4 | Exhaust emissions | 1st January 1993 | Directive 70/220/EEC, as last amended by Directive 91/441/EEC, Annex I, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8 (applies only to passenger cars) | 83.01, paragraphs 5, 8 and 13 | For the purposes of this item – “passenger car” means a motor vehicle which –
- (a)
is constructed or adapted to carry passengers and is not a goods vehicle;
- (b)
*has no more than 6 seats including the driver’s seat; and
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| | 1st October 1994 | Directive 93/59/EEC Annex I, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8 (applies only to vehicles other than passenger cars) | 83.01, paragraphs 5, 8 and 13 | - (c)
has a maximum gross weight not exceeding 2,500 kg.
*Note: (b) does not apply to vehicles manufactured after 1st January 2001.
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| | 1st January 1997 | Directive 94/12/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (applies only to passenger cars) | 83.02, paragraph 5 | “Reference mass” has the same meaning as in Directive 70/220/EEC as last amended by Directive 96/69/EC. | |
| | 1st October 1997 (applies from this date to Class I vehicles) | Directive 96/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 | 83.03, paragraph 5 | “Class I vehicle” means a goods vehicle (category NI) which has a reference mass not exceeding 1,305 kg. | |
| | 1st October 1998 (applies from this date to vehicles of category M1 other than passenger cars, Class II and Class III vehicles) | Directive 96/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 | 83.03, paragraph 5 | “Class II vehicle” means a goods vehicle (category NI) which has a reference mass exceeding 1,305 kg but not exceeding 1,760 kg. | |
| | | | | “Class III” vehicle means a goods vehicle (category NI) which has a reference mass exceeding 1,760 kg. | |
| | 1st October 1999 | Directive 98/77/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (applies to vehicles fuelled by liquid petroleum gas or compressed natural gas) | 83.04, paragraph 5 | | |
| | 1st January 2001 (applies from this date to passenger cars and Class I vehicles) | Directive 98/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (Phase I limits) | | | |
| | 1st January 2002 (applies from this date to vehicles of category M1 other than passenger cars, Class II and Class III vehicles) | Directive 98/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (Phase 1 limits) | | | |
| | 1st January 2003 (until this date, a diesel passenger vehicle is treated as a vehicle of category NI) | Directive 98/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (Phase 1 limits) | | “Diesel passenger vehicle” means a vehicle of category M1 the maximum mass of which exceeds 2,000 kg, fitted with a compression ignition engine, and which is – | |
| | 1st January 2006 (applies from this date to passenger cars and Class I vehicles) | Directive 98/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (Phase 2 limits) | | (a)constructed or adapted to carry more than 6 occupants, including the driver; or
(b)an off-road vehicle as defined in Annex II to the 1970 Directive.
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| | 1st January 2007 (applies from this date to vehicles of category M1 other than passenger cars, Class II and Class III vehicles) | Directive 98/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (Phase 2 limits) | | | |