# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 725/2011 of 25 July 2011 establishing a procedure for the approval and certification of innovative technologies 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), Article 2: Scope

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

1. Any technology falling within the scope of the following measures ... shall not be considered as innovative technologies:
(a) efficiency improvements for air-conditioning systems;
(b) tyre pressure monitoring systems falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 661/2009, in the case of vehicles with GB type-approval, and Regulation (EU) 2019/2144, as it has effect in EU law as amended from time to time, in the case of vehicles with UK (NI) type-approval or EU type-approval;
(c) tyre rolling resistance falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 and Regulation (EC) No 1222/2009, in the case of vehicles with GB type-approval, and Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 and Regulation (EU) 2020/740, as those Regulations have effect in EU law as amended from time to time, in the case of vehicles with UK (NI) type-approval or EU type-approval;
(d) gear shift indicators falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 661/2009, in the case of vehicles with GB type-approval, and Regulation (EU) 2019/2144, as it has effect in EU law as amended from time to time, in the case of vehicles with UK (NI) type-approval or EU type-approval;
(e) use of bio fuels.
2. An application for the approval of an innovative technology as an eco-innovation may be made under this Regulation in respect of a technology, provided that the following conditions are met:
(a) it had been fitted in 3 % or less of all new passenger cars registered in 2009 for applications submitted until 31 December 2019, or in 3 % or less of all new passenger cars registered in the year n-4, n being the year of application, for applications submitted from 1 January 2020;
(b) it relates to items intrinsic to the efficient operation of the vehicle and is compatible with Regulation (EU) 2018/858, as it has effect in domestic law, or as that Regulation has effect in EU law as amended from time to time and by virtue of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
3. An application for the approval of an innovative technology as an eco-innovation may be made by reference to the standard test procedure in accordance with the following:
(a) to the New European Driving Cycle referred to in Annex XII to Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 until 31 December 2019;
(b) to the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) referred to in Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 (as it has effect in domestic law or, as the case may be, as that Regulation has effect in EU law as amended from time to time and by virtue of the Northern Ireland Protocol) from 14 March 2018.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/725/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-725/article-2
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