Ordinance on the approval and operation of motor vehicles with autonomous driving function in defined operating areas, AFGBV (Verordnung zur Genehmigung und zum Betrieb von Kraftfahrzeugen mit autonomer Fahrfunktion in festgelegten Betriebsbereichen)

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Last source check: 2026-08-31
Verification scope: Verification scope is not recorded. A catalogue check date does not establish a complete review of the legal position.

Record provenance: Published source library
Organisation: Federal Ministry of Transport
Jurisdiction: Germany
Publication date: 2022-06-24
Legal status: In force
Effective from: 2022-07-01
Summary: Germany's AFGBV requires an autonomous vehicle to have both a vehicle operating permit and an authority-approved defined operating area before road registration and autonomous operation.
Význam: It provides a concrete legal architecture for turning an ADS technical capability into geographically bounded lawful deployment and is a strong comparator for Slovak operation approval.
Citation: Germany, Verordnung zur Genehmigung und zum Betrieb von Kraftfahrzeugen mit autonomer Fahrfunktion in festgelegten Betriebsbereichen (AFGBV), 24 June 2022 (BGBl. I p. 986), effective 1 July 2022, as amended.
Recorded review date: 2026-08-31
Official source: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/afgbv/BJNR098610022.html

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