# Commission Directive 2012/46/EU of 6 December 2012 amending Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 (Text with EEA relevance), Annex VII

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

ANNEX XII
RECOGNITION OF ALTERNATIVE TYPE-APPROVALS
1.
The following type-approvals and, where applicable, the pertaining approval marks are recognised as being equivalent to an approval to this Directive for engines of categories A, B and C as defined in Article 9(2):
1.1. Type approvals to Directive 2000/25/EC;
1.2. Type-approvals to Directive 88/77/EEC, complying with the requirements of stages A or B regarding Article 2 and Annex I, Section 6.2.1 of Directive 88/77/EEC or UNECE Regulation No 49.02 series of amendments, corrigenda I/2;
1.3. Type approvals according to UNECE Regulation No 96.
2.
For engines categories D, E, F and G (stage II) as defined in Article 9(3), the following type-approvals and, where applicable, the pertaining approval marks are recognised as being equivalent to an approval to this Directive:
2.1. Directive 2000/25/EC, stage II approvals;
2.2. Type-approvals to Directive 88/77/EEC as amended by Directive 99/96/EC which are in compliance with stages A, B1, B2 or C provided for in Article 2 and Section 6.2.1 of Annex I to that Directive;
2.3. Type-approvals to UNECE Regulation No 49.03 series of amendments;
2.4. UNECE Regulation No 96 stages D, E, F and G approvals according to paragraph 5.2.1 of the 01 series of amendments of Regulation No 96.
3.
For engines categories H, I, J and K (stage IIIA) as defined in Article 9(3a) and Article 9(3b), the following type-approvals and, where applicable, the pertaining approval marks are recognised as being equivalent to an approval to this Directive:
3.1. Type-approvals to Directive 2005/55/EC, as amended by Directives 2005/78/EC and 2006/51/EC, which are in compliance with stages B1, B2 or C provided for in Article 2 and Section 6.2.1 of Annex I to that Directive;
3.2. Type-approvals to UNECE Regulation No 49.05 series of amendments, which are in compliance with stages B1, B2 and C provided for in paragraph 5.2 of that Regulation;
3.3. UNECE Regulation No 96 stages H, I, J and K approvals according to paragraph 5.2.1 of the 02 series of amendments of Regulation No 96.
4.
For engines categories L, M, N and P (stage IIIB) as defined in Article 9(3c), the following type-approvals and, where applicable, the pertaining approval marks are recognised as being equivalent to an approval to this Directive:
4.1. Type-approvals to Directive 2005/55/EC, as amended by Directives 2005/78/EC and 2006/51/EC, which are in compliance with stages B2 or C provided for in Article 2 and Section 6.2.1 of Annex I to that Directive;
4.2. Type-approvals to UNECE Regulation No 49.05 series of amendments, which are in compliance with stages B2 or C provided for in paragraph 5.2 of that regulation;
4.3. UNECE Regulation No 96 stages L, M, N and P approvals according to paragraph 5.2.1 of the 03 series of amendments of Regulation No 96.
5.
For engines categories Q and R (stage IV) as defined in Article 9(3d), the following type-approvals and, where applicable, the pertaining approval marks are recognised as being equivalent to an approval to this Directive:
5.1. Type-approvals to Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 and its implementing measures, if it is confirmed by a technical service that the engine meets the requirements of Annex I Section 8.5 to this Directive;
5.2. Type-approvals to UNECE Regulation No 49.06 series of amendments, if it is confirmed by a technical service that the engine meets the requirements of Annex I Section 8.5 to this Directive.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2012/46/annex/VII (the official version)
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