Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/488 of 22 March 2021 amending Implementing Decisions (EU) 2020/174 and (EU) 2020/1167 as regards the use of the approved innovative technologies in certain passenger cars and in light commercial vehicles capable of running on liquefied petroleum gas, compressed natural gas and E85 (Text with EEA relevance)

Amendments to Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/174

Article 1

Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/174 is amended as follows: (1) Article 1 is amended as follows: (a) point (a) is replaced by the following: ‘(a) it is fitted in internal combustion engine powered passenger cars (M 1 ) and light commercial vehicles (N 1 ) capable of running on petrol, diesel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), compressed natural gas (CNG) or E85 or on a combination of those fuels;’; (b) point (c) is amended as follows: (i) points (i) and (ii) are replaced by the following: ‘(i) 73,8 % for petrol- or E85-fuelled vehicles other than turbo-charged; (ii) 73,4 % for turbo-charged petrol- or E85-fuelled vehicles;’; (ii) the following points (iv) to (vii) are added: ‘(iv) 74,6 % for LPG-fuelled vehicles other than turbo-charged; (v) 74,1 % for turbo-charged LPG-fuelled vehicles; (vi) 76,3 % for CNG-fuelled vehicles other than turbo-charged; (vii) 75,7 % for turbo-charged CNG-fuelled vehicles.’; (2) in Article 3, the following paragraph 3a is inserted: ‘3a.   Where the innovative technology is fitted in a bi-fuel or flex-fuel vehicle, the type-approval authority shall record the certified CO 2 savings as follows: (a) for a bi-fuel vehicle using petrol and gaseous fuels, the CO 2 savings value with regard to LPG or CNG; (b) for a flex-fuel vehicle using petrol and E85, the CO 2 savings value with regard to petrol.’; (3) the Annex is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Decision.

Amendments to Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1167

Article 2

Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1167 is amended as follows: (1) Article 1 is amended as follows: (a) point (a) is replaced by the following: ‘(a) it is fitted in passenger cars (M 1 ) or light commercial vehicles (N 1 ) with the following characteristics: (i) vehicles powered by internal combustion engines (conventional ICE vehicles) capable of running on petrol, diesel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), compressed natural gas (CNG) or E85 or a combination of those fuels; (ii) not-off-vehicle charging hybrid electric vehicles capable of running on the fuels referred to in point (i) for which uncorrected fuel consumption and CO 2 emission values may be used in accordance with point 1.1.4 of Appendix 2 of Sub-Annex 8 to Annex XXI to Regulation (EU) 2017/1151.’; (b) point (b) is amended as follows: (i) points (i) and (ii) are replaced by the following: ‘(i) 73,8 % for petrol- or E85-fuelled vehicles other than turbo-charged; (ii) 73,4 % for turbo-charged petrol- or E85-fuelled vehicles;’; (ii) the following points (iv) to (vii) are added: ‘(iv) 74,6 % for LPG-fuelled vehicles other than turbo-charged; (v) 74,1 % for turbo-charged LPG-fuelled vehicles; (vi) 76,3 % for CNG-fuelled vehicles other than turbo-charged; (vii) 75,7 % for turbo-charged CNG-fuelled vehicles.’; (2) in Article 3, the following paragraph 3a is inserted: ‘3a.   Where the innovative technology is fitted in a bi-fuel or flex-fuel vehicle, the type-approval authority shall record the certified CO 2 savings as follows: (a) for a bi-fuel vehicle using petrol and gaseous fuels, the CO 2 savings value with regard to LPG or CNG; (b) for a flex-fuel vehicle using petrol and E85, the CO 2 savings value with regard to petrol.’; (3) the Annex is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Decision.

Entry into force

Article 3

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

ANNEX ISupplementary provisions

ANNEX I The Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/174 is amended as follows: (1) point 6 is amended as follows: (a) Table 2 is replaced by the following: ‘Table 2 Consumption of effective power Type of engine Consumption of effective power (V pe ) [l/kWh] Petrol/E85 0,264 Petrol/E85 Turbo 0,280 Diesel 0,220 LPG 0,342 LPG Turbo 0,363   Consumption of effective power (V pe ) [m 3 /kWh] CNG (G20) 0,259 CNG (G20) Turbo 0,275’ (b) Table 3 is replaced by the following: ‘Table 3 Fuel conversion factor (CF) Type of fuel Conversion factor (CF) [gCO 2 /l] Petrol/E85 2 330 Diesel 2 640 LPG 1 629   Conversion factor (CF) [gCO 2 /m 3 ] CNG (G20) 1 795 ’ (2) point 8 is amended as follows: Table 4 is replaced by the following: ‘Table 4 CO 2 correction due to the extra mass Petrol/E85 (ΔCO 2mP ) [g CO 2 /km] 0,0277•Δm Diesel (ΔCO 2mD ) [g CO 2 /km] 0,0383•Δm LPG (ΔCO 2mLPG ) [g CO 2 /km] 0,0251•Δm CNG (ΔCO2 mCNG(G20) ) [g CO 2 /km] 0,0209•Δm’.

ANNEX IISupplementary provisions

ANNEX II The Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1167 is amended as follows: (1) in point 3.2, Tables 2 and 3 are replaced by the following: ‘Table 2 Consumption of effective power Type of engine Consumption of effective power (V pe ) [l/kWh] Petrol/E85 0,264 Petrol/E85 Turbo 0,280 Diesel 0,220 LPG 0,342 LPG Turbo 0,363   Consumption of effective power (V pe ) [m 3 /kWh] CNG (G20) 0,259 CNG (G20) Turbo 0,275 Table 3 Fuel conversion factor (CF) Type of fuel Conversion factor (CF) [gCO 2 /l] Petrol/E85 2 330 Diesel 2 640 LPG 1 629   Conversion factor (CF) [gCO 2 /m 3 ] CNG (G20) 1 795 ’; (2) in point 3.5, Table 4 is replaced by the following: ‘Table 4 CO 2 correction due to the extra mass Petrol/E85 (ΔCO 2mP ) [g CO 2 /km] 0,0277•Δm Diesel (ΔCO 2mD ) [g CO 2 /km] 0,0383•Δm LPG (ΔCO 2mLPG ) [g CO 2 /km] 0,0251•Δm CNG (ΔCO 2mCNG(G20) ) [g CO 2 /km] 0,0209•Δm’.