{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-459/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-459/article-1.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": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 is amended as follows:\n(1) in Article 3, at the end of point 17, the full stop should be changed into a semicolon;\n(2) in Article 3, the following point 18 is added:\n18.. ‘“direct injection engine” means an engine which can operate in a mode where the fuel is injected into the intake air after the air has been drawn through the inlet valves.’;\n(3) in Article 10, the following paragraph 7 is added:\n‘7. Until three years after the applicable dates set out in paragraphs 4 and 5 for new type approvals and the registration, sale or entry into service of new vehicles and upon the choice of the manufacturer, a particle number emission limit of 6 × 1012 #/km shall apply to vehicles with a direct injection positive ignition engine.’;\n(4) Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/459/article/1",
    "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."
}