{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1151/annex-XI/division-1/division-2/division-2.3",
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  "legislation": "eur/2017/1151",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 of 1 June 2017 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information, amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1151",
  "path": "annex/XI/division/1/division/2/division/2.3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The ‘OBD threshold limits’ specified in section 3.3.2 of Annex 11 to UN/ECE Regulation 83 shall be understood as reference to the requirements specified in points 2.3.1. and 2.3.2. below:\n2.3.1.The OBD thresholds limits for vehicles that are type approved in accordance with 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:\nPositive ignition particulate mass and particle number limits apply only to vehicles with direct injection engines.\nParticle number limits may be introduced at a later date.\nKey: PI = Positive Ignition, CI = Compression Ignition.\nFinal Euro 6 OBD threshold limits\nReference mass (RM) (kg)\nMass of carbon monoxide\nMass of non-methane hydrocarbons\nMass of oxides of nitrogen\nMass of particulate matter\nNumber of particles\nCategory\nClass\n(CO) (mg/km)\n(NMHC) (mg/km)\n(NO x ) (mg/km)\n(PM) (mg/km)\n(PN) (#/km)\nPI\nCI\nPI\nCI\nPI\nCI\nCI\nPI\nCI\nPI\nM\n—\nAll\n1 900\n1 750\n170\n290\n90\n140\n12\n12\nN 1\nI\nRM ≤ 1 305\n1 900\n1 750\n170\n290\n90\n140\n12\n12\nII\n1 305 < RM ≤ 1 760\n3 400\n2 200\n225\n320\n110\n180\n12\n12\nIII\n1 760 < RM\n4 300\n2 500\n270\n350\n120\n220\n12\n12\nN 2\n—\nAll\n4 300\n2 500\n270\n350\n120\n220\n12\n12\n2.3.2.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 in accordance with 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:\nPositive ignition particulate mass limits apply only to vehicles with direct injection engines.\nKey: PI = Positive Ignition, CI = Compression Ignition\nPreliminary Euro 6 OBD threshold limits\nReference mass (RM) (kg)\nMass of carbon monoxide\nMass of non-methane hydrocarbons\nMass of oxides of nitrogen\nMass of particulate matter\nCategory\nClass\n(CO) (mg/km)\n(NMHC) (mg/km)\n(NO x ) (mg/km)\n(PM) (mg/km)\nPI\nCI\nPI\nCI\nPI\nCI\nCI\nPI\nM\n—\nAll\n1 900\n1 750\n170\n290\n150\n180\n25\n25\nN 1\nI\nRM ≤ 1 305\n1 900\n1 750\n170\n290\n150\n180\n25\n25\nII\n1 305 < RM ≤ 1 760\n3 400\n2 200\n225\n320\n190\n220\n25\n25\nIII\n1 760 < RM\n4 300\n2 500\n270\n350\n210\n280\n30\n30\nN 2\n—\nAll\n4 300\n2 500\n270\n350\n210\n280\n30\n30",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1832 of 5 November 2018 amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 for the purpose of improving the emission type approval tests and procedures for light passenger and commercial vehicles, including those for in-service conformity and real-driving emissions and introducing devices for monitoring the consumption of fuel and electric energy (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Positive ignition particulate mass and particle number limits apply only to vehicles with direct injection engines."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Particle number limits may be introduced at a later date."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Positive ignition particulate mass limits apply only to vehicles with direct injection engines."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/1151/annex/XI/division/1/division/2/division/2.3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:48.753743+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."
}