G/TBT/N/EU/553  
 
1 March 2018  
(18-1308) 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): Motor 
vehicles  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft 
Commission Regulation am ending Directive 2007/46/EC, Commission Regulation 
(EC) No 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 for the purpose of 
improving the emission type approval tests and procedures for light passenger and 
commercial vehicles, including those for in -service conformity and real -driving emissions 
and introducing devices for monitoring the consumption of fuel and electric energy (and its 
accompanying annexes) (12 + 409 pages, in English)   
6. Description of content: The draft regulation amends Directive 2007/46/EC of the 
European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and 
Commission Regulation (EU) No 2017/1151 as regards emissions from light passenger and 
commercial vehicles (Euro 6). It will amend the existing emissions ty pe approval tests 
(WLTP) for light duty vehicles, will introduce stronger in -service conformity checks with 
real driving tests, will finalise the real driving emissions methodology and introduce 
devices for monitoring the real world fuel consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: This draft regulation improves the new test cycle (WLTP) and implements 
various improvements prepared in the UNECE/GRPE, including for the evaporative 
emissions test.   It als o introduces standardised on -board fuel and energy consumption 
monitoring. This will serve in the long term to ensure that any "gap" between the 
reference CO2 values determined in the WLTP and those encountered on average during 
real-word driving does not increase.  
It also takes bold steps towards ensuring transparency in the field of pollutant emissions 
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  do at the start of their lives, by checking their in -service con formity (ISC) with real driving 
emissions tests. It also introduces the concept of testing by accredited laboratories.  
It also finalises the methodology for evaluating Real Driving Emissions (RDE) and reviews 
the margin of uncertainty linked with those mea surements.  
8. Relevant documents:   
Regulations (EU) No 715/2007 and 2017/1151  
http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1516290268107& uri=CELEX:32007R0715  
http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1519833784438&uri=CELEX:32017R1151   
9. Proposed date of adoption: September 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force: January 2019. The draft regulation does not 
introduce new technical requirements which would require re -designing of the vehicles.  
The new rules regarding evaporative emissions will apply from 1 September 2019.  
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/2018/TBT/EEC/18_1155_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/EEC/18_1155_01_e.pdf