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Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008Show full title
Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 of 18 July 2008 implementing and amending Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 (Text with EEA relevance)
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Article 4Requirements for type-approval regarding the OBD system
1.The manufacturer shall ensure that all vehicles are equipped with an OBD system.
2.The OBD system shall be designed, constructed and installed on a vehicle so as to enable it to identify types of deterioration or malfunction over the entire life of the vehicle.
3.The OBD system shall comply with the requirements of this Regulation during conditions of normal use.
4.When tested with a defective component in accordance with Appendix 1 of Annex XI, the OBD system malfunction indicator shall be activated.
The OBD system malfunction indicator may also activate during this test at levels of emissions below the OBD thresholds limits specified in Annex XI.
5.The manufacturer shall ensure that the OBD system complies with the requirements for in-use performance set out in section 3 of Appendix 1 to Annex XI of this Regulation under all reasonably foreseeable driving conditions.
6.In-use performance related data to be stored and reported by a vehicle’s OBD system according to the provisions of point 3.6 of Appendix 1 to Annex XI shall be made readily available by the manufacturer to national authorities and independent operators without any encryption.
7.Vehicles shall only be type-approved to Euro 6 emission standards once OBD thresholds have been introduced with the exception of diesel vehicles using the OBD thresholds set out in point 2.3.2 of Annex XI.
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