EN
4.3.2022
Official Journal of the European Union
L 69/21
7.
The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to specify the reference CO2 emissions for the vehicle groups not covered by Article 2(1), points (a) to (d), of Regulation (EU) 2019/1242.
Those implementing acts shall reproduce the data relevant for each vehicle groups published in the report referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2018/956.
The Commission shall adopt those implementing acts at the latest six months after the publication of the relevant report referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2018/956. 8.
By 25 March 2027, the Commission shall assess the implementation and effectiveness of the variation of charges based on CO2 emissions referred to in this Article, as well as whether it is still necessary and its coherence with Directives 2003/87/EC and 2003/96/EC.
Based on that assessment, the Commission shall, where appropriate, submit a legislative proposal to amend the relevant provisions of this Directive on the variation of charges on the basis of CO2 emissions. 9.
The Commission shall, every five years, after 24 March 2022, review the maximum rates for the user charges in Annex II and the reduction levels referred to in paragraph 3 and, where appropriate, submit a legislative proposal, based on the results of that review process, to amend those provisions. 10.
Every 30 months after 24 March 2022, the Commission shall draw up a report assessing the appropriateness of the thresholds for CO2 emission classes 2 and 3 referred to in Article 7ga(2), points (b) and (c), of this Directive in relation to the reference emissions published in accordance with Article 11(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 or to the CO2 emissions reported in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/956, and where appropriate submit a legislative proposal to amend those thresholds based on the results of that assessment. 11.
The application of the variation of charges based on CO2 emissions referred to in this Article shall not be mandatory where another Union road transport fuel carbon-pricing measure applies.
Article 7gb 1.
Member States may differentiate tolls and user charges for light-duty vehicles according to the environmental performance of the vehicle determined by the specific CO2 emissions combined, or weighted combined, recorded in entry 49 of the certificate of conformity of the vehicle, and by the Euro emission performance.
Without prejudice to paragraph 2 of this Article, lower rates of tolls and user charges shall apply for passenger cars, minibuses and light commercial vehicles that meet both of the following conditions: (a) their specific CO2 emissions, determined in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 (*), shall be zero or shall be below the following levels: (i)
for the period 2021 to 2024, the EU fleet-wide targets2021 determined in accordance with Part A, point 6, and Part B, point 6, of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council (**);
(ii) for the period 2025 to 2029, the EU fleet-wide targets determined in accordance with Part A, point 6.1.1, and Part B, point 6.1.1, of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/631; (iii) for the period 2030 onwards, the EU fleet-wide targets determined in accordance with Part A, point 6.1.2, and Part B, point 6.1.2, of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/631; (b) their pollutant emissions, determined in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1151, shall be as specified in the Table of Annex VII to this Directive.
Member States may apply the reduction for zero-emission vehicles referred to in Annex VII to this Directive without applying reductions for the other emissions performance categories referred to in that Annex. 2.
From 1 January 2026, where technically practicable, Member States shall vary the tolls and the annual rate of the user charges for vans and minibuses according to the environmental performance of the vehicle, in accordance with the rules set out in Annex VII.
For that purpose, the provisions of the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 shall be indicative.