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ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/EU/61 
15 August 2012  
 (12-4461) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local governme nt 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:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 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):  New passenger cars. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for a 
Regulation of the European Parliament a nd of the Council amending Regulation (EC) 
No 443/2009 to define the modalities for reaching the 2020 target to reduce CO 2 emissions 
from new passenger cars (COM(2012) 393) (12 pages,  in English, French and Spanish).     
6. Description of content:  The proposal amends the Regulation to implement the modalities of 
meeting the 95 gCO 2/km target for new passenger cars to be reached in 2020.  
The main modalities impl emented are as follows: 
- The utility parameter continues to be the vehicle's mass in running order; 
- The limit value curve remains linear with e quivalent relative redu ction effort for the 
 whole fleet as compared to  the 2015 limit value curve; 
- The Excess Emissions Premium is  maintained at  €95/g/vehicle; 
- Eco-innovations would continue to apply once the new test procedure for vehicle 
 type approval is in place; 
- Super-credits with a multiplier of 1.3 would apply in 2020-2023 for vehicles emitting 
 less than 35 g/km; this benefit would be  limited to a maximum of 20 000 cars per 
 manufacturer over the period. G/TBT/N/EU/61 
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  - Small-volume manufacturers w ould be given greater flexibility regarding when they 
 can apply for their own reduction target; 
- The smallest manufacturers, producing fe wer than 500 cars per year, would be 
 exempted from meeting the target; 
- The niche derogation is updated for 2020 to a target of 45% reduction as compared to 
 2007 baseline emissions of  a given manufacturer. 
As industry benefits from indications of the regulatory regime that would apply beyond 2020, 
the proposal includes a further review  to take place by 31 December 2014. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the environment and public health . To contribute to the reduction of greenhouse 
gas emissions in the EU, consistent with its target under the Kyoto protocol and with its 
policy on acting against climate change.  
8. Relevant documents:   Impact Assessment SEC(2012) 213;  Regulation (EC) 443/2009 of the 
European Parliament and of the Counc il of 23 April 2009 setting emission performance 
standards for new passenger cars  as part of the Community's integrated approach to reduce 
CO 2 emissions from li ght-duty vehicles  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=CE LEX:32009R0443:EN:NOT  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   } To be determined. 
10. Final date for comments:  90 days from date of notification. 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
and at  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2012:0393:FIN:EN:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2012:0393:FIN:ES:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2012:0393:FIN:FR:PDF  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/tbt/EEC/12_3233_00_e.pdf