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Annexes I and IX to Directive 2007/46/EC are amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
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
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Annexes I and IX to Directive 2007/46/EC are amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
Annexes I and XII to Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 are amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
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.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
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 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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