F1Article 5Baseline and eco-innovation
1.
For the purpose of the demonstration of CO2 emissions referred to in Article 8, the applicant shall designate:
F1(a)
an eco-innovation vehicle that shall be fitted with the innovative technology, or, where appropriate, the innovative technology as a stand-alone component;
(b)
a baseline vehicle that shall not be fitted with the innovative technology but that is in all other aspects identical to the eco-innovation vehicle, or, where appropriate, a baseline technology as a stand-alone component.
F12.
If the applicant considers that the information referred to in Articles 8 and 9 can be demonstrated by other means than those referred to in paragraph 1, the application for the approval of an innovative technology as an eco-innovation shall include the necessary details justifying that conclusion and a methodology providing equivalent results.
F23.
Where the application for the approval of an innovative technology as an eco-innovation is made by reference to the WLTP as referred to in Article 2(3)(b), the baseline vehicle shall be the vehicle within the interpolation family which represents the worst case for the purpose of demonstrating the eco-innovation savings.
In the case referred to in the second subparagraph of point 1.2.3.1 of sub-Annex 6 to Annex XXI to Regulation (EU) 2017/1151, F3as it has effect in domestic law, and as that Regulation has effect in EU law as amended from time to time and by virtue of the Northern Ireland Protocol, the baseline vehicle shall be the test vehicle H.
The choice of baseline vehicle shall be supported by strong and independent statistical evidence on the basis of which verifiable assumptions about the appropriateness and representativeness of the baseline vehicle can be made.