{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-459/annex-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-459/annex-I.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2012/459",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 459/2012 of 29 May 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 as regards emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 6) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-459",
  "path": "annex/I",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 715/2007",
  "text": "Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 is amended as follows:\n(1) the text in the second row of the last column of Table 1 (Euro 5 emission limits) is replaced by the following:\n‘Number of particles (PN)’;\n(2) Table 2 is replaced by the following table:\n‘\nTable 2\nEuro 6 Emission Limits\nA limit of 5,0 mg/km for the mass of particulate emissions applies to vehicles type approved to the emission limits of this table with the previous particulate mass measurement protocol, before 1.9.2011.\nPositive ignition particulate mass and number limits shall apply only to vehicles with direct injection engines.\nUntil three years after the dates specified in Article 10(4) and (5) for new type approvals and new vehicles respectively, a particle number emission limit of 6,0 × 1012 #/km shall apply to Euro 6 PI direct injection vehicles upon the choice of the manufacturer. Until those dates at the latest a type approval test method ensuring the effective limitation of the number of particles emitted by vehicles under real driving conditions shall be implemented.\nKey: PI = Positive Ignition, CI = Compression Ignition\nReference mass(RM)(kg)\nLimit values\nMass of carbon monoxide(CO)\nMass of total hydrocarbons(THC)\nMass of non-methane hydrocarbons(NMHC)\nMass of oxides of nitrogen(NOx)\nCombined mass of hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen(THC + NOx)\nMass of particulate matter(PM)\nNumber of particles(PN)\nL1(mg/km)\nL2(mg/km)\nL3(mg/km)\nL4(mg/km)\nL2 + L4(mg/km)\nL5(mg/km)\nL6(#/km)\nCategory\nClass\nPI\nCI\nPI\nCI\nPI\nCI\nPI\nCI\nPI\nCI\nPI\nCI\nPI\nCI\nM\n—\nAll\n1 000\n500\n100\n—\n68\n—\n60\n80\n—\n170\n4,5\n4,5\n6,0 × 1011\n6,0 × 1011\nN1\nI\nRM ≤ 1 305\n1 000\n500\n100\n—\n68\n—\n60\n80\n—\n170\n4,5\n4,5\n6,0 × 1011\n6,0 × 1011\nII\n1 305 < RM ≤ 1 760\n1 810\n630\n130\n—\n90\n—\n75\n105\n—\n195\n4,5\n4,5\n6,0 × 1011\n6,0 × 1011\nIII\n1 760 < RM\n2 270\n740\n160\n—\n108\n—\n82\n125\n—\n215\n4,5\n4,5\n6,0 × 1011\n6,0 × 1011\nN2\n—\nAll\n2 270\n740\n160\n—\n108\n—\n82\n125\n—\n215\n4,5\n4,5\n6,0 × 1011\n6,0 × 1011\n’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "A limit of 5,0 mg/km for the mass of particulate emissions applies to vehicles type approved to the emission limits of this table with the previous particulate mass measurement protocol, before 1.9.2011."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Positive ignition particulate mass and number limits shall apply only to vehicles with direct injection engines."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Until three years after the dates specified in Article 10(4) and (5) for new type approvals and new vehicles respectively, a particle number emission limit of 6,0 × 1012 #/km shall apply to Euro 6 PI direct injection vehicles upon the choice of the manufacturer. Until those dates at the latest a type approval test method ensuring the effective limitation of the number of particles emitted by vehicles under real driving conditions shall be implemented."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/459/annex/I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:25.197660+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}