Article 7The single format of the test report

1.

Technical services shall use the single format set out in Annex VI to this Regulation when drawing up the test reports referred to in Article 6(3)(g) and Articles 22(6) and 23(3)(a)of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628.

2.

Existing test reports for engines of category RLL issued under Directive 97/68/EC may be submitted for the purposes of type-approval under Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 under the condition that neither the substantive requirements nor the requirements regarding the test procedures have changed since the execution of the test. The difference between the per cent load and power and between the weighting factor for the mode number (mode no) of the test cycle given in section 3.7.1.4 of Annex III to Directive 97/68/EC and the corresponding mode number for test cycle F in Appendix 1 to Annex XVII of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/6543 shall not be considered substantive for this purpose.

3.

Existing test reports for engines meeting the Special Purpose engine (SPE) emission limit values issued under Directive 97/68/EC or the test report of an equivalent type approval referred to in Annex XII to Directive 97/68/EC may be submitted for the purposes of type-approval under Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 under the condition that neither the substantive requirements nor the requirements regarding the test procedures have changed since the execution of the test.

4.

Existing test reports for engines meeting the NRSh emission limit values issued under Directive 97/68/EC may be submitted for the purposes of type-approval under Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 under the condition that neither the substantive requirements nor the requirements regarding the test procedures have changed since the execution of the test.