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Non-road mobile machinery: gaseous pollutants
In order to reduce air pollution caused by the engines of non-road mobile machinery, the Directive specifies, at Community level, acceptable emission standards for these engines and certification procedures with respect to these standards.
ACT
Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1997 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery [See amending act(s)].
SUMMARY
The purpose of this Directive is to approximate the laws of the Member States with regard to:
For the purposes of the Directive:
This Directive applies to compression ignition engines (diesel) and to positive-ignition engines (petrol) which are used in non-road mobile machinery, including locomotives and inland navigation vessels.
Type-approval procedure for engine types or families:
The manufacturer must affix the following marks to each unit manufactured:
Member States may not refuse the registration or placing on the market of new engines which meet the requirements of the Directive (Article 8).
Since 30 June 1998 Member States may not refuse to type approve an engine type or family, and may not impose additional approval requirements relating to pollutant emissions if the engine in question meets the conditions laid down in the Directive (Article 9).
The provisions of Article 8 and 9 do not apply:
Member States are required to provide the Commission with a list of the exemptions granted and the reasons given.
Member States must guarantee that conformity of production is checked effectively before type approval is granted (Article 11).
Engines not meeting the conditions set out in the approval certificate are considered not to conform to the type or family that has been approved. The Member State conducting type approval must take any action needed to ensure that engines in production conform.
The names and addresses of the type approval authorities and of the testing services responsible for matters arising from Directive 97/68/EC must be sent to the Commission and to the other Member States (Article 16).
References
Act |
Entry into force |
Deadline for transposition in the Member States |
Official Journal |
Directive 97/68/EC |
19.3.1998 |
30.6.1998 |
OJ L 59 of 27.2.1998 |
Amending act(s) |
Entry into force |
Deadline for transposition in the Member States |
Official Journal |
Directive 2001/63/EC |
12.9.2001 |
30.6.2002 |
OJ L 227 of 23.8.2001 |
Directive 2002/88/EC |
11.2.2003 |
11.8.2004 |
OJ L 35 of 11.2.2003 |
Directive 2004/26/EC |
20.5.2004 |
30.4.2005 |
OJ L 146 of 30.4.2004 |
Directive 2006/105/EC |
1.1.2007 |
1.1.2007 |
OJ L 363 of 20.12.2006 |
Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 |
7.8.2009 |
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OJ L 188 of 18.7.2009 |
Directive 2010/26/EU |
1.4.2010 |
31.3.2011 |
OJ L 86 of 1.4.2010 |
Directive 2010/88/EU |
16.11.2012 |
24.11.2012 |
OJ L 305 of 23.11.2011 |
The successive amendments and corrections to Directive 97/68/EC have been incorporated in the original text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
Last updated: 09.02.2012