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Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 setting CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles and amending Regulations (EC) No 595/2009 and (EU) 2018/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 96/53/EC (Text with EEA relevance)

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2.AVERAGE SPECIFIC CO2 EMISSIONS OF A MANUFACTURERU.K.

2.1.Specific CO2 emissions of a new heavy-duty vehicleU.K.

The specific CO2 emissions in g/km of a new heavy-duty vehicle v (CO2v ), attributed to the vehicle sub-group sg shall be calculated as follows:

where:

mp

is the sum over all mission profiles mp listed in Table 2;

sg

is the vehicle sub-group to which the new heavy-duty vehicle v has been attributed according to point 1 of this Annex;

W sg,mp

is the mission profile weight specified in Table 2;

CO2 v,mp

is the CO2 emissions in g/km of a new heavy-duty vehicle v determined for a mission profile mp and reported in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/956.

The specific CO2 emissions of a zero-emission heavy-duty vehicle shall be set to 0 g CO2/km.

The specific CO2 emissions of a vocational vehicle shall be the average of the CO2 emissions in g/km reported in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/956.

Table 2

Mission profile weights (Wsg,mp)

a

See mission profile definitions under this Table.

Vehicle sub-group (sg)Mission profilea (mp)
RDLRDRLHLLHRUDLUDRREL, RER, LEL, LER
4-UD00000,50,50
4-RD0,450,450,050,05000
4-LH0,050,050,450,45000
9-RD0,270,630,030,07000
9-LH0,030,070,270,63000
5-RD0,270,630,030,07000
5-LH0,030,070,270,63000
10-RD0,270,630,030,07000
10-LH0,030,070,270,63000
Mission profile definitions
RDLRegional delivery payload low
RDRRegional delivery payload representative
LHLLong haul payload low
LHRLong haul payload representative
UDLUrban delivery payload low
UDRUrban delivery payload representative
RELRegional delivery (EMS) payload low
RERRegional delivery (EMS) payload representative
LELLong haul (EMS) payload low
LERLong haul (EMS) payload representative

2.2.Average specific CO2 emissions of all new heavy-duty vehicles in a vehicle sub-group for a manufacturerU.K.

For each manufacturer and each reporting period, the average specific CO2 emissions in g/tkm of all new heavy-duty vehicles in the vehicle sub-group sg (avgCO2sg ) shall be calculated as follows:

where:

v

is the sum over all new heavy-duty vehicles of the manufacturer in the vehicle sub-group sg, excluding vocational vehicles, in accordance with point (a) of the first paragraph of Article 4;

CO2 v

is the specific CO2 emissions of a new heavy-duty vehicle v determined in accordance with point 2.1;

Vsg

is the number of new heavy-duty vehicles of the manufacturer in the vehicle sub-group sg, excluding vocational vehicles, in accordance with point (a) of the first paragraph of Article 4;

PL sg

is the average payload of vehicles in the vehicle sub-group sg as determined in point 2.5.

2.3.The zero- and low-emission factor referred to in Article 5U.K.

2.3.1.Reporting periods 2019 to 2024U.K.

For each manufacturer and reporting period from 2019 to 2024, the zero- and low-emission factor (ZLEV) referred to in Article 5 shall be calculated as follows:

with a minimum of 0,97

where:

V

is the number of new heavy-duty vehicles of the manufacturer that meet the characteristics set out in the first subparagraph of Article 2(1), excluding vocational vehicles, in accordance with point (a) of the first paragraph of Article 4;

Vconv

is the number of new heavy-duty vehicles of the manufacturer that meet the characteristics set out in the first subparagraph of Article 2(1), excluding vocational vehicles, in accordance with point (a) of the first paragraph of Article 4 and excluding zero- and low-emission heavy-duty vehicles;

Vzlev

is the sum of Vin and Vout,

where:

Vin is

with being the sum over all new zero- and low-emission heavy-duty vehicles that meet the characteristics set out in the first subparagraph of Article 2(1);

CO2v

is the specific CO2 emissions in g/km of a zero- or low-emission heavy-duty vehicle v determined in accordance with point 2.1;

LETsg

is the low-emission threshold of the vehicle sub-group sg to which the vehicle v belongs as defined in point 2.3.3;

Vout

is the total number of newly registered zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 2(1), multiplied by 2, and with a maximum of 1,5 % of Vconv.

2.3.2.Reporting periods from 2025 onwardsU.K.

For each manufacturer and reporting period, the zero- and low-emission factor (ZLEV) referred to in Article 5 shall be calculated as follows:

unless this sum is larger than 1 or lower than 0,97 in which case the ZLEV factor shall be set to 1 or 0,97, as the case may be

where:

x

is 0,02

y

is the sum of Vin and Vout, divided by Vtotal, where:

Vin

is the total number of newly registered low- and zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles that meet the characteristics set out in the first subparagraph of Article 2(1), where each of them is counted as ZLEVspecific in accordance with the formula below:

where:

CO2v

is the specific CO2 emissions in g/km of a zero- or low-emission heavy-duty vehicle v determined in accordance with point 2.1;

LETsg

is the low-emission threshold of the vehicle sub-group sg to which the vehicle v belongs as defined in point 2.3.3;

Vout

is the total number of newly registered zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 2(1), and with a maximum of 0,035 of Vtotal;

Vtotal

is the total number of newly registered heavy-duty vehicles of the manufacturer in that reporting period.

Where Vin/Vtotal is lower than 0,0075, the ZLEV factor shall be set to 1.

2.3.3.Low-emission thresholdU.K.

The low-emission threshold LETsg of the vehicle sub-group sg is defined as follows:

where:

rCO2 sg

is the reference CO2 emissions of the vehicle sub-group sg, as determined in point 3;

PLsg

is the average payload of vehicles in the vehicle sub-group sg, as determined in point 2.5.

2.4.The manufacturer’s share of new heavy-duty vehicles in a vehicle sub-groupU.K.

For each manufacturer and each reporting period, the share of new heavy-duty vehicles in the vehicle sub-group sg (sharesg ) shall be calculated as follows:

where:

Vsg

is the number of new heavy-duty vehicles of the manufacturer in the vehicle sub-group sg, excluding vocational vehicles, in accordance with point (a) of the first paragraph of Article 4;

V

is the number of new heavy-duty vehicles of the manufacturer, excluding vocational vehicles, in accordance with point (a) of the first paragraph of Article 4.

2.5.Average payload values of all vehicles in a vehicle sub-groupU.K.

The average payload value of a vehicle in the vehicle sub-group sg (PLsg ) shall be calculated as follows:

where:

mp

is the sum over all mission profiles mp;

W sg,mp

is the mission profile weight specified in Table 2 under point 2.1;

PL sg,mp

is the payload value attributed to the vehicles in the vehicle sub-group sg for the mission profile mp, as specified in Table 3.

Table 3

Payload values PLsg,mp (in tonnes)

a

See mission profile definitions under Table 2 of point 2.1

Vehicle sub-group sgMission profilea mp
RDLRDRLHLLHRUDLUDRRELRERLELLER
4-UD0,94,41,9140,94,43,517,53,526,5
4-RD
4-LH
5-RD2,612,92,619,32,612,93,517,53,526,5
5-LH
9-RD1,47,12,619,31,47,13,517,53,526,5
9-LH
10-RD2,612,92,619,32,612,93,517,53,526,5
10-LH

2.6.Mileage and payload weighting factorU.K.

The mileage and payload weighting factor (MPWsg) of the vehicle sub-group sg is defined as the product of the annual mileage specified in Table 4 and the payload value per vehicle sub-group specified in Table 3 of point 2.5, normalised to the respective value for vehicle sub-group 5-LH, and shall be calculated as follows:

where:

AMsg

is the annual mileage specified in Table 4 for the vehicles in the respective vehicle sub-group;

AM5-LH

is the annual mileage specified for the vehicle sub-group 5-LH in Table 4;

PLsg

is the average payload value as determined in point 2.5;

PL5-LH

is the average payload value for the vehicle sub-group 5-LH as determined in point 2.5.

Table 4

Annual mileages

Vehicle sub-group sgAnnual mileage AMsg (in km)
4-UD60 000
4-RD78 000
4-LH98 000
5-RD78 000
5-LH116 000
9-RD73 000
9-LH108 000
10-RD68 000
10-LH107 000

2.7.Average specific CO2 emissions in g/tkm of a manufacturer referred to in Article 4U.K.

For each manufacturer and each reporting period, the average specific CO2 emissions in g/tkm (CO2 ) shall be calculated as follows:

where:

is the sum over all vehicle sub-groups;

ZLEV

is the zero- and low-emission factor as determined in point 2.3;

share,sg

is the share of new heavy-duty vehicles in the vehicle sub-group sg as determined in point 2.4;

MPWsg

is the mileage and payload weighting factor as determined in point 2.6;

avgCO2sg

is the average specific CO2 emissions in g/tkm as determined in point 2.2.

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