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Mapping the Global Automotive Rulebook — Inside the 2025 Automotive regulatory Guide

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The automotive industry operates within one of the most complex regulatory environments in the world — and that landscape keeps expanding.

From emissions and safety to digitalisation and autonomous driving, an ever-growing web of global rules now shapes how vehicles are designed, approved, and sold across 30+ territories.

Navigating that complexity requires more than policy summaries — it demands structure, comparability, and foresight.


A single map for a fragmented world


The Automotive Regulatory Guide 2025 provides exactly that. Produced by ACEA:intelligence, it brings together the world’s automotive rulebooks into a single, harmonised reference.

Each regulation is categorised under six domains — Environment, Safety, Technical, Radio, Mixed, and Aftersales — helping professionals grasp at a glance how different jurisdictions align or diverge.

Beyond the EU, the 2025 edition expands coverage to ASEAN, the GCC, the Eurasian Economic Union, Japan, Korea, and the United States, offering a truly global view of the frameworks shaping tomorrow’s mobility.


Global comparison: convergence and divergence


Regulation is rarely uniform — and the 2025 edition makes this visible.


📘 Europe continues to lead in integrating climate and safety under a single legislative umbrella. The newly adopted Euro 7 Regulation (EU 2024/1257) not only sets stricter pollutant thresholds but introduces battery durability and brake particle limits — signalling that environmental policy and electric vehicle safety are now inseparable.


🇯🇵 Japan, by contrast, follows a granular, engineering-led approach: its TRIAS and MLIT standards (such as TRIAS 15-R153 or MLIT 619) specify detailed test procedures for rear-end collisions and EV battery integrity, mirroring UN Regulations 153 and 100 while maintaining national autonomy.


🌏 In ASEAN, harmonisation is accelerating through the Mutual Recognition Agreement on Type Approval for Automotive Products (2022–2024) — a breakthrough that aligns 19 UNECE Regulations across Southeast Asia, fostering regional integration without full legal unification.


🌍 Meanwhile, the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) exemplifies regulatory bloc-building: from RoHS-style hazardous substance limits (TR EAEU 037/2016) to energy-efficiency standards (TR EAEU 048/2019), its goal is internal coherence rather than convergence with global norms — creating parallel ecosystems.


The result is a world of intersecting rulebooks, not competing ones — and a growing need for comparative insight.


Turning complexity into clarity


By integrating cross-references and direct links to official texts, the guide enables users to:


  • Track regulatory evolution by country or theme,

  • Benchmark standards across markets,

  • Identify overlaps and gaps between regional systems (UNECE, EU, national),

  • Support market access and compliance strategies worldwide.


This structured approach turns scattered legal material into actionable intelligence — a foundation for faster decisions and better foresight.


Why this matters


Regulation is no longer a static constraint; it is a driver of transformation.


Understanding its global architecture is essential not only for compliance but also for strategy, investment, and innovation.


As the world moves toward climate-neutral mobility, clarity and comparability in regulation are becoming competitive assets.


Sometimes, one sentence says it all:

💬 “Data doesn’t replace expertise — it amplifies it.”

That’s the principle guiding how ACEA:intelligence turns regulatory complexity into clarity — helping the automotive industry anticipate, not just comply.


Explore the data


The Automotive Regulatory Guide 2025 offers a structured, comparative framework to analyse global regulatory evolution — turning static legal texts into a dynamic, data-driven resource for policymakers, manufacturers, and analysts alike.



 
 
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