# 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), Annex I: Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 715/2007

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

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 is amended as follows:
(1) the text in the second row of the last column of Table 1 (Euro 5 emission limits) is replaced by the following:
‘Number of particles (PN)’;
(2) Table 2 is replaced by the following table:
‘
Table 2
Euro 6 Emission Limits
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.
Positive ignition particulate mass and number limits shall apply only to vehicles with direct injection engines.
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.
Key: PI = Positive Ignition, CI = Compression Ignition
Reference mass(RM)(kg)
Limit values
Mass of carbon monoxide(CO)
Mass of total hydrocarbons(THC)
Mass of non-methane hydrocarbons(NMHC)
Mass of oxides of nitrogen(NOx)
Combined mass of hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen(THC + NOx)
Mass of particulate matter(PM)
Number of particles(PN)
L1(mg/km)
L2(mg/km)
L3(mg/km)
L4(mg/km)
L2 + L4(mg/km)
L5(mg/km)
L6(#/km)
Category
Class
PI
CI
PI
CI
PI
CI
PI
CI
PI
CI
PI
CI
PI
CI
M
—
All
1 000
500
100
—
68
—
60
80
—
170
4,5
4,5
6,0 × 1011
6,0 × 1011
N1
I
RM ≤ 1 305
1 000
500
100
—
68
—
60
80
—
170
4,5
4,5
6,0 × 1011
6,0 × 1011
II
1 305 < RM ≤ 1 760
1 810
630
130
—
90
—
75
105
—
195
4,5
4,5
6,0 × 1011
6,0 × 1011
III
1 760 < RM
2 270
740
160
—
108
—
82
125
—
215
4,5
4,5
6,0 × 1011
6,0 × 1011
N2
—
All
2 270
740
160
—
108
—
82
125
—
215
4,5
4,5
6,0 × 1011
6,0 × 1011
’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/459/annex/I (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-459/annex-I
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