G/TBT/N/EU/688  
28 October 2019  
(19-7150) 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 Commission,  
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 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Two- and 
three-wheeled vehicl es and quadricycles  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission implementing Regulation amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 
901/2014 with regard to the adaptation of the templates for type -approval procedures for 
two- or three -wheel vehicles and quadricycles to the environmental steps Euro 5 and Euro 
5+ requirements (3 pages + Annex 5 pages, in English)  
6. Description of content:  Regulation (EU) 2019/129 introduces, among other 
amendments, a staggered applicat ion of new requirements for the on -board diagnostics 
(OBD) system and for the requirements and emission limit values applicable to test type I, 
(tailpipe emissions after cold start), test type IV (evaporative emissions) and test type V 
(durability testing) . Following this timetable, the environmental step Euro 5 will be 
applicable in two stages: the first one will be applicable as of 1.1.2020 and the second one 
as of 1.1.2024.  
The enclosed draft implementing act details in the administrative type -approval t emplates 
which vehicles are compliant with the first stage, identified as environmental step "Euro 5", 
of those compliant with the second stage, identified as environmental step "Euro 5+" to 
facilitate the type -approval process and to allow national author ities their identification.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Regulation (EU) 2019/129 of the European Parliament and of the Council sets 
out a staggered timeline for the introduction of Euro 5 limits for L -category vehicles based 
on their (sub -)categorisation. Therefore, the Commission shall define now through this  
implementing act, administrative provisions to facilitate the identification, both during the 
type-approval process and on the road, of the vehicles compliant with these new Euro 5 
requirements by the applicable dates.  G/TBT/N/EU/688  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
•  Regulation  (EU) 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
15 January 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of two - or three -wheel 
vehicles and quadricycles ( https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32013R0168&from=EN ) 
•  Regulation (EU) 2019/129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
16 January 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 as regards the 
application of the Euro 5 step to the type -approval of two - or three -wheel vehicles 
and quadricycles ( https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019R0129&from=EN ) 
•  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 901/2014 of  18 July 2014 
implementing Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council with regard to the administrative requirements for the approval and 
market surveillance of two - or three -wheel vehicles and quadricycles ( https://eur -
lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014R0901&qid  
=1561726643941&from=EN ). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  January 2020  
Proposed da te of entry into force:  February 2020  
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/2019/TBT/EEC/19_5932_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/EEC/19_5932_01_e.pdf