Introductory text

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to 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^f1, and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

In order to establish a methodology for assessing the application of the conditions under which the reference CO₂ emissions are determined (‘methodology’), it is appropriate that the Commission has access to certain data made available to the manufacturers when operating the simulation tool referred in Article 5(1)(a) of Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2400^f2, in particular the ‘sum exec data file’.

The sum exec data file would allow the Commission to assess the quantitative impacts on the vehicle CO₂ emissions resulting from the application of the methodology. In particular, the sum exec data files are necessary to determine from adjustments to a vehicle’s component data serving as input for the simulation tool the resulting adjustments of the regulatory CO₂ emissions. The sum exec data files are therefore necessary to assess the potential need of corrections on the one hand and if so, to apply the corrections to the vehicle CO₂ emissions on the other hand, on the basis of adjusted component input data to the simulation tool.

It is therefore appropriate that manufacturers monitor and report to the Commission the sum exec data files for the vehicles simulated during the reporting periods 2019 and 2020. As it may require more effort for manufacturers to report such information for vehicles produced before 1 October 2019, the reporting date for such information should be set at the later reporting date which is 30 September 2021.

It is important to ensure that the data monitored and reported be robust and reliable. The Commission should therefore have the means to verify and, where necessary, take measures to ensure the final data is correct.

The Commission should make use of the Business Data Repository managed by the European Environment Agency to facilitate the collection of the data by manufacturers, which should transmit these data together with the data reported pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f3.

In order to ensure the robustness and representativeness of the reference CO₂ emissions as a basis for determining the Union fleet-wide CO₂ emission targets, this Regulation should enter into force within the shortest possible delay following its publication.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Climate Change Committee,

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