Article 22 Responsibilities of the manufacturer and approval authority with regards to conformity of CO2 emissions and fuel consumption related properties of components, separate technical units and systems

The manufacturer shall take the necessary measures in accordance to F1Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2018/858 to ensure that the CO₂ emissions and fuel consumption related properties of the components, separate technical units and systems listed in Article 12(1) which have been the subject of certification in accordance with Article 17 F2or with Article 12(8), where such components, separate technical units and systems are fitted to the vehicle, do not deviate from the certified values.

Those measures shall also include the following:

• the procedures laid down in Appendix 4 to Annex V as regards engines;

• the procedures laid down in point 7 of Annex VI as regards transmissions;

• the procedures laid down in point 5 and 6 of Annex VII as regards axles;

• the procedures laid down in Appendix 6 to Annex VIII as regards body or trailer air drag;

• the procedures laid down in point 4 of Annex X as regards tyres.

Where CO₂ emissions and fuel consumption related properties of a member of a component family, separate technical unit family or system family have been certified in accordance with Article 15(5), the reference value for the verification of the CO₂ emissions and fuel consumption related properties shall be the one certified for this family member.

Where a deviation from the certified values is identified as a result of the measures referred to in the first and second subparagraphs, the manufacturer shall immediately inform the approval authority thereof.

The manufacturer shall provide, on an annual basis, testing reports containing the results of the procedures referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 to the approval authority which certified the CO₂ emissions and fuel consumption related properties of the component family, separate technical unit family or system family concerned. F3In the case of components, separate technical units or systems approved under Article 12(8), the manufacturer must provide the approval authority with the test reports that were sent to the certifying approval authority in the relevant member State.

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F5The approval authority may at any time perform verifications relating to the components, separate technical units and systems at any of the manufacturer's and vehicle manufacturer's facilities in order to verify whether the CO₂ emissions and fuel consumption related properties of those components, separate technical units and systems do not deviate from the certified values.

The manufacturer and the vehicle manufacturer shall provide the approval authority within 15 working days of the approval authority's request with all the relevant documents, samples and other materials in his possession and necessary to perform the verifications relating to a component, separate technical unit or system.