COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 03.10.1995 
COM(95) 461 final 
94/0312 (COD) 
Amended proposal for a 
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 
amending Directive 88/77/EEC on the approximation of the 
laws of the Member States relating to the measures to be taken against the emission of 
gaseous and particulate pollutants from diesel engines for use in vehicles 
(presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 189 a (2) 
of the EC-Treaty) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
On 19 December 1994, the Commission sent to the Council a proposal for a directive of the 
European Parliament and the Council amending Directive 88/77/EEC relating to measures 
against the emissions from diesel engines for motor vehicles. 
On 20 September 1995, the European Parliament approved the proposal in the first reading, 
subject to 3 amendments, which the Commission has accepted. 
The objective of the amendments is to limit the exemption for "small" diesel engines to meet the 
EURO-2 particulate standard to 2 years compared to the 4 year period proposed by the 
Commission. The consequence of the amendments is that there will be no interim particulate 
emission standard, as proposed by the Commission, thereby saving industry from having to 
undertake two different homologation procedures within a short period of time. 
The Commission agrees with the concerns of the Parliament that the severe EURO-2 standards 
should apply as soon as possible also to small diesel engines. Since the shortened exemption 
period proposed by the Parliament appears to be just about industrially feasible to allow 
adaptation of the concerned engines to the higher EURO-2 standards, the Commission accepts 
the Parliament's amendments as an alternative to its initial proposal. 
Amended proposal for a 
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 
amending Directive 88/77/EEC on the approximation of the 
laws of the Member States relating to the measures to he taken against the emission of 
gaseous and particulate pollutants from diesel engines for use in vehicles 
ORIGINAL TEXT*') AMENDED TEXT 
Recital 8 
Whereas, on the other hand, the ambitious 
limit value for particulate emissions set in 
Directive 91/542/EEC for stage 2 cannot, at 
the present state of technology, be met by 
most small diesel engines of less than 85 kW 
by 1995; whereas a significant reduction in 
particulate emissions can nonetheless be 
achieved from October 1995 for those 
vehicles; whereas, for small diesel engines 
with a cylinder swept volume lower than 0.7 
dm3 and a rated power speed higher than 
3,000 miir1, the limit value for particulate 
emissions set in Directive 91/542/EEC should 
be introduced from 1999 instead; whereas this 
additional time period will allow the industry 
to make the necessary changes to ensure 
compliance with the deferred limit value; Whereas, on the other hand, the ambitious 
limit value for particulate emissions set in 
Directive 91/542/EEC for stage 2 cannot, at 
the present state of technology, be met by 
most small diesel engines by 1995; whereas, 
for these small diesel engines with a cylinder 
swept volume lower than 0.7 dm3 and a rated 
power speed higher than 3,000 m in'1, the limit 
value for particulate emissions set in Directive 
91/542/EEC should be introduced from 1997 
instead; whereas this additional time period 
will allow the industry to make the necessary 
changes to ensure compliance with the 
deferred limit value; 
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Annex I, paragraph 1 
Item 6.2.1: the following footnote (**) is 
added to the figure "0.15" of the last line 
of the table (B( 1.10.1995)), last column 
(Mass of particulates (PT) g/kWh): 
"(**): until 30 September 1999 the value 
applied to the particulate emissions of 
engines having a cylinder swept volume 
of less than 0.7 dm3 and a rated power 
speed of more than 3,000 miir1, .is 0.25 
g/kWh." 1. Item 6.2.1: the following footnote (**) is 
added to the figure "0.15" of the last line 
of the table (B( 1.10.1995)), last column 
(Mass of particulates (PT) g/kWh): 
"(**): the value of Q.15 g/kWh is applied 
to the particulate emissions of engines 
having a cylinder swept volume of less 
than 0.7 dm3 and a rated power speed of 
more than 3,000 min"1 starting from 1 
October 1997." 
Annex I, paragraph 2 
2. Item 8.3.1.1.: the following footnote (**) 
is added to the figure "0.15" of the last 
line of the table (B( 1.10.1995)), last 
column (Mass of particulates (PT) 
g/kWh); 
"(**): until 30 September 2000 the value 
applied to the particulate emissions of 
engines having a cylinder swept volume 
of less than 0.7 dm3 and a rated power 
speed of more than 3,000 min*1, is 0.25 
g/kWh." Item 8.3.1.1.: the following footnote (**) 
is added to the figure "0.15" of the last 
line of the table (B( 1.10.1995)), last 
column (Mass of particulates (PT) 
g/kWh); 
"(**): the value of 0.15 g/kWh is applied 
to the particulate emissions of engines 
having a cylinder swept volume of less 
than 0.7 dm3 and a rated power speed of 
more than 3,000 min*1 starting from 1 
October 1998." 
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