Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 70/220/EEC concerning measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles
Date: 2000-02-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air quality, combustion gases, motor fuel, motor vehicle, substitute fuel

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COMMISSION

Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council
Directive 70/220/EEC concerning measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from
motor vehicles

(2001/C 240 E/01)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COM(2000) 42 final (cid:151) 2000/0040(COD)

(Submitted by the Commission on 14 February 2000)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

(4) Directive 70/220/EEC should be amended accordingly,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community and in particular Article 95 thereof,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of
Committee,

the Economic and Social

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty,

Whereas:

(1) Council Directive 70/220/EEC (1) of 20 March 1970 on the
approximation of
the Member States on
the laws of
measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions
from motor vehicles, as last amended by Commission
Directive 1999/102/EC (2), is one of the separate directives
under the type-approval procedure laid down by Council
Directive 70/156/EEC (3) of 6 February 1970 on the
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating
to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, as
last amended by Directive 98/91/EC of
the European
Parliament and of the Council (4).

(2) Directive 70/220/EEC lays down the specifications for the
testing of emissions of the motor vehicles falling within its
scope.
In view of the recent experience gained and the
rapidly developing state of the art of on-board diagnostic
those specifications
it
systems,
accordingly.

is appropriate to adapt

(3) On-board diagnostics (OBD) is at a less developed stage for
vehicles equipped with positive-ignition engines which run
permanently or part-time on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
or natural gas (NG) and cannot be required on such new
types of vehicles before 2003.

Article 1

Annex I to Directive 70/220/EEC is amended in accordance
with the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive by 31 December 2000 at
the latest. They shall
forthwith inform the Commission thereof.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain
a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a
reference on the occasion of
their official publication.
Member States shall determine how such reference is to be
made.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the
text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in
the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

(1) OJ L 76, 6.4.1970, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 334, 28.12.1999, p. 43.
(3) OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 11, 16.1.1999, p. 25.

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ANNEX

Section 8.1 of Annex I to Directive 70/220/EEC is replaced by the following:

(cid:145)8.1. Vehicles with positive-ignition engines

8.1.1. Petrol fuelled engines

With effect from 1 January 2000 for new types and from 1 January 2001 for all types, vehicles of category M1
(cid:151) except vehicles the maximum mass of which exceeds 2 500 kg (cid:151) and vehicles of category N1 class I, must be
fitted with an on-board diagnostic (OBD) system for emission control in accordance with Annex XI.

With effect from 1 January 2001 for new types and from 1 January 2002 for all types, vehicles of category N1
classes II and III and vehicles of category M1, the maximum mass of which exceeds 2 500 kg, must be fitted with
an OBD system for emission control in accordance with Annex XI.

8.1.2. LPG and NG fuelled vehicles

With effect from 1 January 2003 for new types and from 1 January 2006 for all types, vehicles of category M1
(cid:151) except vehicles the maximum mass of which exceeds 2 500 kg (cid:151) and vehicles of category N1 class I, running
permanently or part-time on either LPG or NG fuel, must be fitted with an OBD system for emission control in
accordance with Annex XI.

With effect from 1 January 2006 for new types and from 1 January 2007 for all types, vehicles of category N1
classes II and III and vehicles of category M1, the maximum mass of which exceeds 2 500 kg, running
permanently or part-time on either LPG or NG fuel, must be fitted with an OBD system for emission control
in accordance with Annex XI.(cid:146)