L 200/6
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
10.8.2023
(5)
62 manufacturers of passenger cars and 47 manufacturers of light commercial vehicles notified the Commission, in accordance with Article 7(5), first subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 2019/631, of the errors in the data.
The Commission has verified the errors notified by the manufacturers and the reasons for their correction.
(6)
For 4 manufacturers of passenger cars and 7 manufacturers of light commercial vehicles, all vehicles reported in the provisional dataset were outside the scope of Regulation (EU) 2019/631.
For 1 manufacturer of passenger cars and 1 manufacturer of light commercial vehicles, none of the vehicles in the provisional dataset had a value reported for the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicles Test procedure (‘WLTP’) specific emissions of CO2 that is required for the calculation of the manufacturer’s performance in the calendar year 2021.
These manufacturers are therefore not included in this Decision.
(7)
As a result of the verification of errors by the Commission, it is necessary to confirm or amend the provisional calculations for a total of 88 manufacturers of passenger cars and 63 manufacturers of light commercial vehicles.
(8)
In accordance with Article 2(4) of Regulation (EU) 2019/631, manufacturers which, together with all of their connected undertakings, are responsible for less than 1 000 new vehicle registrations in the previous calendar year, are exempt from meeting a specific emissions target.
It is, however, appropriate to calculate and report their average specific emissions of CO2 as well as the number of new vehicles registered.
(9)
In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/631, a manufacturer is to be considered as compliant with its specific emissions target where its average specific emissions of CO2 do not exceed its specific emissions target.
For manufacturers that are members of a pool, compliance is to be assessed at the level of the pool in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/631.
For manufacturers or pools that were granted a derogation from their specific emissions targets in calendar year 2021 in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2019/631, the average specific emissions of CO2 are to be assessed for compliance against their granted derogations targets.
(10)
Two manufacturers of passenger cars, Subaru Corporation and Jaguar Land Rover Limited, withdrew their applications for derogations from their specific emissions targets for the calendar year 2021, and formed pools with other manufacturers for that calendar year.
Consequently, for those manufacturers, the derogations from their specific emissions targets for the calendar year 2021 no longer apply and their compliance is to be assessed at the level of the pool.
(11)
In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2019/631, in calculating the average specific emissions of CO2 of manufacturers of passenger cars, each new passenger car with specific emissions of CO2 of less than 50 g CO2/km is counted as 1,67 passenger cars in 2021, up to a ‘super-credits’ contribution of 7,5 g CO2/km over the period from 2020 to 2022 for each manufacturer or pool of manufacturers.
(12)
The CO2 savings achieved through the use of innovative technologies (‘eco-innovations’) that make a verified contribution to CO2 reduction and that have been approved by the Commission in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2019/631 are taken into account for the calculation of the average specific emissions of CO2, up to a total contribution of 7 g CO2/km for each manufacturer or pool of manufacturers.
In calendar year 2021, only ecoinnovation CO2 savings determined by reference to the WLTP are to be taken into account.
(13)
Records with complete data on mass in running order and CO2 emissions, but with missing or incorrect vehicle identification numbers (error code B) should also be included in the calculation of the specific emissions targets and the average specific emissions of CO2.
However, as manufacturers cannot verify or correct those records, it is appropriate to apply an error margin when determining the distance to target of the manufacturer concerned.
(14)
The error margin is calculated as the difference between the distances between the average specific emissions of CO2 and the specific emissions target, taking into account all vehicle registrations that cannot be verified by the manufacturer.
Regardless of whether that difference is positive or negative, the error margin applied always improves the manufacturer’s position regarding its specific emissions target.