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Baliza v-16: European Commission to Study Whether It Is Legal for Dgt to Force Us to Buy It
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The European Commission has confirmed, in response to a parliamentary question from the Vice-President of the Group of the European People's Party (PPE), Dolors Montserrat, that the Spanish Government did not notify Brussels, as required by European legislation, of the rules establishing the mandatory connection of the V16 beacon, and has also warned that this imposition may affect the internal market, noting that the introduction of specific na…
According to the EPP (European People's Party), the European Commission says that Spain did not communicate the V-16 beacon rule and warns about the legal consequences. No other country in Europe uses it. Read
The European Commission recalls that States must notify any draft technical regulation before it is adopted.
The EU executive body has warned that this lack of notification may have legal consequences
The V-16 beacon has had its share of detractors since its introduction on 1 January. But now it is the European Commission that has taken part in this debate on the new security system. Not to assess its benefits and analyze the desirability of using it, but to clarify whether the fact that we are forced to take it only in Spain is in conformity with European law.
The DGT V16 beacon, the device that replaces triangles to signal a breakdown or an accident, is again news for a legal mess with the European Union. Since January 1, 2026, the V16 is the only legal means of pre-signalization and, when activated, sends the location to the DGT 3.0 platform to warn the rest of users. The detonator is an official response of the European Commission to a parliamentary question on the obligation of the V16 in Spain an…
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