{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-588/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-588/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2016/588",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/588 of 14 April 2016 on the approval of the technology used in 12 Volt efficient alternators as an innovative technology for reducing CO2 emissions from passenger cars pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-588",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Certification of CO2 savings",
  "text": "1. The reduction in CO2 emissions from the use of an efficient alternator referred to in Article 2(1) shall be determined using the methodology set out in the Annex.\n2. Where a manufacturer applies for the certification of the CO2 savings from more than one efficient alternator referred to in Article 2(1) in relation to one vehicle version, the Secretary of State shall determine which of the alternators tested delivers the lowest CO2 savings, and record the lowest value in the relevant type approval documentation. That value shall be indicated in the certificate of conformity in accordance with Article 11(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 725/2011.\n3. Where the innovative technology is fitted in a bi-fuel or flex-fuel vehicle, the Secretary of State shall record the CO 2 savings as follows:\n(a) for bi-fuel vehicles using petrol and gaseous fuels, the CO 2 savings value with regard to LPG or CNG;\n(b) for flex-fuel vehicles using petrol and E85, the CO 2 savings value with regard to petrol.\n4. The certified CO 2 savings recorded by reference to eco-innovation code No 17 may only be taken into account for the calculation of the average specific emissions of manufacturers until and including the calendar year 2020.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Road Vehicle Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards (Cars and Vans) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/550), regs. 1, 23(1B)(a) (as inserted by S.I. 2020/1418, regs. 1(2), 2(7)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/759 of 8 June 2020 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/588 in order to include the use of 12 Volt efficient alternators in passenger cars capable of running on certain alternative fuels (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Road Vehicle Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards (Cars and Vans) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/550), regs. 1, 23(1B)(b) (as inserted by S.I. 2020/1418, regs. 1(2), 2(7)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/588/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T18:17:54.244206+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}