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Division (A) Environmental performance test procedures and requirementsF1X1

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L-category vehicles may be type-approved only if they comply with the following environmental performance requirements :

Test type Description Requirements: limit values Subclassification criteria in addition to Article 2 and Annex I Requirements: test procedures
I Tailpipe emissions after cold start Annex VI (A) Point 4.3 of Annex II to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 134/2014 Annex II to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 134/2014
II
  • PI or Hybrid (5) equipped with PI: emissions at idling and increased idling speed

  • CI or Hybrid with CI engine: free acceleration test

Directive 2009/40/EC (6) Point 4.3 of Annex II to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 134/2014 Annex III to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 134/2014
III Emissions of crankcase gases Zero emission, closed crankcase. Crankcase emissions shall not be discharged directly into the ambient atmosphere from any vehicle throughout its useful life. Point 3.2 of Annex XI to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 134/2014 Annex IV to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 134/2014
IV Evaporative emissions Annex VI (C) Point 3.2 of Annex XI to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 134/2014 Annex V to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 134/2014
V Durability of pollution control devices Annexes VI and VII

SRC-LeCV: point 2 of Appendix 1 to Annex VI to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 134/2014

USA EPA AMA: point 2.1 of Appendix 2 to Annex VI to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 134/2014

Annex VI to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 134/2014
VI A test-type VI has not been attributed Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
VII CO 2 emissions, fuel and/or electric energy consumption and electric range Measurement and reporting, no limit value for type- approval purposes Point 4.3 of Annex II to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 134/2014 Annex VII to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 134/2014
VIII OBD environmental tests Annex VI (B) Point 4.3 of Annex II to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 134/2014 Annex VIII to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 134/2014
IX Sound level Annex VI (D) When UNECE regulations Nos 9, 41, 63 or 92 replace the EU proprietary requirements set out in the delegated act on environmental and propulsion performance requirements, the (sub-) classification criteria laid down in those UNECE regulations (Annex 6) shall be selected with reference to test type IX sound level tests. Annex IX to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 134/2014.

Annotations

Textual amendments

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Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 134/2014 of 16 December 2013 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to environmental and propulsion unit performance requirements and amending Annex V thereof (Text with EEA relevance).

Editorial notes

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Substituted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (Official Journal of the European Union L 60 of 2 March 2013).