
CHAPTER I
Article 1 

1. This Regulation establishes common technical requirements for the type approval of motor vehicles (vehicles) and replacement parts, such as replacement pollution control devices, with regard to their emissions.
2. In addition, this Regulation lays down rules for in-service conformity, the durability of pollution control devices, vehicle on-board diagnostic (OBD) systems and the measurement of fuel consumption.
Article 2 

1. This Regulation shall apply to vehicles of categories M1, M2, N1 and N2 as defined in  Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858  with a reference mass not exceeding 2 610 kg.
2. At the manufacturer's request, type approval granted under this Regulation may be extended from vehicles covered by paragraph 1 to M1, M2, N1 and N2 vehicles as defined in  Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858  with a reference mass not exceeding 2 840 kg and which meet the conditions laid down in this Regulation and its implementing measures.
Article 3 
For the purposes of this Regulation and its implementing measures the following definitions shall apply:

1.. ‘hybrid vehicle’ means a vehicle with at least two different energy converters and two different energy storage systems (on vehicle) for the purpose of vehicle propulsion;
2.. ‘vehicles designed to fulfil specific social needs’ means diesel vehicles of category M1 which are either:

((a)) special purpose vehicles as defined in  Regulation (EU) 2018/858  with a reference mass exceeding 2 000 kg;
((b)) vehicles with a reference mass exceeding 2 000 kg and designed to carry seven or more occupants including the driver with the exclusion, as from 1 September 2012, of vehicles of category M1G as defined in  Regulation (EU) 2018/858;
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((c)) vehicles with a reference mass exceeding 1 760 kg which are built specifically for commercial purposes to accommodate wheelchair use inside the vehicle;
3.. ‘reference mass’ means the mass of the vehicle in running order less the uniform mass of the driver of 75 kg and increased by a uniform mass of 100 kg;
4.. ‘gaseous pollutants’ means the exhaust gas emissions of carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, expressed in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) equivalent, and hydrocarbons;
5.. ‘particulate pollutants’ means components of the exhaust gas which are removed from the diluted exhaust gas at a maximum temperature of 325 °K (52 °C) by means of the filters described in the test procedure for verifying average tailpipe emissions;
6.. ‘tailpipe emissions’ means the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants;
7.. ‘evaporative emissions’ means the hydrocarbon vapours emitted from the fuel system of a vehicle other than those from tailpipe emissions;
8.. ‘crankcase’ means the spaces in, or external to, an engine which are connected to the oil sump by internal or external ducts through which gases and vapours can be emitted;
9.. ‘on-board diagnostic system’ or ‘OBD system’ means a system for emission control which has the capability of identifying the likely area of malfunction by means of fault codes stored in a computer memory;
10.. ‘defeat device’ means any element of design which senses temperature, vehicle speed, engine speed (RPM), transmission gear, manifold vacuum or any other parameter for the purpose of activating, modulating, delaying or deactivating the operation of any part of the emission control system, that reduces the effectiveness of the emission control system under conditions which may reasonably be expected to be encountered in normal vehicle operation and use;
11.. ‘pollution control device’ means those components of a vehicle that control and/or limit tailpipe and evaporative emissions;
12.. ‘original pollution control device’ means a pollution control device or an assembly of such devices covered by the type approval granted for the vehicle concerned;
13.. ‘replacement pollution control device’ means a pollution control device or an assembly of such devices intended to replace an original pollution control device and which can be approved as a separate technical unit as defined in  Regulation (EU) 2018/858;
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16.. ‘biofuels’ means liquid or gaseous fuels for transport, produced from biomass;
17.. ‘alternative fuel vehicle’ means a vehicle designed to be capable of running on at least one type of fuel that is either gaseous at atmospheric temperature and pressure, or substantially non-mineral oil derived ;
18.. ‘direct injection engine’ means an engine which can operate in a mode where the fuel is injected into the intake air after the air has been drawn through the inlet valves.
CHAPTER II
Article 4 

1. Manufacturers shall demonstrate that all new vehicles sold, registered or put into service in  Great Britain  are type approved in accordance with this Regulation and its implementing measures. Manufacturers shall also demonstrate that all new replacement pollution control devices requiring type approval which are sold or put into service in  Great Britain  are type approved in accordance with this Regulation and its implementing measures.These obligations include meeting the emission limits set out in Annex I and the implementing measures referred to in Article 5.
2. Manufacturers shall ensure that type approval procedures for verifying conformity of production, durability of pollution control devices and in-service conformity are met.In addition, the technical measures taken by the manufacturer must be such as to ensure that the tailpipe and evaporative emissions are effectively limited, pursuant to this Regulation, throughout the normal life of the vehicles under normal conditions of use. Therefore, in-service conformity measures shall be checked for a period of up to five years or 100 000 km, whichever is the sooner. Durability testing of pollution control devices undertaken for type approval shall cover 160 000 km. To comply with this durability test, the manufacturers should have the possibility to make use of test bench ageing, subject to the implementing measures referred to in paragraph 4.In-service conformity shall be checked, in particular, for tailpipe emissions as tested against emission limits set out in Annex I. ...
3. Manufacturers shall set out carbon dioxide emissions and fuel consumption figures in a document given to the purchaser of the vehicle at the time of purchase.
4. The Secretary of State may by regulations establish procedures and requirements for the implementation of paragraphs 2 and 3.
Article 5 

1. The manufacturer shall equip vehicles so that the components likely to affect emissions are designed, constructed and assembled so as to enable the vehicle, in normal use, to comply with this Regulation and its implementing measures.
2. The use of defeat devices that reduce the effectiveness of emission control systems shall be prohibited. The prohibition shall not apply where:
(a) the need for the device is justified in terms of protecting the engine against damage or accident and for safe operation of the vehicle;
(b) the device does not function beyond the requirements of engine starting;or
(c) the conditions are substantially included in the test procedures for verifying evaporative emissions and average tailpipe emissions.
3. The Secretary of State may by regulations impose requirements for the implementation of paragraph 2, which must include establishing the requirements relating to:
(a) tailpipe emissions, including test cycles, low ambient temperature emissions, emissions at idling speed, smoke opacity and correct functioning and regeneration of after-treatment systems;
(b) evaporative emissions and crankcase emissions;
(c) OBD systems and in-use performance of pollution control devices;
(d) durability of pollution control devices, replacement pollution control devices, in-service conformity, conformity of production and roadworthiness;
(e) measurement of greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption;
(f) hybrid vehicles and alternative fuel vehicles;
(g) extension of type approvals and requirements for small volume manufacturers;
(h) test equipment;and
(i) reference fuels, such as petrol, diesel, gaseous fuels and biofuels, such as bioethanol, biodiesel and biogas ;
(j) measurement of engine power.
The above requirements shall, where relevant, apply to vehicles regardless of the type of fuel by which they are powered.
CHAPTER III
Article 6 
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Article 7 
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Article 8 
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Article 9 
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CHAPTER IV
Article 10 

1. With effect from 2 July 2007, if a manufacturer so requests, the  Secretary of State  may not, on grounds relating to emissions or fuel consumption of vehicles, refuse to grant  GB type-approval  for a new type of vehicle, or prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of a new vehicle, where the vehicle concerned complies with this Regulation and its implementing measures, and in particular with the Euro 5 limit values set out in Table 1 of Annex I or with the Euro 6 limit values set out in Table 2 of Annex I.
2. With effect from 1 September 2009, and from 1 September 2010 in the case of category N1 class II and III and category N2 vehicles, the  approval authority  shall refuse, on grounds relating to emissions or fuel consumption, to grant  GB type-approval  for new types of vehicle which do not comply with this Regulation and its implementing measures, and in particular with the Annexes, with the exception of the Euro 6 limit values set out in Table 2 of Annex I. For the test on tailpipe emissions, the limit values applied to vehicles designed to fulfil specific social needs shall be the same as for category N1 class III vehicles.
3. With effect from 1 January 2011, and from 1 January 2012 in the case of category N1 class II and III and category N2 vehicles and vehicles designed to fulfil specific social needs,  the Secretary of State  shall, in the case of new vehicles which do not comply with this Regulation and its implementing measures, and in particular with the Annexes with the exception of the Euro 6 limit values set out in Table 2 of Annex I, consider certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of  Article 48 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858  and shall, on grounds relating to emissions or fuel consumption, prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of such vehicles. For the test on tailpipe emissions, the limit values applied to vehicles designed to fulfil specific social needs shall be the same as for category N1 class III vehicles.
4. With effect from 1 September 2014, and from 1 September 2015 in the case of category N1 class II and III and category N2 vehicles, the  approval authority  shall refuse, on grounds relating to emissions or fuel consumption, to grant  GB type-approval  for new types of vehicle which do not comply with this Regulation and its implementing measures, and in particular with the Euro 6 limit values set out in Table 2 of Annex I.
5. With effect from 1 September 2015, and from 1 September 2016 in the case of category N1 class II and III and category N2 vehicles,  the Secretary of State  shall, in the case of new vehicles which do not comply with this Regulation and its implementing measures, and in particular with the Euro 6 limit values set out in Table 2 of Annex I, consider certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of  Article 48 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858  and shall, on grounds relating to emissions or fuel consumption, prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of such vehicles.
6. The 5,0 mg/km emission limit for mass of particulate matter referred to in Tables 1 and 2 of Annex I shall be effective from the applicable dates set out in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3.The 4,5 mg/km emission limit for mass of particulate matter and the particle number limit referred to in Tables 1 and 2 of Annex I shall be effective from 1 September 2011 for the type-approval on new types of vehicles and from 1 January 2013 for all new vehicles sold, registered or put into service in  Great Britain.
7. Until three years after the applicable dates set out in paragraphs 4 and 5 for new type approvals and the registration, sale or entry into service of new vehicles and upon the choice of the manufacturer, a particle number emission limit of 6 × 10
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                               #/km shall apply to vehicles with a direct injection positive ignition engine.
Article 11 

1. For new replacement pollution control devices intended to be fitted on vehicles approved under this Regulation,  the approval authority  shall prohibit their sale or installation on a vehicle if they are not of a type in respect of which a type approval has been granted in compliance with this Regulation and its implementing measures.
2. The approval authority  may continue to grant extensions to  GB  type approvals for replacement pollution control devices intended for standards preceding this Regulation under the terms which originally applied.  The approval authority  shall prohibit the sale or installation on a vehicle of such replacement pollution control devices unless they are of a type in respect of which a relevant type approval has been granted.
3. Replacement pollution control devices intended to be fitted on vehicles type approved prior to the adoption of component type approval requirements are exempt from the requirements of paragraphs 1 and 2.
Article 12 
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Article 13 
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CHAPTER V
Article 14 

1. The  Secretary of State  shall consider including methane emissions in the calculation of carbon dioxide emissions.  The Secretary of State may make regulations to account for, or limit, methane emissions.
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4. The  Secretary of State  shall keep under review the pollutants subject to the requirements and tests referred to in Article 5(3).  If the Secretary of State considers that it is necessary to regulate the emissions of additional pollutants, the Secretary of State may make regulations amending these Regulations accordingly.
5. The  Secretary of State  shall review the emission limits set out in Table 4 of Annex I for the carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon tailpipe emissions after a cold start test and  may make regulations if the Secretary of State considers that it is appropriate to do so to tighten the emission limits.
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Article 15 

1. Any power to make regulations conferred on the Secretary of State by this Regulation is exercisable by statutory instrument.
2. Such regulations may—
(a) make incidental, supplemental, consequential or transitional provision, and
(b) make different provision for different cases or descriptions of case, different circumstances, different purposes or different areas.
3. Regulations to which paragraph 4 applies may not be made unless the Secretary of State has consulted with such representative organisations as they think fit.
(4.) This paragraph applies to regulations made under Article 4(4), 5(3) or 14.
(5.) A statutory instrument containing regulations under Article 14 may not be made unless a draft of the instrument containing them has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.
(6.) A statutory instrument containing regulations made under any other provision of this Regulation is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
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Article 17 

1. The following Directives shall be repealed with effect from 2 January 2013:
— Directive 70/220/EEC,
— Directive 72/306/EEC,
— Directive 74/290/EEC,
— Directive 77/102/EEC,
— Directive 78/665/EEC,
— Directive 80/1268/EEC,
— Directive 83/351/EEC,
— Directive 88/76/EEC,
— Directive 88/436/EEC,
— Directive 89/458/EEC,
— Directive 91/441/EEC,
— Directive 93/59/EEC,
— Directive 93/116/EC,
— Directive 94/12/EC,
— Directive 96/44/EC,
— Directive 96/69/EC,
— Directive 98/69/EC,
— Directive 98/77/EC,
— Directive 1999/100/EC,
— Directive 1999/102/EC,
— Directive 2001/1/EC,
— Directive 2001/100/EC,
— Directive 2002/80/EC,
— Directive 2003/76/EC,
— Directive 2004/3/EC.
2. Annexes II and V of Commission Directive 89/491/EEC of 17 July 1989 adapting to technical progress Council Directives 70/157/EEC, 70/220/EEC, 72/245/EEC, 72/306/EEC, 80/1268/EEC and 80/1269/EEC relating to motor vehicles shall be deleted with effect from 2 January 2013.
3. References made to the repealed Directives shall be construed as being made to this Regulation.
4. Member States shall repeal their implementing legislation adopted under the Directives referred to in paragraph 1 with effect from 2 January 2013.
Article 18 

1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
2. This Regulation shall apply from 3 January 2009, with the exception of Articles 10(1) and 12 which shall apply from 2 July 2007.
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ANNEX I
 Reference mass(RM)(kg) Limit values
Mass of carbon monoxide(CO) Mass of total hydrocarbons(THC) Mass of non-methane hydrocarbons(NMHC) Mass of oxides of nitrogen(NOx) Combined mass of hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen(THC + NOx) Mass of particulate matter(PM) Number of particles(PN)
L1(mg/km) L2(mg/km) L3(mg/km) L4(mg/km) L2 + L4(mg/km) L5(mg/km) L6(#/km)
Category Class  PI CI PI CI PI CI PI CI PI CI PI CI PI CI
M — All 1 000 500 100 — 68 — 60 180 — 230 5,0/4,5 5,0/4,5 — 6,0 × 1011
N1 I RM ≤ 1 305 1 000 500 100 — 68 — 60 180 — 230 5,0/4,5 5,0/4,5 — 6,0 × 1011
II 1 305 < RM ≤ 1 760 1 810 630 130 — 90 — 75 235 — 295 5,0/4,5 5,0/4,5 — 6,0 × 1011
III 1 760 < RM 2 270 740 160 — 108 — 82 280 — 350 5,0/4,5 5,0/4,5 — 6,0 × 1011
N2 — All 2 270 740 160 — 108 — 82 280 — 350 5,0/4,5 5,0/4,5 — 6,0 × 1011



Key: PI = Positive Ignition, CI = Compression Ignition
 Reference mass(RM)(kg) Limit values
Mass of carbon monoxide(CO) Mass of total hydrocarbons(THC) Mass of non-methane hydrocarbons(NMHC) Mass of oxides of nitrogen(NOx) Combined mass of hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen(THC + NOx) Mass of particulate matter(PM) Number of particles(PN)
L1(mg/km) L2(mg/km) L3(mg/km) L4(mg/km) L2 + L4(mg/km) L5(mg/km) L6(#/km)
Category Class  PI CI PI CI PI CI PI CI PI CI PI CI PI CI
M — All 1 000 500 100 — 68 — 60 80 — 170 4,5 4,5 6,0 × 1011 6,0 × 1011
N1 I RM ≤ 1 305 1 000 500 100 — 68 — 60 80 — 170 4,5 4,5 6,0 × 1011 6,0 × 1011
II 1 305 < RM ≤ 1 760 1 810 630 130 — 90 — 75 105 — 195 4,5 4,5 6,0 × 1011 6,0 × 1011
III 1 760 < RM 2 270 740 160 — 108 — 82 125 — 215 4,5 4,5 6,0 × 1011 6,0 × 1011
N2 — All 2 270 740 160 — 108 — 82 125 — 215 4,5 4,5 6,0 × 1011 6,0 × 1011



Key: PI = Positive Ignition, CI = Compression Ignition
Mass of Evaporative Emission (g/test)
2,0
Test temperature 266 K (–7 °C)
Vehicle Category Class Mass of carbon monoxide (CO)L1 (g/km) Mass of hydrocarbons (HC)L2 (g/km)
M — 15 1,8
N1 I 15 1,8
II 24 2,7
III 30 3,2
N2  30 3,2
ANNEX II

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