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Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on requirements relating to gaseous and particulate pollutant emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery, amending Regulations (EU) No 1024/2012 and (EU) No 167/2013, and amending and repealing Directive 97/68/EC (Text with EEA relevance)

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Article 2U.K.Scope

1.This Regulation applies to all engines falling within the categories set out in Article 4(1) which are installed in or are intended to be installed in non-road mobile machinery and, insofar as the emission limits for gaseous and particulate pollutants from those engines are concerned, to such non-road mobile machinery.

2.This Regulation does not apply to engines for:

(a)the propulsion of vehicles referred to in Article 2(1) of Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(1);

(b)the propulsion of agricultural and forestry tractors as defined in point (8) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013;

(c)the propulsion of vehicles referred to in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2);

(d)stationary machinery;

(e)sea-going vessels requiring a valid maritime navigation or safety certificate;

(f)craft as defined in Directive (EU) 2016/1629 of the European Parliament and of the Council(3) and not falling within its scope;

(g)the propulsion or auxiliary purposes of inland waterway vessels of a net power of less than 19 kW;

(h)watercraft as defined in point (1) of Article 3 of Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council(4);

(i)aircraft as defined in point (a) of Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014(5);

(j)recreational vehicles, except snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles and side-by-side vehicles;

(k)vehicles and machinery exclusively used or intended to be exclusively used in competitions;

(l)portable fire-fighting pumps as defined and covered by the European standard on portable fire-fighting pumps(6);

(m)reduced-scale models or reduced-scale replicas of vehicles or machinery manufactured, for recreational purposes, to a smaller scale than the original and having a net power of less than 19 kW.

(1)

Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of the systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (Framework Directive) (OJ L 263, 9.10.2007, p. 1).

(2)

Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (OJ L 60, 2.3.2013, p. 52).

(3)

Directive (EU) 2016/1629 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels, amending Directive 2009/100/EC and repealing Directive 2006/87/EC (see page 118 of this Official Journal).

(4)

Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on recreational craft and personal watercraft and repealing Directive 94/25/EC (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 90).

(5)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 of 26 November 2014 on the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and appliances, and on the approval of organisations and personnel involved in these tasks (OJ L 362, 17.12.2014, p. 1).

(6)

European standard EN 14466+A1: 2009 (Fire-fighting pumps — Portable pumps — Safety and performance requirements, tests).

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