Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 725/2011Show full title

Article 4 Application

1. An application for the approval of an innovative technology as an eco-innovation shall be submitted to the Commission in writing. The application and all supporting documentation shall also be submitted by electronic mail or electronic data carrier or uploaded in a server managed by the Commission. The written application shall list the supporting documentation.

2. An application shall include the following:

(a) contact details of the applicant;

(b) a description of the innovative technology and the way it is fitted on a vehicle, including evidence that the technology falls within the scope specified in Article 2;

(c) a summary description of the innovative technology, including details supporting that the conditions provided for in Article 2(2) are met, and of the testing methodology referred to in point (e) of this paragraph to be made public upon submission of the application to the Commission;

(d) an estimated indication of the individual vehicles that may be, or are intended to be, fitted with the innovative technology, and the estimated reductions of CO₂ emissions for those vehicles from the innovative technology;

(e) a methodology to be used for demonstrating the CO₂ emissions reductions of the innovative technology, or where such methodology has already been approved by the Commission, a reference to the approved methodology;

(f) evidence demonstrating that:

(i)

the emissions reduction achieved by the innovative technology meets the threshold specified in Article 9(1), taking into account any deterioration over time of the technology;

(ii)

the innovative technology is not covered by the standard test cycle CO₂ measurement referred to in point (c) of Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 as specified in Article 9(2) of this Regulation;

(iii)

the applicant is accountable for the CO₂ emissions reduction of the innovative technology as specified in Article 9(3);

(g) a verification report from an independent and certified body as specified in Article 7.