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amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1152 as regard the reporting for the calendar year 2020 of WLTP CO2 measurement results for certain categories of new light commercial vehicles and adjusting the input data for the correlation tool

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2011 setting emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles as part of the Union’s integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles 1 , and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 8(9) and the third subparagraph of Article 13(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council 2 provides that the EU fleet-wide CO2 emission targets for new light commercial vehicles for 2025 and 2030 are to be calculated on the basis of the CO2 emissions measured in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 3 for new light commercial vehicles registered in 2020 (hereinafter “measured CO 2 emission values”).

(2)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1152 4  sets out rules about the calculation and reporting by manufacturers of the measured CO 2 emission values. It is, however, necessary to further specify how those values are to be determined, in particular, as regards Not-Off-Vehicle Charging Hybrid Electric Vehicles (NOVC-HEV), Off-Vehicle Charging Hybrid Electric Vehicles (OVC-HEV) and light commercial vehicles for which the type-approval has been granted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council 5  and extended pursuant to the fourth paragraph of Article 2 of that Regulation.

(3)It should also be clarified how the measured CO2 emissions are to be determined where several CO2 emissions tests are performed for the purpose of type-approval.

(4)The correlation of the CO2 emissions of NOVC-HEVs and OVC-HEVs should be performed on the basis of physical vehicle tests and not on the basis of simulations performed by the correlation tool, due to the complexity of adapting the correlation tool to take into account such vehicle technologies. In order to ensure effective verification of the correlation results, technical test data relating to those vehicles should be provided to the Commission in the same way as for conventional vehicles.

(5)Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1152 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Climate Change Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1152 is amended as follows:

(1)in Article 3(1), point (d) is replaced by the following:

‘(d)    with regard to end-of-series vehicles referred to in Article 27 of Directive 2007/46/EC, and N1 vehicles with a reference mass of between 2 380 kg and 2 610 kg for which the type-approval granted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 has been extended in accordance with the fourth paragraph of Article 2 of that Regulation.’;

(2)in Article 4(2), the introductory sentence is replaced by the following:

‘With regard to the vehicles referred to in Article 3(1)(d) that have not been type-approved in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1151, but are registered in 2020 or in 2021, the following WLTP CO2 values shall be attributed to each registered vehicle for the purpose of calculating the average specific emissions of CO2 pursuant to Article 8(4)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 510/2011:”;

(3)Article 6a is amended as follows:

(a)the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Manufacturers shall calculate the combined, or where applicable weighted combined CO2 emissions, determined as MCO2, measured, for each light commercial vehicle registered in 2020 in accordance with the following:

(a)For pure internal combustion engine vehicles:

the equation for calculating MCO2-ind set out in the second subparagraph of paragraph 3.2.3.2.4. of Sub-Annex 7 to Annex XXI to Regulation (EU) 2017/1151, where the terms MCO2-H and MCO2-L shall, for the interpolation family concerned, be replaced by the values MCO2,C,5 (combined) taken from the entries 2.5.1.1.3. (vehicle H) and 2.5.1.2.3. (vehicle L) of the EC type-approval certificate, as indicated in the model set out in Appendix 4 to Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2017/1151;

(b)For Not-Off-Vehicle Charging Hybrid Electric Vehicles (NOVC-HEV):

the equation: MCO2-measured = MCO2-L,C,5 + Kind x (MCO2-H,C,5 – MCO2-L,C,5)

Where,

MCO2-L,C,5    is the value MCO2,C,5 (combined) for the interpolation family concerned, taken from entry 2.5.1.2.3 of the EC type-approval certificate, as indicated in the model set out in Appendix 4 to Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2017/1151;

Kind    is the interpolation coefficient for the considered individual vehicle for the applicable WLTP test cycle as specified in paragraph 4.5.3 of Sub-Annex 8 to Annex XXI to Regulation (EU) 2017/1151;

MCO2-H,C,5    is the value MCO2,C,5 (combined) for the interpolation family concerned, taken from entry 2.5.1.1.3 of the EC type-approval certificate, as indicated in the model set out in Appendix 4 to Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2017/1151.

(c)For Off-Vehicle Charging Hybrid Electric Vehicles (OVC-HEV):

   the equation: MCO2-measured = MCO2-L,C,5 + Kind x (MCO2-H,C,5 – MCO2-L,C,5)

Where,

MCO2-L,C,5, MCO2-H,C,5    are, for the interpolation family concerned, determined in accordance with the formula set out in paragraph 4.1.3.1 of Sub-Annex 8 to Annex XXI to Regulation (EU) 2017/1151, where the term Mi,CDj shall be replaced by the value MCO2,CD (combined) taken from the entry 2.5.3.2 for vehicle H and L, as applicable, of the EC type-approval certificate, and the term Mi,CS shall be replaced by the value MCO2,C,5 (combined) taken from entry 2.5.3.1 of the EC type-approval certificate for vehicle H, L, or M, as applicable; 

Kind    is the interpolation coefficient for the considered individual vehicle for the applicable WLTP test cycle as defined in paragraph 4.5.3 of Sub-Annex 8 to Annex XXI to Regulation (EU) 2017/1151.

(d)For each light commercial vehicle registered in 2020 with a reference mass of between 2 380 kg and 2 610 kg for which the type-approval has been extended pursuant to the fourth paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 595/2009, but for which CO2 emission values have not been determined in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1151, the manufacturer shall attribute, as the measured CO2 value, the average of the MCO2-measured values calculated in accordance with this paragraph.’;

(b)the following paragraph 1a is inserted:

‘1a. Where more than one measurement is recorded in entries 2.5.1.1.3., 2.5.1.2.3., 2.5.3.1., or 2.5.3.2. of an EC type-approval certificate, the MCO2,C,5 or MCO2,CD values referred to in paragraph 1 shall for the purpose of this provision be determined as follows:

(a)in the case of one measurement: the combined value recorded for Test 1;

(b)in the case of two measurements: the average of the two combined values recorded for Tests 1 and 2;

(c)in the case of three measurements: the average of the three combined values recorded for Tests 1, 2 and 3.’;

(4)Annex I is amended as follows:

(a)in point 2.1, the last sentence of the second paragraph is replaced by the following:

‘With regard to Not-Off-Vehicle Charging Hybrid Electric Vehicles (NOVC-HEV) and Off-Vehicle Charging Hybrid Electric Vehicles (OVC-HEV), the NEDC CO2 values to be used as a reference for the purpose of Section 3 shall be determined by way of physical vehicle tests instead of correlation tool simulations. The physical measurements shall be performed in accordance with the relevant provisions referring to physical vehicle tests set out in this Annex. The input data for the physical vehicle tests shall be determined and submitted to the type-approval authority or, where applicable, technical service, in accordance with point 2.4’;

(b)in point 2.2a, point (a) is replaced by the following:

‘(a) The correction of the WLTP test results for CO2 mass emissions in accordance with Appendix 2 to Sub-Annex 6 and Appendix 2 to Sub-Annex 8 to Annex XXI to Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 shall apply to all such test results, notwithstanding the provisions in paragraph 3.4.4(a) of Appendix 2 to Sub-Annex 6 and paragraph 1.1.4(a) of Appendix 2 to Sub-Annex 8 to Annex XXI to that Regulation;’;

(c)in point 2.4, table 1 is amended as follows: 

(i)in entry 24, the text in the second column under “Input parameters for the correlation tool” is replaced by the words ‘Service battery capacity’;

(ii)in entry 38, the text in the fourth column under “Source” is replaced by the words ‘Points 2.1.1. or 2.1.2 of the test report set out in Appendix 8a to Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2017/1151’;

(iii)in entry 61, the text in the second column under “Input parameters for the correlation tool” is replaced by the words ‘Service battery current’;

(iv)the following entries 79 to 103 are added:

*P0: the electric motor is on the engine service belt therefore has the engine speed as reference speed;

P1: the electric motor is on the engine crankshaft therefore has the engine speed as reference speed;

P2: the electric motor is mounted between the engine clutch/torque converter and the gearbox, therefore has the gearbox input speed as reference speed;

P3: the electric motor is between the gearbox and the final drive, therefore has the final drive input speed (rotational speed entering the final drive from the gearbox side) as reference speed. A vehicle can have up to two P3 motors (one for the front and one for the rear axle);

P4: the electric motor is downstream the final drive, therefore has the wheel speed as reference speed. A vehicle can have up to four P4 motors (one for each wheel).’;

(d)in the second paragraph of point 4.2.1.4.2, the following sentence is added:

‘In the case of point (d), where the road load coefficients for the road load matrix family have been determined in accordance with point 2.3.8.2.1(a), the road load coefficients for the individual vehicle may be determined in accordance with the formulae set out in the second paragraph of point 4.2.1.5.’.

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.

Point (4)(c)(iv) of Article 1 shall apply from 1 January 2020.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels,