# 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), Article 1: Amendment

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/588 is amended as follows:
(1) In Article 2(1), point (c) is replaced by the following:
(c) ‘its efficiency is at least:
(i) 73,8 % for petrol- or E85-fuelled vehicles other than turbo-charged;
(ii) 73,4 % for turbo-charged petrol- or E85-fuelled vehicles;
(iii) 74,2 % for diesel-fuelled vehicles;
(iv) 74,6 % for vehicles fuelled with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) other than turbo-charged;
(v) 74,1 % for turbo-charged LPG-fuelled vehicles;
(vi) 76,3 % for vehicles fuelled with compressed natural gas (CNG) other than turbo-charged;
(vii) 75,7 % for turbo-charged CNG -fuelled vehicles.’
(2) In Article 3, the following paragraphs are added:
‘3. Where the innovative technology is fitted in a bi-fuel or flex-fuel vehicle, the approval authority shall record the CO2 savings as follows:
(a) for bi-fuel vehicles using petrol and gaseous fuels, the CO2 savings value with regard to LPG or CNG;
(b) for flex-fuel vehicles using petrol and E85, the CO2 savings value with regard to petrol.
4. The certified CO2 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.’
(3) In the Annex, Tables 2 and 3 are replaced by the following:
‘
Table 2
Consumption of effective power
Type of Engine
Consumption of effective power (Vpe) [l/kWh]
Petrol/E85
0,264
Petrol/E85 Turbo
0,280
Diesel
0,220
LPG
0,342
LPG Turbo
0,363
Consumption of effective power (Vpe) [m3/kWh]
CNG (G20)
0,259
CNG (G20) Turbo
0,275
Table 3
Fuel conversion factor (CF)
Type of fuel
Conversion factor
[100 g CO2/l]
[g CO2/l]
Petrol/E85
23,3
2 330
Diesel
26,4
2 640
LPG
16,3
1 629
[100 g CO2/m3]
[g CO2/m3]
CNG (G20)
18,0
1 795
’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/759/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-759/article-1
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