G/TBT/N/EU/889  
4 May 2022  
(22-3473) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
European Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
European Comm ission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CC CN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Motor 
Vehicles  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Regulation amending Commission Regulati on (EU) 2017/1151 as regards the 
emission type approval procedures for light passenger and commercial vehicles; (2 
page(s), in English ), (2 page(s) , in English ), (2 page(s) , in English ), (2 page(s) , in 
English ), (2 page(s), in English ), (2 page(s), in English ), (2 page(s), in English ) (2 
page(s), in English), (4 page(s), in English ), (4 page(s), in English ), (4 page(s), in 
English), (3 page(s), in English), (101 page(s), in English), (36 page(s), in English), (99 
page(s), in English), (13 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Regulation amends Commission 
Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 by reflecting the adaptation to technical progress achieved in 
the UN World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations on the UN Regulation 154 
for the Worldwide harmonised Light -duty vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP) and in the draft 
UN Regulation on Real Driving Emissions (RDE) test procedure. The proposal further 
improves the RDE test procedure and repeals obso lete provisions for the rules on access 
to vehicles On Board Diagnostics information and vehicle repair and maintenance 
information, which were incorporated into the Type -Approval Framework Regulation (EU) 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including t he nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The proposal aligns the procedures applied in the EU for the emissions type 
approval of light duty vehicles to those developed in the UN, while improving the RDE 
ones based on latest technical knowledge availa ble in the EU. It is therefore consistent 
with the aim of international harmonisation in the field of type approval of motor vehicles; 
Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  Regulations (EU) No 715/2007 and 2017/1151, UN Regulation 
154, Draft UN Regulation on RDE  
http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1516290268107 &uri=CELEX:32007R0715  
 
EUR-Lex - 32017R1151 - EN - EUR-Lex (europa.eu)  
 
UN Regulation No. 154 - Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP) | 
UNECE  
 
Draft UN Regulation on RDE ( Report of the Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE) 
on its eighty -first session (9 –12 June 2020) - Addendum 2 | UNECE ) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  November 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU (The provisions shall apply from 1 September 2023)  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
European Commission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
  
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website : http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_3208_15_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_3208_14_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_3208_13_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_3208_12_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_3208_11_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_3208_10_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_3208_09_e.pdf  
https://m embers.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_3208_08_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_3208_07_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_3208_06_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org /crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_3208_05_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_3208_04_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_3208_03_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_3208_02_e.pdf  
https://member s.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_3208_01_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_3208_00_e.pdf