Article 9 U.K. Eligibility criteria

[F1 1. The minimum reduction to be achieved in accordance with Article 8(2) by the innovative technology shall be:

(a) 1 g CO ₂ /km in the case of applications made by reference to Article 2(3)(a);

(b) 0,5 g CO ₂ /km in the case of applications made by reference to Article 2(3)(b).]

2. Where the total savings of an innovative technology do not include any savings demonstrated under the [F1 standard test procedure in accordance with Article 8(2), the innovative technology shall be considered not to be covered by the standard test procedure].

3. The technical description of the innovative technology referred to in point (b) of Article 4(2) shall provide the necessary details for demonstrating that the CO₂ reducing performance of the technology is not dependant on settings or choices that are outside the control of the applicant.

Where the description is based on assumptions, those assumptions shall be verifiable and based on strong and independent statistical evidence supporting them and their applicability across the [F2 United Kingdom].

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/258 of 21 February 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 725/2011 for the purpose of adjusting it to the change in the regulatory test procedure and simplifying the administrative procedures for application and certification (Text with EEA relevance).

F2 Words in Art. 9(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Road Vehicle Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards (Cars and Vans) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/550), regs. 1, 5(6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)