(1)

Regulation (EU) 2024/1257 requires vehicles to respect the emission limits set out therein not only during the main lifetime, but also during the additional lifetime period that extends 25 % beyond the vehicle’s main lifetime. For that additional lifetime, durability multipliers are set out in Table 2 of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2024/1257 to account for the deterioration of emission reduction systems beyond the main lifetime period. In order to ensure legal clarity for vehicle manufacturers before the date of application of Regulation (EU) 2024/1257 as regards heavy-duty vehicles of categories M3, N2 and N3, it is necessary to set out durability multipliers for gaseous pollutants of heavy-duty vehicles of categories M3, N2 and N3 in Table 2 of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2024/1257.

(2)

In accordance with Article 18(3) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1257, the Commission has prepared and submitted to the European Parliament and Council a report assessing the durability performance of heavy-duty vehicles with regard to emissions (2).

(3)

Both for (i) vehicles of categories N2 and N3 up to a maximum mass of 16 t and M3 up to a maximum mass of 7,5 t; and (ii) vehicles of category N3 with a maximum mass higher than 16 t and category M3 with a maximum mass higher than 7,5 t, that assessment has shown a typical durability multiplier value of 1,2 for diesel engines with emission standard Euro VI steps D and E. Based on that technical assessment and considering that these engines are, from a technological standpoint, the most comparable to Euro 7 engines, it is appropriate to set out durability multipliers of 1,2 for gaseous pollutants for Euro 7 heavy-duty vehicles of categories M3, N2 and N3, aligning those values with the requirements for vehicles of categories M1, N1 and M2.

(4)

Regulation (EU) 2024/1257 should therefore be amended accordingly in Table 2 of Annex IV,