The Road Vehicle Emission Performance Standards (Cars and Vans) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 427/2014

32.—(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 427/2014 of 25 April 2014 establishing a procedure for the approval and certification of innovative technologies for reducing CO₂ emissions from light commercial vehicles pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 2—

(a) in paragraph 2, in point (b) for “Directive 2007/46/EC” substitute “the Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2009”,

(b) in paragraph 3, for “EC” substitute “UK”.

(3) In Article 3—

(a) in paragraph (2), for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”,

(b) in paragraph (4), for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”,

(c) in paragraph (5)—

(i) the words from “a category” to “Article 41(6) of that Directive” become point (a),

(ii) at the end of point (a) insert—

“(b) the Secretary of State; or

(c) any person designated for this purpose by the Secretary of State”.

(4) In Article 4—

(a) for “Commission” in each place where it appears substitute “Secretary of State”.

(b) in paragraph 2(f)(ii) omit “as referred to in Article 12(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 and”.

(5) In Article 6, in paragraph 2 for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”.

(6) In Article 9, in paragraph 3, in the second subparagraph for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”.

(7) In Article 10—

(a) for “Commission” in each place where it appears substitute “Secretary of State”,

(b) in paragraph 2, in the second subparagraph omit “, subject to the application of the exceptions to the right to public access to documents specified in Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001”.

(8) In Article 11—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “an approval authority within the meaning of Directive 2007/46/EC for an EC” substitute “the Secretary of State for a UK”,

(ii) for “Article 6 of Directive 2007/46/EC” substitute “the Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2009”,

(iii) for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”,

(b) in paragraph 2, for “Directive 2007/46/EC” substitute “the Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2009”.

(9) In Article 12, for “Commission” in each place where it appears substitute “Secretary of State”.

(10) In Article 12a—

(a) for “Commission” in each place where it appears substitute “Secretary of State”,

(b) in paragraph 4 omit “, subject to the application of the exceptions to the right to public access to documents specified in Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001”.

(11) Omit Article 13.

(12) Omit Article 14.

(13) After Article 14, omit the sentence beginning “This Regulation shall be binding”.