http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1242/article/2Regulation (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)Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (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)King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1242texttext/xmlen2025-06-09Expert Participation2025-04-14 ScopeArticle 21This Regulation shall apply to new heavy-duty vehicles of categories N2 and N3 that meet the following characteristics:arigid lorries with an axle configuration of 4×2 and a technically permissible maximum laden mass exceeding 16 tonnes;brigid lorries with an axle configuration of 6×2;ctractors with an axle configuration of 4x2 and a technically permissible maximum laden mass exceeding 16 tonnes; anddtractors 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 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 Article 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3The 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 , 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. ... 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). Words 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)Words 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)Words 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)Art. 2(2) revoked (14.4.2025) by The New Heavy-Duty Vehicles (Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/367), regs. 1(2), 2(2)Words 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)