Application for a licence to operate the simulation tool to assess the performance of new vehicles with regard to their influence on CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption
1. Vehicle manufacturers shall submit to the approval authority an application for a licence to operate the simulation tool to assess the performance of new vehicles with regard to their influence on CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption.
2. Vehicle manufacturers shall submit the application for a licence to operate the simulation tool to the approval authority by using the template set out in Annex II, Appendix 1.
The application for a licence to operate the simulation tool shall be accompanied by all of the following:
(a)
a detailed description of the processes referred to in Annex II, Point 1;
(b)
the assessment referred to in Annex II, Point 2.
3. Vehicle manufacturers shall submit the application for the licence to operate the simulation tool at the latest together with the application for a type-approval or individual approval of the vehicle concerned.
Administrative provisions for the granting of the licence to operate the simulation tool
1. The approval authority shall grant the licence to operate the simulation tool if the vehicle manufacturer concerned submits the application in accordance with Article 5 and proves that all the processes have been set up in accordance with the requirements laid down in Annex II, Point 1.
2. The licence shall be issued in the form of the template set out in Annex II, Appendix 2.
Subsequent changes to the processes set up for assessing the performance of new vehicles with regard to their influence on CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption
1. Vehicle manufacturers shall notify the approval authority without delay of any changes those manufacturers made to the processes they set up to assess the performance of new vehicles with regard to the influence of those new vehicles on CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption and that are covered by the licence to operate the simulation tool, where such changes may have an effect on the accuracy, reliability or stability of those processes.
2. Upon receipt of the notification referred to in paragraph 1, the approval authority shall inform the vehicle manufacturer concerned on whether the changed processes continue to be covered by the licence granted pursuant to Article 6.
3. Where the changes referred to in paragraph 1 are not covered by the licence to operate the simulation tool, vehicle manufacturers shall, within one month of receipt of the information referred to in paragraph 2, apply for a new licence in accordance with Article 5. The approval authority shall withdraw the license if a vehicle manufacturer does not apply for a new licence, or if the application for a new license is rejected.
