Article 2 Scope

United Kingdom

This Regulation shall apply to new heavy-duty vehicles of categories N₂ and N₃ that meet the following characteristics:

(a)

rigid lorries with an axle configuration of 4×2 and a technically permissible maximum laden mass exceeding 16 tonnes;

(b)

rigid lorries with an axle configuration of 6×2;

(c)

tractors with an axle configuration of 4x2 and a technically permissible maximum laden mass exceeding 16 tonnes; and

(d)

tractors with an axle configuration of 6x2.

It shall also apply, for the purposes of Article 5 of, and point 2.3 of Annex I to, this Regulation, to new heavy-duty vehicles of category N that do not fall within the scope of Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1 and do not meet the characteristics set out in points (a) to (d) of the first subparagraph.

The vehicle categories referred to in the first and second subparagraphs of this paragraph refer to the vehicle categories as defined in F1Article 4 of and Annex 1 to Regulation (EU) 2018/858, as it has effect in domestic law, and as that Regulation has effect in EU law as amended from time to time and by virtue of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

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F3The Secretary of State may by regulations adopt a specific procedure for identifying heavy-duty vehicles that are certified as vocational vehicles pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 and its implementing measures F4, as that Regulation and its implementing measures have effect in domestic law or, as the case may be, as that Regulation and its implementing measures have effect in EU law as amended from time to time and by virtue of the Northern Ireland Protocol, but are not registered as such, and shall apply corrections to the annual average specific CO₂ emissions of a manufacturer to take those vehicles into account, starting from the reporting period of the year 2021 and for each subsequent reporting period. F5...

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Art. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicle Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards (Cars, Vans and Heavy Duty Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1361), regs. 1(2), 16(2)(a)
F2: Art. 2(2) revoked (14.4.2025) by The New Heavy-Duty Vehicles (Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/367), regs. 1(2), 2(2)
F3: Words in Art. 2(3) 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), 4(3)(a)
F4: Words in Art. 2(3) inserted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicle Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards (Cars, Vans and Heavy Duty Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1361), regs. 1(2), 16(2)(b)
F5: Words in Art. 2(3) 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), 4(3)(b)

Footnotes

f1: Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2011 setting emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles as part of the Union’s integrated approach to reduce CO₂ emissions from light-duty vehicles (OJ L 145, 31.5.2011, p. 1).