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Document 32020R0239
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/239 of 20 February 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 901/2014 with regard to the adaptation of the templates for type-approval procedures for two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles to the environmental steps Euro 5 and Euro 5+ requirements (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/239 of 20 February 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 901/2014 with regard to the adaptation of the templates for type-approval procedures for two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles to the environmental steps Euro 5 and Euro 5+ requirements (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/239 of 20 February 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 901/2014 with regard to the adaptation of the templates for type-approval procedures for two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles to the environmental steps Euro 5 and Euro 5+ requirements (Text with EEA relevance)
C/2020/863
OJ L 48, 21.2.2020, p. 6–11
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
In force
21.2.2020 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 48/6 |
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/239
of 20 February 2020
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 901/2014 with regard to the adaptation of the templates for type-approval procedures for two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles to the environmental steps Euro 5 and Euro 5+ requirements
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (1), and in particular Article 27(4), Article 29(4), Article 32(1) and Article 38(2) thereof,
Whereas:
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Pursuant to the requirements introduced by Regulation (EU) 2019/129 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) as regards the application of the environmental step Euro 5 for L-category vehicles, certain sub-categories of vehicles will have to comply with additional technical requirements as from certain dates. Other sub-categories are exempted or are required to comply with certain requirements later than originally set out in Regulation (EU) No 168/2013. |
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The administrative type-approval templates laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 901/2014 (3) should be adapted in light of the amendments provided for in Regulation (EU) 2019/129 to facilitate the type-approval process and to enable national authorities to verify compliance with the requirements of environmental steps Euro 5 and Euro 5+ applicable at a given date. |
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Implementing Regulation (EU) No 901/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly. |
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The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Technical Committee – Motor Vehicles, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EU) No 901/2014 is amended as follows:
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the following Article 12a is inserted: ‘Article 12a Transitional provisions 1. Until 30 June 2020, national authorities shall continue to grant type-approvals to vehicle types in accordance with this Regulation in its version applicable on 11 March 2020. 2. Until 31 December 2020, the Member States shall permit the placing on the market, registration and entry into service of vehicles based on a vehicle type approved in accordance with this Regulation in its version applicable on 11 March 2020.’; |
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Annexes I, IV, VII and VIII are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation. |
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 February 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(2) Regulation (EU) 2019/129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 January 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 as regards the application of the Euro 5 step to the type-approval of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (OJ L 30, 31.1.2019, p. 106).
(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 901/2014 of 18 July 2014 implementing Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the administrative requirements for the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (OJ L 249, 22.8.2014, p. 1).
ANNEX
(1)
Annex I is amended as follows:
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Part B is amended as follows:
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in Appendix 3, information document data entry 4.0.1 is replaced by the following:
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in Appendix 6, information document data entry 4.0.1 is replaced by the following:
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in Appendix 7, information document data entry 4.0.1 is replaced by the following:
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in Appendix 8, information document data entry 4.0.1 is replaced by the following:
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(2)
in Annex IV, in Appendix 1, in Section 2, entry 4.0.1 is replaced by the following:
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Environmental step: Euro (3/4/5/5+) (1) ’ |
(3)
in Annex VII, in point 5, Table 1 is amended as follows:
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the following row is inserted after the row relating to ‘System: engine emissions (Euro 5 stage)’
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the rows relating to ‘System: environmental on-board diagnostic (OBD Stage I: points 1.8.1 and 1.8.2 of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 168/2013)’ and ‘System: environmental on-board diagnostic (OBD Stage II: point 1.8.3 of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 168/2013)’ are replaced by the following:
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the following rows are inserted after the row relating to ‘System: environmental on-board diagnostic (OBD Stage II: point 1.8.3 of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 168/2013)’:
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(4)
Annex VIII is amended as follows:
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point 2.2.1.1.2 is replaced by the following:
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point 2.2.1.9.3 is amended as follows:
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in point 2.2.1.6.3.3.2, Table 5-7, is amended as follows:
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point 2.2.1.9.4 is amended as follows:
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