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Title: COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 901/2014 with regard to the adaptation of the templates for type-approval procedures for two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles to the environmental steps Euro 5 and Euro 5+ requirements

EUROPEAN
                           COMMISSION
                                                    Brussels, 20.2.2020
                                                    C(2020) 863 final
             COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...
                                        of 20.2.2020
   amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 901/2014 with regard to the adaptation of
     the templates for type-approval procedures for two- or three-wheel vehicles and
        quadricycles to the environmental steps Euro 5 and Euro 5+ requirements
                                 (Text with EEA relevance)
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 ---pagebreak---                   COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...
                                              of 20.2.2020
    amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 901/2014 with regard to the adaptation of
       the templates for type-approval procedures for two- or three-wheel vehicles and
           quadricycles to the environmental steps Euro 5 and Euro 5+ requirements
                                       (Text with EEA relevance)
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   having regard Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council
   of 15 January 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles
   and quadricycles , and in particular Article 27(4), Article 29(4), Article 32(1) and Article
   38(2) thereof,
   Whereas:
   (1)     Pursuant to the requirements introduced by Regulation (EU) 2019/129 of the European
           Parliament and of the Council as regards the application of the environmental step
           Euro 5 for L-category vehicles, certain sub-categories of vehicles will have to comply
           with additional technical requirements as from certain dates. Other sub-categories are
           exempted or are required to comply with certain requirements later than originally set
           out in Regulation (EU) No 168/2013.
   (2)     The administrative type-approval templates laid down in Commission Implementing
           Regulation (EU) No 901/2014 should be adapted in light of the amendments provided
           for in Regulation (EU) 2019/129 to facilitate the type-approval process and to enable
           national authorities to verify compliance with the requirements of environmental steps
           Euro 5 and Euro 5+ applicable at a given date.
   (3)     Implementing Regulation (EU) No 901/2014 should therefore be amended
           accordingly.
   (4)     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the
           Technical Committee – Motor Vehicles
   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                Article 1
   Regulation (EU) No 901/2014 is amended as follows:
   (1)       the following Article 12a is inserted:
                                              ‘Article 12a
                                        Transitional provisions
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 ---pagebreak---    1.       Until 30 June 2020, national authorities shall continue to grant type-approvals to
            vehicle types in accordance with this Regulation in its version applicable on [OP,
            please insert the date immediately preceding the date of entry into force of this
            Regulation].
   2.       Until 31 December 2020, the Member States shall permit the placing on the market,
            registration and entry into service of vehicles based on a vehicle type approved in
            accordance with this Regulation in its version applicable on [OP, please insert the
            date immediately preceding the date of entry into force of this Regulation].’;
   (2)      Annexes I, IV, VII and VIII are amended in accordance with the Annex to this
            Regulation.
                                               Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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, 20.2.2020
                                                 For the Commission
                                                 The President
                                                 Ursula VON DER LEYEN
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 ---documentbreak---                            EUROPEAN
                           COMMISSION
                                                  Brussels, 20.2.2020
                                                  C(2020) 863 final
                                                  ANNEX
                                        ANNEX
                                         to the
              COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU).../...
   amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 901/2014 with regard to the adaptation of
     the templates for type-approval procedures for two- or three-wheel vehicles and
        quadricycles to the environmental steps Euro 5 and Euro 5+ requirements
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 ---pagebreak---                                                       ANNEX
   (1) Annex I is amended as follows:
   (a) Part B is amended as follows:
       (i)      in point 1, the following point 1.4. is added:
       ‘1.4. Vehicles and Vehicle types shall be identified as compliant with environmental
                step Euro 5 or environmental step Euro 5+ in accordance with the following
                Table:
       Identification of environmental step Euro 5 and Euro 5+ for L-category vehicles
       (sub-)            Obligatory as of:                         Envi.  Obligatory as of:                    Envi.
                                                                   step                                        step
       category          1.1.2020 for new types of vehicles               1.1.2024 for new types of vehicles
                         1.1.2021     for   existing    types   of        1.1.2025 for existing types of
                         vehicles                                         vehicles
                         OBD system not required                          OBD system not required
       L1e                                                         Euro 5                                       Euro 5
                         test types I, IV & V: Euro 5                     test types I, IV & V: Euro 5
                         OBD system not required                          OBD system not required
       L2e (other than
                                                                   Euro 5                                       Euro 5
       L2e-U)
                         test types I, IV & V: Euro 5                     test types I, IV & V: Euro 5
                         OBD system not required                          OBD system not required
       L2e-U             test type I: Euro 4                       Euro 5 test type I: Euro 5                  Euro 5+
                         test type IV & V: Euro 5                         test types IV & V: Euro 5
                         OBD stage I system that monitors                 OBD stage I system that monitors
                         electric circuit and electronics failure,        electric circuit and electronics
                         and triggers a report when:                      failure, and triggers a report when:
                         a) OBD emission thresholds of Annex              a) OBD emission thresholds of
                         VI (B1) to Regulation (EU) No                    Annex VI (B2) to Regulation (EU)
                         168/2013 are exceeded, and                       No 168/2013 are exceeded, and
                         b) any operating mode significantly              b) any operating mode significantly
       L3e               reduces engine torque.                           reduces engine torque.
       (other than
       enduro and                                                  Euro 5                                      Euro 5+
       trial), L4e, L5e- OBD stage II that monitors emission              OBD stage II that monitors
       A and L7e-A       control      system      failures    and         emission control system failures
                         degradation (with the exception of               and degradation, and reports when:
                         catalyst monitoring), and reports
                         when:
                         OBD emission thresholds of Annex                 OBD emission thresholds of Annex
                         VI (B1) to Regulation (EU) No                    VI (B2) to Regulation (EU) No
                         168/2013 are exceeded.                           168/2013 are exceeded.
                         test types I, IV & V: Euro 5                     test types I, IV & V: Euro 5
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 ---pagebreak---        (sub-)              Obligatory as of:                     Envi.    Obligatory as of:                    Envi. step
                                                                 step
       category            1.1.2020 for new types of vehicles             1.1.2024 for new types of vehicles
                           1.1.2021 for existing types of                 1.1.2025 for existing types of
                           vehicles                                       vehicles
                           OBD stage I system that monitors               OBD stage I system that monitors
                           electric circuit and electronics               electric circuit and electronics
                           failure, and triggers a report when:           failure, and triggers a report when:
                           a) OBD emission thresholds of                  a) OBD emission thresholds of
                           Annex VI (B1) to Regulation (EU)               Annex VI (B2) to Regulation (EU)
       Enduro L3e-AxE      No 168/2013 are exceeded, and                  No 168/2013 are exceeded, and
       and                                                        Euro 5                                        Euro 5+
       Trial L3e-AxT
                           b) any operating mode significantly            b) any operating mode significantly
                           reduces engine torque.                         reduces engine torque.
                           test type I: Euro 4                            test type I: Euro 5
                           test types IV & V: Euro 5                      test types IV & V: Euro 5
                           OBD stage I system that monitors               OBD stage I system that monitors
                           electric circuit and electronics               electric circuit and electronics
                           failure, and triggers a report when:           failure, and triggers a report when:
       L5e
       (other than Le5-    a) OBD emission thresholds of                  a) OBD emission thresholds of
       A) and              Annex VI (B1) to Regulation (EU)               Annex VI (B2) to Regulation (EU)
                           No 168/2013 are exceeded, and         Euro 5   No 168/2013 are exceeded, and        Euro 5+
       L7e
       (other than L7e-
       A)                  b) any operating mode significantly            b) any operating mode significantly
                           reduces engine torque.                         reduces engine torque.
                           test types I, IV & V: Euro 5                   test types I, IV & V: Euro 5
                           OBD system not required                        OBD system not required
       L6e other than
                                                                  Euro 5                                        Euro 5
       L6e-B
                           test types I, IV & V: Euro 5                   test types I, IV & V: Euro 5
                           OBD system not required                        OBD system not required
       L6e-B               test type I: Euro 4                    Euro 5  test type I: Euro 5                  Euro 5+’;
                           test type IV & V: Euro 5                       test type IV & V: Euro 5
       (ii)     point 2.8. is amended as follows:
                      information document data entry 4.0.1. is replaced by the following:
                ‘4.0.1.      L1e — L7e             Environmental step: Euro (3/4/5/5+) (4)’;
                        the following information document data entry 7.6.3.5. is inserted after
                         information document data entry 7.6.3.4.:
               ‘7.6.3.5.     L3e — L7e(10) Description of the default modes which a driver may
                                                     experience in case of an ETC failure’;
   (b) in Appendix 3, information document data entry 4.0.1. is replaced by the following:
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 ---pagebreak---             ‘4.0.1. L1e — L7e              Environmental step: Euro (3/4/5/5+) (4) ’;
   (c)       in Appendix 6, information document data entry 4.0.1. is replaced by the following:
            ‘4.0.1. L1e — L7e            Environmental step: Euro (3/4/5/5+) (4) ’;
   (d)       in Appendix 7, information document data entry 4.0.1. is replaced by the following:
            ‘4.0.1. L1e — L7e            Environmental step: Euro (3/4/5/5+) (4) ’;
   (e)       in Appendix 8, information document data entry 4.0.1. is replaced by the following:
            ‘4.0.1. L1e — L7e            Environmental step: Euro (3/4/5/5+) (4) ’;
   (2)       in Annex IV, in Appendix 1, in section 2, entry 4.0.1. is replaced by the following:
            ‘4.0.1.               Environmental step: Euro (3/4/5/5+) (1) ’;
   (3)       in Annex VII, in point 5, Table 1 is amended as follows:
   (a)       the following row is inserted after the row relating to ‘System: engine emissions
             (Euro 5 stage)’
   ‘System: engine emissions (Euro 5+ stage)                     134/2014               A3’;
   (b)       the rows relating to ‘System: environmental on-board diagnostic (OBD Stage I:
             points 1.8.1. and 1.8.2. of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 168/2013)’ and ‘System:
             environmental on-board diagnostic (OBD Stage II: point 1.8.3. of Annex IV to
             Regulation (EU) 168/2013)’ are replaced by the following:
   ‘System: environmental on-board diagnostic (OBD               134/2014                C1
   Stage I: point 1.8.1. to 1.8.2 of Annex IV to Regulation
   (EU) No 168/2013 in its version applicable on
   19.2.2019
   System: environmental on-board diagnostic (OBD Stage          134/2014               C2’;
   II: point 1.8.3. of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No
   168/2013 in its version applicable on 19.2.2019)
   (c)       the following rows are inserted after the row relating to ‘System: environmental on-
             board diagnostic (OBD Stage II : point 1.8.3. of Annex IV to Regulation (EU)
             168/2013)’:
   ‘System: environmental on-board diagnostic (OBD               134/2014                C3
   Stage I: point 1.8.3. of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No
   168/2013)
   System: environmental on-board diagnostic (OBD Stage          134/2014                C5
   II: point 1.8.4. of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No
   168/2013),
   System: environmental on-board diagnostic (OBD Stage          134/2014               C6’;
   II: point 1.8.5. of Annex IV to Regulation (EU)
   168/2013).
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 ---pagebreak---    (4) Annex VIII is amended as follows:
   (a) point 2.2.1.1.2. is replaced by the following:
       ‘2.2.1.1.2.     Environmental step of test vehicle: Euro 3, Euro 4, Euro 5, Euro 5+ (3)
       (4)’;
   (b) point 2.2.1.9.3. is amended as follows:
       (i)    the heading is replaced by the following:
              ‘2.2.1.9.3. Test type VIII environmental results (Annex VI (B1) to Regulation
              (EU) No 168/2013) (3)’;
       (ii)   table 5-11 is amended as follows:
                     the heading is replaced by the following:
                                                  ‘Table 5-11
             OBD emission thresholds (section B1 of Annex VI to Regulation (EU) No
                 168/2013) and environmental test results in case of malfunction’;
                     the cells relating to vehicle category L6e-A are deleted;
   (c) In point 2.2.1.6.3.3.2., Table 5-7, is amended as follows:
       (i)    the text in second cell of the row concerning TRTTV1x(i) (ii) is replaced by:
                ‘x(v) km’;
       (ii)   the following explanatory note is added:
                ‘(v)   Replace x by 100, 2 500, or 3 500, in accordance with the provisions
                       set out in Article 23(3), point (c) of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013.’;
   (d) point 2.2.1.9.4. is amended as follows:
       (i)    the heading is replaced by the following:
               ‘2.2.1.9.4. Test type VIII environmental results (Annex VI (B2) to Regulation
              (EU) No 168/2013) (3)’;
       (ii)   table 5-12 is amended as follows:
                     the heading is replaced by the following:
                                                  ‘Table 5-12
             OBD emission thresholds (section B2 of Annex VI to Regulation (EU) No
                 168/2013) and environmental test results in case of malfunction’;
                     the text in the first cell of the row concerning vehicle category L3e – L7e
                     is replaced by:
                     ‘L3e, L4e, L5e and L7e’.
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