# 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), Article 1

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

Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 3, at the end of point 17, the full stop should be changed into a semicolon;
(2) in Article 3, the following point 18 is added:
18.. ‘“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.’;
(3) in Article 10, the following paragraph 7 is added:
‘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.’;
(4) Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/459/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-459/article-1
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