G/TBT/N/EU/624  
 
30 November 2018  
(18-7571) 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): Heavy 
Duty Vehicles or engines  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft 
Commissi on Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 as regards Auxiliary 
Emission Strategies (AES), access to vehicle repair and maintenance information, 
measurement of emissions during cold engine start and use of portable emissions 
measurement systems (PE MS) to measure particle numbers (9 pages + Annex 21 pages, 
in English)    
6. Description of content: This draft Regulation amends Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 
with respect to emissions from heavy -duty vehicles, regarding the Auxiliary Emission 
Strategies (AES), the transfer of provisions on access to vehicle repair and maintenance 
information and the introduction of cold engine start provisions and particle number 
measurement in vehicle testing by means of portable emissions measurement systems 
(PEMS).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: This draft Regulation deals with elements which have been introduced in the 
emissions legislation for light -duty vehicles: Auxiliary Emission Strategies (AES), the 
introduc tion of cold engine start emissions and particle number measurement to the 
provisions of heavy -duty vehicle on -road testing by means of portable emission 
measurement systems (PEMS). Additionally, the provisions on access to vehicle repair 
and maintenance i nformation are transferred to the new Type Approval Regulation (EU) 
2018/585.  G/TBT/N/EU/624  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 https://eur -lex.europa .eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1543486733792&uri=CELEX:32011R0582  
• Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1543486810420&uri=CELEX:32009R0595  
9. Proposed date of adoption: June 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force: 20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU (The provisions shall apply from 1  September 2020)  
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.eu ropa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
 
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