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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1502

of 2 June 2017

amending Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council for the purpose of adapting them to the change in the regulatory test procedure for the measurement of CO₂ from light duty vehicles

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 setting emission performance standards for new passenger cars as part of the Community's integrated approach to reduce CO₂ emissions from light-duty vehicles(1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 8(9) and the second subparagraph of Article 13(7) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) A new regulatory test procedure for measuring CO₂ emissions and fuel consumption from light duty vehicles, the World Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP), set out in Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151(2) will replace the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC), which is currently used pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008(3), with effect starting from 1 September 2017. The WLTP is expected to provide CO₂ emission and fuel consumption values that are more representative of real driving conditions.

(2) In order to take into account the difference in the level of CO₂ emissions measured under the existing NEDC and the new WLTP procedures, a methodology for correlating those values has been put in place pursuant to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1153(4).

(3) The correlation methodology is to be used during the phasing-in of the WLTP until end of 2020 to ensure that manufacturers' compliance with the CO₂ emission targets can be verified on the basis of the NEDC emission values during that period. As a consequence, WLTP based specific CO₂ emission targets should be applied with effect from the calendar year 2021.

(4) In 2020 the CO₂ emissions of all new vehicles registered is to be determined on the basis of both the NEDC and the WLTP in accordance with the correlation methodology. By monitoring both those CO₂ values, robust datasets should be available for comparing the level of emissions resulting from the two test procedures. Those datasets should allow the determination of WLTP based specific emission targets that are of a stringency comparable to those determined by reference to NEDC measurements in accordance with the requirement set out in Article 13(7) of Regulation (EC) No 443/2009.

(5) For the purpose of setting a manufacturer's specific emission target in 2021, the average WLTP CO₂ emissions of the new cars registered in 2020 should be used as reference value. The specific emission target should be determined by either increasing or decreasing that reference value proportionally to the manufacturer's performance in meeting its NEDC based target in 2020.

(6) In order to ensure that the WLTP based specific emission targets remain comparable over time, account should be taken of annual changes in the average mass of the manufacturer's fleet.

(7) A number of new parameters should be added to the detailed data that is to be monitored following the introduction of the WLTP. Under the WLTP the CO₂ emission values are to be calculated taking into account the specific configuration of each individual vehicle. In order to ensure that the vehicles can be identified and the data effectively verified by manufacturers as well as by the Commission, it is appropriate to base the monitoring on vehicle identification numbers.

(8) Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 1.

(2)

Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 of 1 June 2017 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 (OJ L 175, 7.7.2017, p. 1).

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 of 18 July 2008 implementing and amending 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 (OJ L 199, 28.7.2008, p. 1).

(4)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1153 of 2 June 2017 setting out a methodology for determining the correlation parameters necessary for reflecting the change in the regulatory test procedure and amending Regulation (EU) No 1014/2010 (OJ L 175, 7.7.2017, p. 679).