAS) — a shared EU gateway

UNECE06/24/26

05/22/26

Germany

Germany works on recognising the RDW approval for FSD

KBA05/22/26

05/02/26

Germany

KBA takes up recognition of the RDW approval

KBA05/02/26

Neighbouring countries