# Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2400 of 12 December 2017 implementing Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the determination of the CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of heavy-duty vehicles and amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 (Text with EEA relevance), Article 9: Obligation to determine and declare CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of new vehicles

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

1. A vehicle manufacturer shall determine the CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption of each new vehicle, with the exception of ZE-HDVs, He-HDVs and dual-fuel vehicles, to be sold, registered or put into service in Great Britain using the latest available version of the simulation tool referred to in Article 5(3). With regard to ZE-HDVs, He-HDVs and dual-fuel vehicles to be sold, registered or put into service in Great Britain, the vehicle manufacturer shall determine only the information specified for those vehicles in the models set out in Part I and Part II of Annex IV using the latest available version of the simulation tool referred to in Article 5(3).
A vehicle manufacturer may operate the simulation tool for the purposes of this Article only if in possession of a licence granted for the vehicle group concerned in accordance with Article 7 or extended to the vehicle group concerned in accordance with Article 8(1).
2. The vehicle manufacturer shall record the results of the simulation performed in accordance with the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 in the manufacturer's records file drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Part I of Annex IV.
With the exception of the cases referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 21(3), and in Article 23(6), any subsequent changes to the manufacturer's records file shall be prohibited.
3. The vehicle manufacturer shall create cryptographic hashes of the manufacturer's records file and of the customer information file using the hashing tool referred to in Article 5(5).
4. Each vehicle to be registered, sold or to enter into service shall be accompanied by the customer information file drawn up by the manufacturer in accordance with the model set out in Part II to Annex IV.
Each customer information file shall include an imprint of the cryptographic hash of the manufacturer's records file referred to in paragraph 3.
5. Each vehicle to be registered, sold or to enter into service shall be accompanied by a certificate of conformity or, in the case of vehicles approved in accordance with Article 45 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, an individual approval certificate, including an imprint of the cryptographic hash of the manufacturer's records file and of the customer information file referred to in paragraph 3.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/2400/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-2400/article-9
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