G/TBT/N/EU/592  
 
14 August 2018  
(18-5146) 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 [   ], 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): Heavy -duty 
vehicles (commercial vehicles); transport CO2 emissions  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft 
Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2400 and Directive 2007/46/EC of 
the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the determination of the CO 2 
emissions and fue l consumption of heavy -duty vehicles (8 pages + Annexes 53 pages, in 
English)   
6. Description of content: Commission Regulation 2017/2400 of 12 December 2017 on the 
determination of CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption of heavy -duty vehicles introduces a 
common method and a simulation tool to objectively compare the performance of 
heavy -duty vehicles. The common method shall be improved to take into account 
experience gained following the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2017/2400 and to align 
it to the R egulation (EU) 2018/956 on the monitoring and reporting of CO 2 emissions from 
and fuel consumption of new heavy -duty vehicles. Furthermore, an on -road test to verify 
CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of new vehicles shall be introduced, as required by 
Article 12 of Directive 2007/46.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The procedures how to determine the CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption of 
heavy -duty vehicles shall be amended to take into account experie nce gained following the 
entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2017/2400. The CO 2 emissions data for vehicles falling 
within vehicle groups 4, 5, 9 and 10 that have been determined in accordance with 
Regulation (EU) 2017/2400 are to be monitored under Regula tion (EU) No 2018/956 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council, starting in 2019. The aim of the amendments to 
Regulation (EU) 2017/2400 set out in this Regulation is to ensure that reliable CO 2 
emissions data can be collected for all the vehicles con cerned by Regulation (EU) 
No 2018/956 for 2019. It is therefore important to ensure that the amendments to the G/TBT/N/EU/592  
 
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  common method set out in this Regulation enter into force without delay. On the other 
hand, the new obligation to verify CO 2 emissions and fuel c onsumption of new vehicles on 
the road should be implemented as from 1 July 2020, in order to ensure sufficient lead 
time for the approval authorities and manufacturers.  
8. Relevant documents:   
 Regulation (EC) No 595/2009, 2017/2400 and 2018/956  
 https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32009R0595  
 https://eur -lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/2400/oj  
 https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32018R0956   
9. Proposed date of adoption: April 2019  
Proposed  date of entry into force: 3 days from publication in the Official Journal of the 
EU 
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_4397_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/EEC/18_4397_01_e.pdf