1.This Regulation shall apply to new heavy-duty vehicles of categories N2 and N3 that meet the following characteristics:
(a)rigid lorries with an axle configuration of 4×2 and a technically permissible maximum laden mass exceeding 16 tonnes;
(b)rigid lorries with an axle configuration of 6×2;
(c)tractors with an axle configuration of 4x2 and a technically permissible maximum laden mass exceeding 16 tonnes; and
(d)tractors with an axle configuration of 6x2.
It shall also apply, for the purposes of Article 5 of, and point 2.3 of Annex I to, this Regulation, to new heavy-duty vehicles of category N that do not fall within the scope of Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1) and do not meet the characteristics set out in points (a) to (d) of the first subparagraph.
The vehicle categories referred to in the first and second subparagraphs of this paragraph refer to the vehicle categories as defined in [F1Article 4 of and Annex 1 to Regulation (EU) 2018/858, as it has effect in domestic law, and as that Regulation has effect in EU law as amended from time to time and by virtue of the Northern Ireland Protocol].
2.The vehicles referred to paragraph 1 shall, for the purposes of this Regulation, be considered as new heavy-duty vehicles in a given 12-month period starting from 1 July, if they are registered in the [F2United Kingdom] for the first time in that period and have not been previously registered outside the [F2United Kingdom].
A previous registration outside the [F2United Kingdom] made less than three months before registration in the [F2United Kingdom] shall not be taken into account.
3.[F3The Secretary of State may by regulations] adopt a specific procedure for identifying heavy-duty vehicles that are certified as vocational vehicles pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 and its implementing measures [F4, as that Regulation and its implementing measures have effect in domestic law or, as the case may be, as that Regulation and its implementing measures have effect in EU law as amended from time to time and by virtue of the Northern Ireland Protocol,] but are not registered as such, and shall apply corrections to the annual average specific CO2 emissions of a manufacturer to take those vehicles into account, starting from the reporting period of the year 2021 and for each subsequent reporting period. F5...
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicle Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards (Cars, Vans and Heavy Duty Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1361), regs. 1(2), 16(2)(a)
F2Words in Art. 2(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The New Heavy Duty Vehicles (Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1402), regs. 1(3), 4(2)
F3Words in Art. 2(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The New Heavy Duty Vehicles (Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1402), regs. 1(3), 4(3)(a)
F4Words in Art. 2(3) inserted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicle Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards (Cars, Vans and Heavy Duty Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1361), regs. 1(2), 16(2)(b)
F5Words in Art. 2(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The New Heavy Duty Vehicles (Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1402), regs. 1(3), 4(3)(b)
Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2011 setting emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles as part of the Union’s integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles (OJ L 145, 31.5.2011, p. 1).