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Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 on type approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) (Text with EEA relevance)
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1.The [F1Secretary of State] shall consider including methane emissions in the calculation of carbon dioxide emissions. [F2The Secretary of State may make regulations to account for, or limit, methane emissions.]
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4.The [F5Secretary of State] shall keep under review the pollutants subject to the requirements and tests referred to in Article 5(3). [F6If 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 [F7Secretary 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 [F8may make regulations if the Secretary of State considers that it is appropriate to do so to tighten the emission limits].
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 14(1) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 49(10)(a)(i)
F2Words in Art. 14(1) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 49(10)(a)(ii)
F3Art. 14(2) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 49(10)(b)
F4Art. 14(3) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 49(10)(b)
F5Words in Art. 14(4) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 49(10)(c)(i)
F6Words in Art. 14(4) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 49(10)(c)(ii)
F7Words in Art. 14(5) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 49(10)(d)(i)
F8Words in Art. 14(5) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 49(10)(d)(ii)
F9Deleted by Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on type-approval of motor vehicles and engines with respect to emissions from heavy duty vehicles (Euro VI) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information and amending Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directives 80/1269/EEC, 2005/55/EC and 2005/78/EC (Text with EEA relevance).
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.]
Textual Amendments
F10Art. 15 substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 49(11)
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Textual Amendments
F11Art. 16 omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 49(12)
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(1) 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.
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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Textual Amendments
F12Art. 18(3) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 49(13)
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