1. By 31 December 2022, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council regarding the subjects referred to in paragraph 3.
2. The report shall be based on a consultation of relevant stakeholders and shall take into account existing related European and international standards.
3. By 31 December 2021 the Member States shall report to the Commission on:
(a)
the number of individual approvals granted to vehicles covered by this Regulation before their first registration per year by the national authorities of that Member State since 1 January 2016;
(b)
the national criteria upon which such approvals were based insofar as these criteria deviated from the requirements obligatory for EU type-approval.
4. The report shall be accompanied, where appropriate, by legislative proposals, and shall examine the inclusion of individual approvals in this Regulation on the basis of harmonised requirements.