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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1242/article-3",
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  "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/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:\n(1)‘reference CO2 emissions’ means the average of the specific CO2 emissions in the reference period referred to in the second paragraph of Article 1 of all new heavy-duty vehicles in each of the vehicle sub-groups, excluding vocational vehicles, determined in accordance with point 3 of Annex I;\n(2)‘specific CO2 emissions’ means the CO2 emissions of an individual heavy-duty vehicle determined in accordance with point 2.1 of Annex I;\n(3)‘reporting period of the year Y’ means the period from 1 July of the year Y to 30 June of the year Y+1;\n(4)‘average specific CO2 emissions’ means the average of the specific CO2 emissions of a manufacturer’s new heavy-duty vehicles in a given reporting period determined in accordance with point 2.7 of Annex I;\n(5)‘specific CO2 emissions target’ means the CO2 emissions target of an individual manufacturer, expressed in g/tkm and determined annually for the preceding reporting period in accordance with point 4 of Annex I;\n(6)‘rigid lorry’ means a lorry that is not designed or constructed for the towing of a semi-trailer;\n(7)‘tractor’ means a tractor unit that is designed and constructed exclusively or principally to tow semi-trailers;\n(8)‘vehicle sub-group’ means a grouping of vehicles as defined in point 1 of Annex I, that are characterised by a common and distinctive set of technical criteria relevant for determining the CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of those vehicles;\n(9)‘vocational vehicle’ means a heavy-duty vehicle for which the CO2 emissions and fuel consumption have been determined, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 and its implementing measures, 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, only for mission profiles other than those defined in point 2.1 of Annex I to this Regulation;\n(10)“manufacturer” means the person or body responsible:\n(a)either—\n(i)for submitting the data related to new heavy-duty vehicles pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2018/956; or\n(ii)in the case of zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, to the relevant approval authority for all aspects of any of the following—\n(aa)the GB type-approval procedure in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/858 as it has effect in domestic law;\n(bb)the UK (NI) type-approval procedure in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/858 as it has effect in EU law as amended from time to time and by virtue of the Northern Ireland Protocol;\n(cc)the EU type-approval procedure in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/858 as it has effect has effect in EU law as amended from time to time and by virtue of the Northern Ireland Protocol;\n(dd)the individual type-approval procedure; and\n(b)for ensuring conformity of production.\n(11)‘zero-emission heavy-duty vehicle’ means a heavy-duty vehicle without an internal combustion engine, or with an internal combustion engine that emits less than 1 g CO2/kWh as determined in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 and its implementing measures, 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, or which emits less than 1 g CO2/km as determined in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council and its implementing measures , 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;\n(12)‘low-emission heavy-duty vehicle’ means a heavy-duty vehicle, other than a zero-emission heavy-duty vehicle, with specific CO2 emissions of less than half of the reference CO2 emissions of all vehicles in the vehicle sub-group to which the heavy-duty vehicle belongs, as determined in accordance with point 2.3.3 of Annex I;\n(13)‘mission profile’ means a combination of a target speed cycle, a payload value, a body or trailer configuration and other parameters, if applicable, reflecting the specific use of a vehicle, on the basis of which official CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of a heavy-duty vehicle are determined;\n(14)‘target speed cycle’ means the description of the vehicle velocity, which the driver wants to reach or to which he is limited by traffic conditions, as a function of the distance covered in a trip;\n(15)‘payload’ means the weight of the goods that a vehicle is carrying under different conditions.\n(16)“GB type-approval” means the procedure whereby the approval authority certifies that a type of vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit satisfies the relevant administrative provisions and technical requirements of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, and “GB type-approved” is to be construed accordingly;\n(17)“UK (NI) type-approval” means an EU type-approval granted by the Secretary of State in respect of Northern Ireland in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/858, as it has effect in EU law as amended from time to time and by virtue of the Northern Ireland Protocol, and “UK (NI) type-approved” is to be construed accordingly;\n(18)“EU type-approval” means the procedure whereby an approval authority certifies that a type of vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit satisfies the relevant administrative provisions and technical requirements of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, as it has effect in EU law as amended from time to time, and “EU type-approved” is to be construed accordingly;\n(19)“approval authority” means the authority or authorities with competence for all aspects of the type-approval of a vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit, or of the individual vehicle approval, for the authorisation process for parts and equipment, for issuing and, if appropriate, for withdrawing or refusing approval certificates, for designating the technical services, and for ensuring that the manufacturer meets its obligations regarding the conformity of production;\n(20)“type-approval certificate” means the document whereby the approval authority officially certifies that a type of vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit is type-approved;\n(21)“the Northern Ireland Protocol” means the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the EU withdrawal agreement;\n(22)“new heavy-duty vehicle” means—\n(a)a heavy-duty vehicle registered in the European Union or the United Kingdom for the first time during the reference period which has not been previously registered outside the European Union or the United Kingdom three months or more before it was registered in the European Union or the United Kingdom for the first time; and\n(b)a heavy-duty vehicle registered in the United Kingdom for the first time during any period of 12 months starting from 1 July 2020 or from 1 July in any subsequent year which has not been previously registered outside the United Kingdom three months or more before it was registered in the United Kingdom for the first time.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(9) 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(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 3(10) 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(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(11) 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(3)(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(11) 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(3)(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Art. 3(16)-(21) 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(3)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Art. 3(22) inserted (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(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 on type approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information (OJ L 171, 29.6.2007, p. 1)."
    }
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