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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-987/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2018/987",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/987 of 27 April 2018 amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/655 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to monitoring of gaseous pollutant emissions from in-service internal combustion engines installed in non-road mobile machinery (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/987\nof 27 April 2018\namending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/655 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to monitoring of gaseous pollutant emissions from in-service internal combustion engines installed in non-road mobile machinery\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on requirements relating to gaseous and particulate pollutant emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery, amending Regulations (EU) No 1024/2012 and (EU) No 167/2013, and amending and repealing Directive 97/68/EC, and in particular Article 19(2) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/655 lays down, inter alia, the procedures for the monitoring of gaseous pollutant emissions from in-service internal combustion engines installed in non-road mobile machinery.\n(2)\nPursuant to Table III-1 of Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/1628, the mandatory dates of application for EU type-approval and placing on the market of engines of sub-category NRE-v-5 is one year later than for engines of sub-category NRE-v-6.\n(3)\nTherefore, to facilitate manufacturers of these NRE-v-5 engines of lower power ranges to comply with the limit dates for submitting test results to the approval authorities set out in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/655, the required duration of accumulated service of in-service internal combustion engines installed in non-road mobile machinery and tested in the framework of monitoring of gaseous pollutant emissions should be reduced for that sub-category of engines.\n(4)\nFor the purpose of clarity, it should be stated in Appendix 5 of the Annex to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/655 that the reference work and reference CO2 mass used by the manufacturer in the procedures for the calculation of gaseous pollutant emissions for an engine type, or any engine type within the same engine family, are those specified in the addendum of the EU type-approval certificate of the engine type, or the engine family, in accordance with the template set out in Annex IV to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/656.\n(5)\nTo avoid mistakes in the rounding of gaseous pollutant emissions calculations, it should be clarified that the applicable exhaust emissions limit values are set out in Article 18(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628.\n(6)\nTo ensure the internal consistency of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/655 and to align it with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/654, certain measurement units should be revised.\n(7)\nFollowing the publication of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/655, errors of different types, including incorrect assignment of responsibilities and mistakes in certain equations, have been detected and need to be corrected.\n(8)\nDelegated Regulation (EU) 2017/655 should therefore be amended and corrected accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 252, 16.9.2016, p. 53."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/655 of 19 December 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to monitoring of gaseous pollutant emissions from in-service internal combustion engines installed in non-road mobile machinery (OJ L 102, 13.4.2017, p. 334)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/656 of 19 December 2016 laying down the administrative requirements relating to emission limits and type-approval of internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 102, 13.4.2017, p. 364)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/654 of 19 December 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to technical and general requirements relating to emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery (OJ L 102, 13.4.2017, p. 1)."
    }
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