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Date: 2018-03-14
Title: COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1153 for the purpose of clarifying and simplifying certain procedural elements and adapting it to changes to Regulation (EU) 2017/1151

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...
            
            
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               amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1153 for the purpose of clarifying and simplifying certain procedural elements and adapting it to changes to Regulation (EU) 2017/1151
            
            
               (Text with EEA relevance)
            
            
               THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
            
            
               Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
            
            
               Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting emission performance standards for new passenger cars as part of the Community's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light duty vehicles
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               , and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 13(7) thereof,
            
            
               Whereas:
            
            
               (1)Based on the experience gained from the implementation of Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151
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                and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1153
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               , it has become evident that certain elements of the latter Regulation should be amended.
            
            
               (2)It is necessary to complement the existing method for defining the end-points of the interpolation line used for calculating the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) CO2 emission value of an individual vehicle. Those end-points, which are represented by a test vehicle with the highest CO2 emission values, and test vehicle with the lowest values, should be defined so that the difference between the two test vehicles high and low is never smaller than 5 g CO2/km. 
            
            
               (3)In order to avoid that the CO2 emission values of individual vehicles are determined on the basis of interpolation lines that do not provide the minimum difference, it is appropriate that this amendment enters into force without delay.
            
            
               (4)Where for the purpose of type approval under Regulation (EU) 2017/1151, road load matrix families are used, the calculation of the NEDC CO2 emission value of an individual vehicle belonging to such a family should be simplified by deriving the road load coefficients to be used for the calculation of the NEDC CO2 value from the road load coefficients of the individual vehicle as determined under Regulation (EU) 2017/1151.
            
            
               (5)In order to ensure a robust correlation output, it is appropriate to add the number of cylinders as an input to be provided for the correlation tool.
            
            
               (6)The opportunity should also be taken to correct some editorial errors in the text.
            
            
               (7)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Climate Change Committee, 
            
            
               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
            
            
               Article 1
            
            
               Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1153 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation
            
            
               Article 2
            
         
         
            
               This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
            
            
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            
            
               Done at Brussels,
            
            
               
                     For the Commission
               
               
                     The President
                     Jean-Claude JUNCKER
                  
            
         
         
      
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               ANNEX
            
            
               Annex I is amended as follows:
            
            
               (1)the third paragraph of point 2.3.1. is replaced by the following:
            
            
               'MRO is the mass in running order as defined in Article 3(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 for vehicles H, L and R respectively.';
            
            
               (2)point 2.3.8.1. is replaced by the following:
            
            
               '2.3.8.1. In the case of WLTP road loads being determined in accordance with paragraphs 1-4 and 6 of Sub-Annex 4 to Annex XXI to Regulation (EU) 2017/1151
            
            
               The NEDC road load coefficients shall be calculated in accordance with the formulae specified in point 2.3.8.1.1. (for vehicle H) and in point 2.3.8.1.2. (for vehicle L). 
            
            
               The WLTP road load coefficients and test mass values referred to in those formulae shall be those resulting from vehicle H and L as defined for the interpolation family pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2017/1151. 
            
            
               However, in the case where the cycle energy demand of the WLTP vehicle H and/or L, as determined in accordance with paragraph 5 of Sub-Annex 7 to Annex XXI to Regulation (EU) 2017/1151, does not correspond to the highest, or respectively, the lowest cycle energy demand for the NEDC vehicle H and/or L, the NEDC road load coefficients shall with effect from 1 September 2018, or prior to that date at the request of the manufacturer, be determined in accordance with either of the following:
            
            
               (a)on the basis of the individual vehicle in the interpolation family with the highest, or respectively, the lowest NEDC cycle energy demand;
            
            
               (b)on the basis of the combination of the highest, or respectively, the lowest of each of the road load relevant characteristics, i.e. aerodynamics, rolling resistance and mass, taken from any individual vehicle in the interpolation family.
            
            
               The choice of the procedure set out in points (a) or (b) shall be made by the manufacturer in agreement with the type approval authority.
            
            
               Where the difference between NEDC vehicle H and L is less than 5 g CO2/km, the CO2 emission values of the individual vehicles belonging to that interpolation family may not be calculated by extrapolation of vehicle H and L. The rounding of the values to the closest integer shall not be considered as an extrapolation.
            
            
               Unless otherwise specified the formulae shall apply both in the case of simulations and in the case of physical vehicle tests.
            
            
               The type approval authority or, where applicable, the technical service shall verify if the wind-tunnel facility referred to in paragraph 3.2.3.2.2.3. in Sub-Annex 7 to Annex XXI to Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 is qualified to accurately determine the Δ(Cd×Af) values. If the wind-tunnel facility is not qualified, the worst air drag shall apply for all vehicles in the family. ";
            
            
               (3)in point 2.3.8.1.1. the following is inserted as the first paragraph:
            
            
               ‘Where this calculation procedure is used for an individual vehicle in accordance with point 4.2.1.4.2., the WLTP road loads and test mass corresponding to the NEDC individual vehicle shall be used with the optional equipment removed.’
            
            
               (4)the final paragraph of point 2.3.8.1.1.(c) is replaced by the following:
            
            
               ‘Where the factor F*2w,H is the road load coefficient F2 determined for the WLTP test of vehicle H from which the effect of all optional equipment has been removed.’;
            
         
         
            
               (5)the final paragraph of point 2.3.8.1.2.(c) is replaced by the following:
            
            
               ‘Where the factor F*2w,L is the road load coefficient F2 determined for the WLTP test of vehicle L from which the effect of all optional equipment has been removed.‘
            
            
               (6)point 2.3.8.2.1 (b) is replaced by the following:
            
            
               ‘(b)
                     NEDC road load coefficients where the NEDC tabulated values are not used
            
            
               In the case of vehicles designed for a technically permissible maximum laden mass equal to or exceeding 3 000 kg, the NEDC road load coefficients may, at the request of the manufacturer, be determined in accordance with point 2.3.8.1.’;
            
            
               (7)Table 1 of point 2.4 is amended as follows:
            
            
                  (a)
                     in entry 66 the text of the first column is replaced by the following:
            
            
                  
                     'Interpolation family identification number'
            
            
                  (b)
                     the following entry 68 is added:
            
            
                     
                           ‘68
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Number of cylinders
                     
                  
                  
                     
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                        Manufacturer declaration
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Number
                     
                     
                        (To be provided at the latest from 1 January 2019)’
                     
                  
               
               (8)in point 3.1.1.1.(c) the point (i) is replaced by the following:
            
            
                  '(i)
                     the interpolation family identification number'
            
            
               (9)point 3.3.4 shall be deleted;
            
            
               (10)point 4.2.1.4. is replaced by the following:
            
            
               ‘4.2.1.4.
                     Calculation of the road load for an individual vehicle in a WLTP interpolation family
            
            
               4.2.1.4.1. Road load coefficients derived from NEDC vehicle H and L
            
            
               The road load coefficients F0,n, F1,n and F2,n for vehicles H and L determined in accordance with point 2.3.8. are referred to as F0n,H, F1n,H and F2n,H and F0n,L, F1n,L and F2n,L respectively.
            
            
               The road load coefficients f0n,ind, f1n,ind and f2n,ind for an individual vehicle shall be calculated in accordance with the following formula until 31 December 2019:
            
            
            
               
                  
            
         
         
            
               From 1 January 2019, or prior to that date, on the manufacturer’s request, the road load coefficients shall be calculated in accordance with the following formula:
            
            
               
                  
            
            
               
                  
            
            
               4.2.1.4.2.
                     Road load coefficients derived from WLTP road load coefficients of individual vehicles
            
            
               From 1 January 2019, or prior to that date at the request of the manufacturer, the NEDC road loads for an individual vehicle shall be derived from the WLTP road load coefficients of that vehicle in any of the following cases:
            
            
               (a)if the CO2 emission value, the cycle energy demand, or any of the road load coefficients f0, f1 or f2 calculated in accordance with point 4.2.1.4.1., is to be extrapolated from NEDC vehicle H or L;
            
            
                (b)if the road load coefficients for NEDC vehicle H and L are derived from different road load families;
            
            
               (c)if the individual vehicle belongs to a road load family different to the road load family of NEDC vehicle H and/or L;
            
            
               (d)if the individual vehicle belongs to a road load matrix family.
            
            
               The NEDC road load coefficients shall, in the cases (a) to (d), be calculated using the formulae set out in point 2.3.8.1.1., where references to vehicle H shall be considered as references to the individual vehicle.’
            
            
               (11)point 4.2.1.4a. is deleted.