Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 is amended as follows:
In Article 2, the following points 45 to 48 are added:
“Fuel Storage System” means devices which allow storing the fuel, comprising of the fuel tank, the fuel filler, the filler cap and the fuel pump;
“Permeability Factor (PF)” means the hydrocarbon emissions as reflected in the permeability of the fuel storage system;
“Monolayer tank” means a fuel tank constructed with a single layer of material;
“Multilayer tank” means a fuel tank constructed with at least two different layered materials, one of which is impermeable to hydrocarbons, including ethanol.’
In Article 17, the following paragraph is inserted after the second subparagraph:
‘Annex VI as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1221(1) shall apply from 1 September 2019 to all new vehicles registered on and after that date.’.
Annex VI is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
[F1It shall apply from 1 September 2019 .]
Textual Amendments
F1 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1347 of 13 July 2017 correcting Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information, amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 (Text with EEA relevance).
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.