# 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), Article 1: Subject matter and objective

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

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:
(a)for the reporting periods of the year 2025 onwards by 15 %;
(b)for the reporting periods of the year 2030 onwards by 30 %, unless decided otherwise pursuant to the review referred to in Article 15.
The 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1242/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1242/article-1
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