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b) credits obtained for the 2014 and 2015 model years may be used to offset a deficit for an averaging set of the 2016 model year if the company groups into fleets all its vehicles of the 2014, 2015 and 2016 model years; and (c) credits obtained for the 2014, 2015 and 2016 model years may be used to offset a deficit for an averaging set of the 2017 or subsequent model year if the company groups into fleets all its vehicles of the 2014, 2015 and 2016 model years. Early action credits (7) For the purposes of subsection (4), for an averaging set of the 2014, 2015 or 2016 model year, a company may use early action credits obtained in accordance with section 47 if the company groups into fleets all its vocational vehicles, incomplete vocational vehicles, tractors and incomplete tractors of the averaging set for the model year in which the early action credits are used. Exceeding N 2 O or CH 4 emission standard — engines (7.1) Subsections 29(4) to (7) apply in respect of a company’s heavy-duty engines that are covered by an EPA certificate if (a) the engines conform to a N 2 O or CH 4 family emission limit that exceeds the N 2 O or CH 4 emission standard applicable to engines of their model year under these Regulations; and (b) the number of engines referred to in paragraph (a) that are sold in Canada by the company (i) is greater than 100 but less than or equal to 1000 and is more than twice the number of engines sold in the United States that are of the same engine family, or (ii) is greater than 1000 and exceeds the number of engines sold in the United States that are of the same engine family. Fleets — engines (8) A company that manufactures or imports an engine that is covered by an EPA certificate must group all its engines into fleets in accordance with section 18 and must participate in the CO 2 emission credit system set out in sections 34 to 47 if the following conditions are met: (a) the engine conforms to a CO 2 family certification level that exceeds the CO 2 emission standard applicable to that engine’s model year under these Regulations; and (b) the number of engines referred to in paragraph (a) sold in Canada by the company (i) is greater than 100 but less than or equal to 1000 and is more than twice the number of engines sold in the United States that are of the same engine family, or (ii) is greater than 1000 and exceeds the number of engines sold in the United States that are of the same engine family. Comply with CO 2 emission credit system (8.1) Despite subsection (1), if a company participates in the CO 2 emission credit system set out in sections 47.1 to 47.5 for its full-aero box van trailers that are covered by an EPA certificate, it must comply with the CO 2 emission credit system provisions that relate to the emission standards referred to in subsection (1). Fleets — trailers (8.2) A company that manufactures or imports a full-aero box van trailer of the 2027 model year or a subsequent model year that is covered by an EPA certificate and conforms to a CO 2 family emission limit that exceeds the CO 2 emission standard applicable to the model year of that trailer under these Regulations must group all of its full-aero box van trailers of that model year into fleets or subfleets, as the case may be, in accordance with section 18 and participate in the CO 2 emission credit system set out in sections 47.1 to 47.5. Subsection 153(3) of Act (9) For the purposes of subsection 153(3) of the Act, the provisions of the CFR that are applicable under an EPA certificate to a vehicle, engine or trailer referred to in subsection (1) correspond to the standards referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (e). EPA (10) For the purposes of subsection 153(3) of the Act, the EPA is the prescribed agency. SOR/2015-186, s. 64; SOR/2018-98, ss. 15, 60