Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 is amended as follows:
in Article 3, at the end of point 17, the full stop should be changed into a semicolon;
in Article 3, the following point 18 is added:
“direct injection engine” means an engine which can operate in a mode where the fuel is injected into the intake air after the air has been drawn through the inlet valves.’;
in Article 10, the following paragraph 7 is added:
‘7.Until three years after the applicable dates set out in paragraphs 4 and 5 for new type approvals and the registration, sale or entry into service of new vehicles and upon the choice of the manufacturer, a particle number emission limit of 6 × 1012 #/km shall apply to vehicles with a direct injection positive ignition engine.’;
Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.