Responsibilities of the manufacturer and approval authority with regards to conformity of CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption related properties of components, separate technical units and systems
Article 22
1. The manufacturer shall take the necessary measures in accordance to Annex X to Directive 2007/46/EC to ensure that the CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption related properties of the components, separate technical units and systems listed in Article 12(1) which have been the subject of certification in accordance with Article 17 do not deviate from the certified values. Those measures shall also include the following: — the procedures laid down in Appendix 4 to Annex V as regards engines; — the procedures laid down in point 7 of Annex VI as regards transmissions; — the procedures laid down in point 5 and 6 of Annex VII as regards axles; — the procedures laid down in Appendix 6 to Annex VIII as regards body or trailer air drag; — the procedures laid down in point 4 of Annex X as regards tyres. Where CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption related properties of a member of a component family, separate technical unit family or system family have been certified in accordance with Article 15(5), the reference value for the verification of the CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption related properties shall be the one certified for this family member. Where a deviation from the certified values is identified as a result of the measures referred to in the first and second subparagraphs, the manufacturer shall immediately inform the approval authority thereof. 2. The manufacturer shall provide, on an annual basis, testing reports containing the results of the procedures referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 to the approval authority which certified the CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption related properties of the component family, separate technical unit family or system family concerned. The manufacturer shall make the test reports available to the Commission upon request. 3. The manufacturer shall ensure that at least one in every 25 procedures referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, or, with an exception for tyres, at least one procedure per year, relating to a component family, separate technical unit family or system family is supervised by a different approval authority than the one which participated in the certification of CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption related properties of the component family, separate technical unit family or system family concerned pursuant to Article 16. 4. Any approval authority may at any time perform verifications relating to the components, separate technical units and systems at any of the manufacturer's and vehicle manufacturer's facilities in order to verify whether the CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption related properties of those components, separate technical units and systems do not deviate from the certified values. The manufacturer and the vehicle manufacturer shall provide the approval authority within 15 working days of the approval authority's request with all the relevant documents, samples and other materials in his possession and necessary to perform the verifications relating to a component, separate technical unit or system.