G/TBT/N/EU/206  
 
28 March 2014  
(14-1922)  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 telephon e 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:  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):  Light and 
heavy duty vehicles 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for a 
Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) 
No 715/2007 and (EC) No 595/2009 as regards  the reduction of pollutant emissions from 
road vehicles (COM(2014) 28 final) (9 pages,  in English, French and Spanish).     
6. Description of content:  This Proposed Regulation concerns a number of amendments 
to Regulation (EC) 715/2007 and Regulation (EC) 595/2009 with respect to the reduction of pollutant emissions from road vehicles.  
The above-mentioned text groups emission related issues that should be corrected and 
complemented within the Euro VI and Euro 5/6 legislation.  
The draft proposal includes the following measures: 1.
 Clarification that the ammonium emission limits introduced in the Euro VI 
 legislation should apply only to the compression ignition engines; 
2. Removal of the upper mass limit of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 in order to allow 
 manufacturers to type-approve vehicles under LD or HD legislation upon the 
 choice of the manufacturer; 
3. Introduction of more severe low temperature emission limits for Euro 6 LD 
 vehicles; 
4. Introduction of NO2 emission limits for Euro 6 LD vehicles; 
Introduction of an alternative route for measuring total hydrocarbons (THC) emissions 
for Euro 5/6 vehicles.  G/TBT/N/EU/206 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The focus of this proposal is on those areas where market and regulatory 
failures hinder addressing the overarching ch allenges situated within the context of the 
EU's air quality policy and the Better Regu lation Agenda. The amendments aim to 
strengthen the environmental impact of the Eu ro VI and Euro 5/6 legislation and remedy 
the points which pose an unnecessary burden for the industry.  
8. Relevant documents:   Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council of 20 June 2007 on type approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions 
from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to 
vehicle repair and maintenance information (OJ L 171, 29.6.2007, p. 1-16) 
http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2007:171:0001:0016:EN:PDF  
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 Directives 80/1269/EEC, 2005/55/EC and 2005/78/EC (OJ L 188, 18.7.2009, p. 1-13) 
http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:188:0001:0013:EN:PDF    
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    End of 2014 20 days from publication in the Official 
Journal of the EU  
10. Final date for comments:  90 days from notification 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 
E-mail:  eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/     
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2014:0028:FIN:EN:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2014:0028:FIN:FR:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2014:0028:FIN:ES:PDF  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2014/tbt/EEC/14_1566_00_e.pdf