I wonder what specific safety regulations they are talking about. For safety, I found these...
https://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/EN/Ar...y-systems.html
Anything labeled B is required for any on sale vehicle after July 2024.
However, the current Subaru Eyesight system seems to cover all of that. The manual would be out regardless since it doesn't work with Eyesight.
Not sure about actual crash regulations...
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/...es-in-vehicles mentions "The new rules also improve passive safety requirements, including crash tests (front and side), as well as windscreens to mitigate the severity of injuries for pedestrians and cyclists. Type-approval of tyres will also be improved to test worn tyres." But I'm not sure the context of that. The bumper, hood, and windscreen design are likely a major source of problems. The hood is too low and isn't designed to cushion a pedestrian, and the windscreen is probably too upright and wouldn't be fun to hit, or something else.