# Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 of 18 July 2008 implementing and amending Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information (Text with EEA relevance), Appendix 6: EC Type –Approval Certification Numbering System

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

1.
Section 3 of the EC type-approval number issued according to Article 6(1) shall be composed by the number of the implementing regulatory act or the latest amending regulatory act applicable to the EC type-approval. This number shall be followed by one or more characters reflecting the different categories in accordance with Table 1. These alphabetical characters shall also distinguish the Euro 5 and 6 emission limit values to which the approval was granted.
Table 1
Key:
‘Euro 5a’ emissions standard excludes revised measurement procedure for particulate matter, particle number standard and flex fuel vehicle low temperature emission testing with biofuel;
‘Euro 5b’ emissions standard Full Euro 5 emission requirements including revised measurement procedure for particulate matter, particle number standard for CI vehicles and flex fuel vehicle low temperature emission testing with biofuel;
‘Euro 6a’ emissions standard excludes revised measurement procedure for particulate matter, particle number standard and flex fuel vehicle low temperature emission testing with biofuel;
‘Euro 6b’ emissions standard Euro 6 emission requirements including revised measurement procedure for particulate matter, particle number standards (preliminary values for PI vehicles) and flex fuel vehicle low temperature emission testing with biofuel;
‘ Euro 6c ’ emissions standard Full Euro 6 emission requirements but without quantitative RDE requirements, i.e. Euro 6b emission standard, final particle number standards for PI vehicles, use of E10 and B7 reference fuel (where applicable) assessed on regulatory lab test cycle and RDE testing for monitoring only (no NTE emission limits applied);
‘ Euro 6d-TEMP ’ emissions standard Full Euro 6 emission requirements, i.e. Euro 6b emission standard, final particle number standards for PI vehicles, use of E10 and B7 reference fuel (where applicable) assessed on regulatory lab test cycle and RDE testing against temporary conformity factors;
‘ Euro 6d ’ emissions standard Full Euro 6 emission requirements, i.e. Euro 6b emission standard, final particle number standards for PI vehicles, use of E10 and B7 reference fuel (where applicable) assessed on regulatory lab test cycle and RDE testing against final conformity factors;
‘Euro 5’ OBD standard Base Euro 5 OBD requirements excluding in use performance ratio (IUPR), NO x monitoring for petrol vehicles and tightened PM threshold limits for diesel;
‘Euro 5+’ OBD standard includes relaxed in use performance ratio (IUPR), NO x monitoring for petrol vehicles and tightened PM threshold limits for diesel;
‘Euro 6-’ OBD standard relaxed OBD threshold limits;
‘Euro 6- plus IUPR’ OBD standard includes relaxed OBD threshold limits and relaxed in use performance ratio (IUPR);
‘Euro 6-1’ OBD standard Full Euro 6 OBD requirements but with preliminary OBD threshold limits as defined in point 2.3.4 of Annex XI and partially relaxed IUPR;
‘Euro 6-2’ OBD standard Full Euro 6 OBD requirements but with final OBD threshold limits as defined in point 2.3.3 of Annex XI.
Character
Emissions standard
OBD standard
Vehicle category and class
Engine
Implementation date: new types
Implementation date: new vehicles
Last date of registration
A
Euro 5a
Euro 5
M, N 1 class I
PI, CI
1.9.2009
1.1.2011
31.12.2012
B
Euro 5a
Euro 5
M 1 to fulfil specific social needs (excluding M 1 G)
CI
1.9.2009
1.1.2012
31.12.2012
C
Euro 5a
Euro 5
M 1 G to fulfil specific social needs
CI
1.9.2009
1.1.2012
31.8.2012
D
Euro 5a
Euro 5
N 1 class II
PI, CI
1.9.2010
1.1.2012
31.12.2012
E
Euro 5a
Euro 5
N 1 class III, N 2
PI, CI
1.9.2010
1.1.2012
31.12.2012
F
Euro 5b
Euro 5
M, N 1 class I
PI, CI
1.9.2011
1.1.2013
31.12.2013
G
Euro 5b
Euro 5
M 1 to fulfil specific social needs (excluding M 1 G)
CI
1.9.2011
1.1.2013
31.12.2013
H
Euro 5b
Euro 5
N 1 class II
PI, CI
1.9.2011
1.1.2013
31.12.2013
I
Euro 5b
Euro 5
N 1 class III, N 2
PI, CI
1.9.2011
1.1.2013
31.12.2013
J
Euro 5b
Euro 5+
M, N 1 class I
PI, CI
1.9.2011
1.1.2014
31.8.2015
K
Euro 5b
Euro 5+
M 1 to fulfil specific social needs (excluding M 1 G)
CI
1.9.2011
1.1.2014
31.8.2015
L
Euro 5b
Euro 5+
N 1 class II
PI, CI
1.9.2011
1.1.2014
31.8.2016
M
Euro 5b
Euro 5+
N 1 class III, N 2
PI, CI
1.9.2011
1.1.2014
31.8.2016
N
Euro 6a
Euro 6-
M, N 1 class I
CI
31.12.2012
O
Euro 6a
Euro 6-
N 1 class II
CI
31.12.2012
P
Euro 6a
Euro 6-
N 1 class III, N 2
CI
31.12.2012
Q
Euro 6b
Euro 6-
M, N 1 class I
CI
31.12.2013
R
Euro 6b
Euro 6-
N 1 class II
CI
31.12.2013
S
Euro 6b
Euro 6-
N 1 class III, N 2
CI
31.12.2013
T
Euro 6b
Euro 6- plus IUPR
M, N 1 class I
CI
31.8.2015
U
Euro 6b
Euro 6- plus IUPR
N 1 class II
CI
31.8.2016
V
Euro 6b
Euro 6- plus IUPR
N 1 class III, N 2
CI
31.8.2016
W
Euro 6b
Euro 6-1
M, N 1 class I
PI, CI
1.9.2014
1.9.2015
31.8.2018
X
Euro 6b
Euro 6-1
N 1 class II
PI, CI
1.9.2015
1.9.2016
31.8.2019
Y
Euro 6b
Euro 6-1
N 1 class III, N 2
PI, CI
1.9.2015
1.9.2016
31.8.2019
ZA
Euro 6c
Euro 6-1
M, N 1 class I
PI, CI
31.8.2018
ZB
Euro 6c
Euro 6-1
N 1 class II
PI, CI
31.8.2019
ZC
Euro 6c
Euro 6-1
N 1 class III, N 2
PI, CI
31.8.2019
ZD
Euro 6c
Euro 6-2
M, N1 class I
PI, CI
31.8.2018
ZE
Euro 6c
Euro 6-2
N1 class II
PI, CI
31.8.2019
ZF
Euro 6c
Euro 6-2
N1 class III, N2
PI, CI
31.8.2019
ZG
Euro 6d-TEMP
Euro 6-2
M, N1 class I
PI, CI
31.8.2018
ZH
Euro 6d-TEMP
Euro 6-2
N1 class II
PI, CI
31.8.2019
ZI
Euro 6d-TEMP
Euro 6-2
N1 class III, N2
PI, CI
31.8.2019
ZJ
Euro 6d
Euro 6-2
M, N1 class I
PI, CI
31.8.2018
ZK
Euro 6d
Euro 6-2
N1 class II
PI, CI
31.8.2019
ZL
Euro 6d
Euro 6-2
N1 class III, N2
PI, CI
31.8.2019
ZX
n.a.
n.a.
All vehicles
Battery full electric
1.9.2009
1.1.2011
31.8.2019
ZY
n.a.
n.a.
All vehicles
Battery full electric
1.9.2009
1.1.2011
31.8.2019
ZZ
n.a.
n.a.
All vehicles using certificates according to point 2.1.1 of Annex I
PI, CI
1.9.2009
1.1.2011
31.8.2019
2.
Examples of type–approval certification numbers.
2.1.
An example is provided below of a first approval without any extensions of an Euro 5 light passenger vehicle. The approval was granted to the base regulation and its implementing regulation so the forth component is 0001. The vehicle is of category M1 represented by letter A. The approval was issued by the Netherlands:
e4*715/2007*692/2008A*0001*00
2.2.
This second example shows a fourth approval for the second extension of an Euro 5 light passenger vehicle of category M1G meeting the special social needs requirements (letter C). The approval was granted to the base regulation and an amending regulation in the year 2009 and was issued by Germany:
e1*715/2007*…/2009C*0004*02

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/692/annex/I/appendix/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-692/annex-I/appendix-6
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

