Directive 2001/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 January 2001 amending Council Directive 70/220/EEC concerning measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles
Date: 2001-01-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: air quality, combustion gases, motor vehicle, pollution control, pollution control measures, vehicle parts

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DIRECTIVE 2001/1/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 22 January 2001

amending Council Directive 70/220/EEC concerning measures to be taken against air pollution by
emissions from motor vehicles

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

‘8.1. Vehicles with positive-ignition engines

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

8.1.1. Petrol fuelled engines

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (2),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty (3),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Directive 70/220/EEC of 20 March 1970 on the
approximation of the laws of the Member States on
measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions
from motor vehicles (4), is one of the separate directives
under the type-approval procedure laid down by Council
Directive 70/156/EEC 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 (5).

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 systems, it is appropriate to adapt those speci-
fications accordingly.

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 petro-
leum gas (LPG) or natural gas (NG) and cannot be
required on such new types of vehicles before 2003.

(4)

Directive 70/220/EEC should be amended accordingly,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

In Annex I
replaced by the following:

to Directive 70/220/EEC Section 8.1 shall be

(1) OJ C 365 E, 19.12.2000, p. 268.
(2) OJ C 204, 18.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) Opinion of

the European Parliament of 17 May 2000 (not yet
published in the Official Journal), Council Common Position of 10
October 2000 (OJ C 329, 20.11.2000, p. 1) and Decision of the
European Parliament of 13 December 2000 (not yet published in
the Official Journal).

(4) OJ L 76, 6.4.1970, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission

Directive 1999/102/EC (OJ L 334, 28.12.1999, p. 43).

(5) OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive
98/91/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 11,
16.1.1999, p. 25).

With effect from 1 January 2000 for new types and
from 1 January 2001 for all
types, vehicles of
category M1 — except vehicles the maximum mass
of which exceeds 2 500 kg — and vehicles of
category N1 class I, must be fitted with an 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 natural gas fuelled vehicles

With effect from 1 January 2003 for new types and
types, vehicles of
from 1 January 2004 for all
category M1 — except vehicles the maximum mass
of which exceeds 2 500 kg — and vehicles of
category N1 class I, running permanently or part-
time on either LPG or natural gas fuel, must be fitted
with an OBD system for emission control in accord-
ance 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 natural gas fuel, must be fitted with an
OBD system for emission control
in accordance
with Annex XI.’.

Article 2

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive by 6 February 2002. They shall forthwith inform the
Commission thereof.

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those provisions,

they shall
When Member States adopt
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 domestic law which they adopt
in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 22 January 2001.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

For the European Parliament

For the Council

The President

N. FONTAINE

The President

A. LINDH