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Division 3 ‘ EURO III ’ / ‘ EURO IV ’ / ‘ EURO V ’ / ‘ EEV ’ vehiclesF1

United Kingdom

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A test cycle consists of a sequence of test points, each point being defined by a speed and a torque which the engine must respect in steady state (ESC test) or transient operating conditions (ETC and ELR tests).

0,13 for engines whose unit cylinder capacity is less that 0,7 dm 3 and the nominal speed is in excess of 3 000 min -1 .

The specific masses of carbon monoxide, total hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides and particulates, determined by the ESC test and the exhaust gas opacity, determined by the ELR test, must not exceed the following values f1 :
Mass of carbon monoxides (CO) g/kWh Mass of hydrocarbons (HC) g/kWh Mass of nitrogen oxides (NOx) g/kWh Mass of particulates (PT) g/kWh Exhaust gas m -1
‘EURO III’ vehicle 2,1 0,66 5,0 0,1 f2 0,8
‘EURO IV’ vehicle 1,5 0,46 3,5 0,02 0,5
‘EURO V’ vehicle 1,5 0,46 2,0 0,02 0,5
‘EEV’ vehicle 1,5 0,25 2,0 0,02 0,15

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Inserted by Directive 2006/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures.

Footnotes

f1

A test cycle consists of a sequence of test points, each point being defined by a speed and a torque which the engine must respect in steady state (ESC test) or transient operating conditions (ETC and ELR tests).

f2

0,13 for engines whose unit cylinder capacity is less that 0,7 dm 3 and the nominal speed is in excess of 3 000 min -1 .