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 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, XXX   
[…](2022) XXX  draft 
 
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/…  
of XXX  
amending Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 as regards the emissions type -approval of heavy 
duty vehicles using pure biodiesel  
(Text with EEA relevance)    
EN 1  EN COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/…  
of XXX  
amending Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 as regards the emissions type -approval of heavy 
duty  vehicles using pure biodiesel  
(Text with EEA relevance)  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,  
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 18 June 2009 on type -approval of motor vehicles and engines with respect to 
emissions from heavy duty vehicles (Euro VI) and on access to vehicle repair and 
maintenance information and amending Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and Directive 
2007/46/EC and repealing Dir ectives 80/1269/EEC, 2005/55/EC and 2005/78/EC1, and in 
particular Article s 4(3) and 5(4) and Article 12 thereof , 
Whereas:  
(1) Vehicles type -approved in the EU need to be able to run on pure biodiesel and on 
different blends of biodiesel and fossil fuels in ca se of need.  
(2) In accordance with Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 582/20112, type-
approval of motor vehicles and engines with regard to emissions requires  that the 
manufacturer ensures compliance with the  specifications of reference fuels  set out in 
Annex IX to that Regulation  used for type -approval testing .  
(3) Pure biodiesel (FAME B100) is not listed in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 
582/2011 as a reference fuel for the emission type -approval of heavy duty vehicles. 
Type -approval testing needs to be  duplicated on both diesel (B7) as well as pure 
biodiesel (B100) in order to demonstrate compliance with  emissions requirements. To 
minimise duplication of testing and to facilitate the certification for the use of pure 
biodiesel and biodiesel blends (suc h as FAME B20/B30), it is necessary to introduce 
the specifications for pure biodiesel as a reference fuel, based on relevant international 
and European standards. Demonstrating compliance with the emission testing 
requirements should be allowed by emissio n testing of the parent engine on pure 
biodiesel.  
(4) Commission Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 2011 should therefore be amended 
accordingly.  
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Technical Committee – Motor Vehicl es. 
                                                 
1 OJ L 188, 18.7.2009, p. 1.  
2 Commission Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 of 25 May 2011 implementing and amending Regulation 
(EC) No 595/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with respect to emissions from heavy 
duty vehicles (Euro VI) and amending Anne xes I and III to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European 
Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 167 25.6.2011, p. 1)   
EN 2  EN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
Annexes  I and IX to Regulation (EU) 582/2011  are amended in accordance with the Annex to 
this Regulation . 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third  day following that of its publication in the  
Official Journal of the European Union . 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 The President  
 Ursula von der Leyen