{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1242/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1242/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/1242",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 setting CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles and amending Regulations (EC) No 595/2009 and (EU) 2018/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 96/53/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1242",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Subject matter and objective",
  "text": "In order to contribute to the United Kingdom’s target of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement ... this Regulation sets CO2 emission performance requirements for new heavy-duty vehicles whereby the specific CO2 emissions of the UK fleet of new heavy-duty vehicles shall be reduced compared to the reference CO2 emissions as follows:\n(a)for the reporting periods of the year 2025 onwards by 15 %;\n(b)for the reporting periods of the year 2030 onwards by 30 %, unless decided otherwise pursuant to the review referred to in Article 15.\nThe reference CO2 emissions shall be based on the monitoring data reported pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/956 for the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 (‘the reference period’), excluding vocational vehicles, and shall be calculated in accordance with point 3 of Annex I to this Regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The New Heavy Duty Vehicles (Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1402), regs. 1(3), 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The New Heavy Duty Vehicles (Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1402), regs. 1(3), 3(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The New Heavy Duty Vehicles (Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1402), regs. 1(3), 3(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1242/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:12.706014+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."
}