# 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 II: Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 692/2008

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

Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 is amended as follows:
(1) Appendix 6 to Annex I is amended as follows:
(a) in point 1, the second sentence is replaced by the following:
‘This number shall be followed by one or more characters reflecting the different categories in accordance with Table 1.’;
(b) Table 1 is replaced by the following table:
‘
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, i.e. Euro 6b emission standard and final particle number standards for PI vehicles;
“Euro 5” OBD standard Base Euro 5 OBD requirements excluding in use performance ratio (IUPR), NOx monitoring for petrol vehicles and tightened PM threshold limits for diesel;
“Euro 5+” OBD standard includes relaxed in use performance ratio (IUPR), NOx 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, N1 class I
PI, CI
1.9.2009
1.1.2011
31.12.2012
B
Euro 5a
Euro 5
M1 to fulfil specific social needs
(excluding M1G)
CI
1.9.2009
1.1.2012
31.12.2012
C
Euro 5a
Euro 5
M1G to fulfil specific social needs
CI
1.9.2009
1.1.2012
31.8.2012
D
Euro 5a
Euro 5
N1 class II
PI, CI
1.9.2010
1.1.2012
31.12.2012
E
Euro 5a
Euro 5
N1 class III, N2
PI, CI
1.9.2010
1.1.2012
31.12.2012
F
Euro 5b
Euro 5
M, N1 class I
PI, CI
1.9.2011
1.1.2013
31.12.2013
G
Euro 5b
Euro 5
M1 to fulfil specific social needs
(excluding M1G)
CI
1.9.2011
1.1.2013
31.12.2013
H
Euro 5b
Euro 5
N1 class II
PI, CI
1.9.2011
1.1.2013
31.12.2013
I
Euro 5b
Euro 5
N1 class III, N2
PI, CI
1.9.2011
1.1.2013
31.12.2013
J
Euro 5b
Euro 5+
M, N1 class I
PI, CI
1.9.2011
1.1.2014
31.8.2015
K
Euro 5b
Euro 5+
M1 to fulfil specific social needs
(excluding M1G)
CI
1.9.2011
1.1.2014
31.8.2015
L
Euro 5b
Euro 5+
N1 class II
PI, CI
1.9.2011
1.1.2014
31.8.2016
M
Euro 5b
Euro 5+
N1 class III, N2
PI, CI
1.9.2011
1.1.2014
31.8.2016
N
Euro 6a
Euro 6-
M, N1 class I
CI
31.12.2012
O
Euro 6a
Euro 6-
N1 class II
CI
31.12.2012
P
Euro 6a
Euro 6-
N1 class III, N2
CI
31.12.2012
Q
Euro 6b
Euro 6-
M, N1 class I
CI
31.12.2013
R
Euro 6b
Euro 6-
N1 class II
CI
31.12.2013
S
Euro 6b
Euro 6-
N1 class III, N2
CI
31.12.2013
T
Euro 6b
Euro 6-plus IUPR
M, N1 class I
CI
31.8.2015
U
Euro 6b
Euro 6-plus IUPR
N1 class II
CI
31.8.2016
V
Euro 6b
Euro 6-plus IUPR
N1 class III, N2
CI
31.8.2016
W
Euro 6b
Euro 6-1
M, N1 class I
PI, CI
1.9.2014
1.9.2015
31.8.2018
X
Euro 6b
Euro 6-1
N1 class II
PI, CI
1.9.2015
1.9.2016
31.8.2019
Y
Euro 6b
Euro 6-1
N1 class III, N2
PI, CI
1.9.2015
1.9.2016
31.8.2019
ZA
Euro 6c
Euro 6-2
M, N1 class I
PI, CI
1.9.2017
1.9.2018
ZB
Euro 6c
Euro 6-2
N1 class II
PI, CI
1.9.2018
1.9.2019
ZC
Euro 6c
Euro 6-2
N1 class III, N2
PI, CI
1.9.2018
1.9.2019
ZX
n.a.
n.a.
All vehicles
Battery full electric
1.9.2009
1.1.2011
ZY
n.a.
n.a.
All vehicles
Fuel cell full electric
1.9.2009
1.1.2011
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
’
(2) Annex XI is amended as follows:
(a) the following points 2.3.3 and 2.3.4 are inserted:
2.3.3. ‘The OBD thresholds limits for vehicles that are type approved according to the Euro 6 emission limits set out in Table 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 from three years after the dates given in Article 10(4) and 10(5) of that Regulation are given in the following table:
Final Euro 6 OBD threshold limits
Key: PI = Positive Ignition, CI = Compression Ignition.
Reference mass(RM)(kg)
Mass of carbon monoxide
Mass of non-methane hydrocarbons
Mass of oxides of nitrogen
Mass of particulate matter
Number of particles
(CO)(mg/km)
(NMHC)(mg/km)
(NOx)(mg/km)
(PM)(mg/km)
(PN)(#/km)
Category
Class
PI
CI
PI
CI
PI
CI
CI
PI
CI
PI
M
—
All
1 900
1 750
170
290
90
140
12
12
N1(3)
I
RM ≤ 1 305
1 900
1 750
170
290
90
140
12
12
II
1 305 < RM ≤ 1 760
3 400
2 200
225
320
110
180
12
12
III
1 760 < RM
4 300
2 500
270
350
120
220
12
12
N2
—
All
4 300
2 500
270
350
120
220
12
12
Explanatory note:
The OBD thresholds set out in the table are subject to a review to be conducted by the Commission by 1 September 2014. Where the thresholds appear to be not technically feasible, their values or the mandatory date of application are to be amended accordingly, considering the effects of other new requirements and tests that will be introduced for Euro 6 vehicles. Where the review shows an environmental need as well as technical feasibility and a net monetised benefit, more stringent values need to be adopted and OBD threshold limits for particle numbers or, where applicable, other regulated pollutants introduced. In doing so, appropriate lead time for introducing the technical developments has to be given to the industry.
2.3.4. Until three years after the dates specified in Article 10(4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 for new type approvals and new vehicles respectively, the following OBD threshold limits shall be applied to vehicles that are type approved according to the Euro 6 emission limits set out in Table 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 715/2007, upon the choice of the manufacturer:
Preliminary Euro 6 OBD threshold limits
Key: PI = Positive Ignition, CI = Compression Ignition.
Reference mass(RM)(kg)
Mass of carbon monoxide
Mass of non-methane hydrocarbons
Mass of oxides of nitrogen
Mass of particulate matter
(CO)(mg/km)
(NMHC)(mg/km)
(NOx)(mg/km)
(PM)(mg/km)
Category
Class
PI
CI
PI
CI(2)
PI
CI
CI
PI
M
—
All
1 900
1 750
170
290
150
180
25
25
N1(3)
I
RM ≤ 1 305
1 900
1 750
170
290
150
180
25
25
II
1 305 < RM ≤ 1 760
3 400
2 200
225
320
190
220
25
25
III
1 760 < RM
4 300
2 500
270
350
210
280
30
30
N2
—
All
4 300
2 500
270
350
210
280
30
30
’;
(b) point 2.14 is replaced by the following:
‘2.14.
Contrary to point 3.3.5 of Annex 11 to UN/ECE Regulation No 83, the following devices shall be monitored for total failure or removal if the latter resulted in exceeding the applicable emission limits:
as from 1 September 2011, a particulate trap fitted to compression ignition engines as a separate unit or integrated into a combined emission control device,
for vehicles certified against either the OBD threshold limits shown in the tables set out in point 2.3.3 or 2.3.4, a NOx aftertreatment system fitted to compression ignition engines as a separate unit or integrated into a combined emission control device,
for vehicles certified against either the OBD threshold limits shown in the tables set out in point 2.3.3 or 2.3.4, a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) fitted to compression ignition engines as a separate unit or integrated into a combined emission control device.
The devices referred to in the first paragraph shall also be monitored for any failure that would result in exceeding the applicable OBD threshold limits.’;
(c) in point 3.1.5 of Appendix 1, the following sentence is added:
‘For new type approvals and new vehicles the monitor required by point 2.9 of this Annex shall have an IUPR greater or equal to 0,1 until three years after the dates specified in Article 10(4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 respectively.’;
(3) in Annex XVI, point 6.2 is replaced by the following:
‘6.2.
The manufacturer shall demonstrate that use of the sensors referred to in point 6.1 and any other sensors on the vehicle, results in the activation of the driver warning system as referred to in point 3, the display of a message indicating an appropriate warning (e.g. “emissions too high — check urea”, “emissions too high — check AdBlue”, “emissions too high — check reagent”), and the driver inducement system as referred to in point 8.3, when the situations referred to in points 4.2, 5.4 or 5.5 occur.
For the purposes of this point these situations are presumed to occur:
in the case of vehicles approved to the Euro 5 emission limits of Table 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 715/2007, if the applicable NOx emission limit of that table multiplied by a factor of 1,5, is exceeded,
in the case of vehicles approved to the Euro 6 emission limits of Table 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 715/2007, if the applicable NOx OBD threshold limit of the tables set out in points 2.3.2, 2.3.3 or 2.3.4 of Annex XI is exceeded.
NOx emissions during the test to demonstrate compliance with these requirements shall be no more than 20 % higher than the values referred to in the second paragraph.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/459/annex/II (the official version)
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