Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1718Show full title

Article 1

Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 is amended as follows:

(1)

in Article 14, paragraph 3 is deleted;

(2)

in Article 15, paragraph 5 is deleted;

(3)

the following Article 17a is inserted:

‘Article 17a Transitional provisions for certain type-approvals and certificates of conformity

1. With effect from 1 September 2018, national authorities shall refuse, on grounds relating to emissions, to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval in respect of new types of vehicles or engines tested using procedures which do not comply with points 4.2.2.2 and 4.2.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2.2 and 4.3.1.2 and 4.3.1.2.1 and 4.3.1.2.2 of Appendix 1 to Annex II.

2. With effect from 1 September 2019, national authorities shall, in the case of new vehicles which do not comply with points 4.2.2.2 and 4.2.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2.2 and 4.3.1.2 and 4.3.1.2.1 and 4.3.1.2.2 of Appendix 1 to Annex II, consider certificates of conformity issued in respect of those vehicles to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 26 of Directive 2007/46/EC and shall, on grounds relating to emissions, prohibit the registration, sale and entry into service of such vehicles.

With effect from 1 September 2019 and except in the case of replacement engines for in-service vehicles, national authorities shall prohibit the sale or use of new engines which do not comply with points 4.2.2.2 and 4.2.2.2.1 and 4.3.1.2 and 4.3.1.2.1 of Appendix 1 to Annex II.’;

(4)

Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation;

(5)

Annex II is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation;

(6)

Annex VI is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Regulation;

(7)

Annex XI is amended in accordance with Annex IV to this Regulation;

(8)

Annex XIII is amended in accordance with Annex V to this Regulation;

(9)

Annex XIV is amended in accordance with Annex VI to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

With the exception of point 8(c), which shall apply to all vehicles as from the entry into force of this Regulation, Annex II shall apply from 1 January 2017 to new vehicle types.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.

Done at Brussels, 20 September 2016.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude Juncker