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Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/45 of 14 January 2015 amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 as regards innovative technologies for reducing CO 2 emissions from light commercial vehicles Text with EEA relevance

Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/45 of 14 January 2015 amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 as regards innovative technologies for reducing CO 2 emissions from light commercial vehicles Text with EEA relevance

Regulation (EU) 2015/45 · Regulation · 6 articles

Data as of 2026-07-04 · Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗

Article 1

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Annexes I and IX to Directive 2007/46/EC are amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

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Annexes I and XII to Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 are amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

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With effect from the date of entry into force of this Regulation, national authorities shall not refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval in respect of vehicle types which comply with this Regulation. From 1 January 2016, type-approvals of vehicle types fitted with innovative technologies for reducing CO 2 emissions, shall be granted in accordance with Directive 2007/46/EC and Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 as amended by this Regulation. From 1 January 2016 at the latest, manufacturers shall deliver certificates of conformity in accordance with Directive 2007/46/EC and Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 as amended by this Regulation for all new vehicles.

Article 4

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This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Supplementary provisions

ANNEX ISupplementary provisions

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ANNEX I Annexes I and IX to Directive 2007/46/EC are amended as follows: (1) in Annex I, points 3.5.6 and 3.5.6.1 are replaced by the following: ‘3.5.6. Vehicle fitted with an eco-innovation within the meaning of Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 for M 1 vehicles or Article 12 of Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 for N 1 vehicles: yes/no ( 1 ) 3.5.6.1. Type/Variant/Version of the baseline vehicle as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 725/2011 for M 1 vehicles or Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 427/2014 for N 1 vehicles (if applicable)’ ; (2) Annex IX is amended as follows: (a) in point 49 of Part I, Side 2 — Vehicle category N 1 (complete and completed vehicles) of the template of the EC certificate of conformity, the following points 3, 3.1 and 3.2 are added: ‘3. Vehicle fitted with eco-innovation(s): yes/no ( 1 ) 3.1. General code of the eco-innovation(s) ( p1 ): 3.2. Total CO 2 emissions saving due to the eco-innovation(s) ( p2 ) (repeat for each reference fuel tested): .’ ; (b) in point 49 of Part II, Side 2 — Vehicle category N 1 (incomplete vehicles) of the template of the EC certificate of conformity, the following points 3, 3.1 and 3.2 are added: ‘3. Vehicle fitted with eco-innovation(s): yes/no ( 1 ) 3.1. General code of the eco-innovation(s) ( p1 ): 3.2. Total CO 2 emissions saving due to the eco-innovation(s) ( p2 ) (repeat for each reference fuel tested): .’ .

ANNEX IISupplementary provisions

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ANNEX II Annexes I and XII to Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 are amended as follows: (1) Annex I is amended as follows: (a) point 4.3.5.1 is replaced by the following: ‘4.3.5.1. In the case of a vehicle type fitted with one or more eco-innovations, within the meaning of Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 for M 1 vehicles or Article 12 of Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 for N 1 vehicles, the conformity of production shall be demonstrated with respect to the eco-innovations, by performing the tests provided for in the Commission Decision(s) approving the eco-innovation(s) in question.’ ; (b) in Appendix 3, points 3.5.6 and 3.5.6.1 are replaced by the following: ‘3.5.6. Vehicle fitted with an eco-innovation within the meaning of Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 for M 1 vehicles or Article 12 of Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 for N 1 vehicles: yes/no (*) 3.5.6.1. Type/Variant/Version of the baseline vehicle as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 725/2011 for M 1 vehicles or Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 427/2014 for N 1 vehicles (**)’ ; (2) Annex XII is amended as follows: (a) points 4.1 and 4.2 are replaced by the following: ‘4.1. According to Article 11(1) of Regulation (EU) No 725/2011 for M 1 vehicles and Article 11(1) of Regulation (EU) No 427/2014 for N 1 vehicles, a manufacturer wishing to benefit from a reduction of its average specific CO 2 emissions, as result of the savings achieved by one or more eco-innovations fitted in a vehicle, shall apply to an approval authority for an EC type-approval certificate of the vehicle fitted with the eco-innovation. 4.2. The CO 2 emissions savings from the vehicle fitted with an eco-innovation shall, for the purpose of type approval, be determined using the procedure and testing methodology specified in the Commission Decision approving the eco-innovation, in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 725/2011 for M 1 vehicles, or Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 427/2014 for N 1 vehicles.’ ; (b) point 4.4 is replaced by the following: ‘4.4. The type approval shall not be granted if the eco-innovation vehicle does not show a minimum of 1 g CO 2 /km of emissions reduction with respect to the baseline vehicle, as referred to in article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 725/2011 for M 1 vehicles, or Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 427/2014 for N 1 vehicles’ .

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