Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1347 of 13 July 2017 correcting Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 supplementing 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, amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 1347)

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Article 1 U.K. Correction to Directive 2007/46/EC

Annexes I, VIII, IX and XI to Directive 2007/46/EC are corrected in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2 U.K. Correction to Regulation (EU) No 582/2011

Annexes I, II and X to Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 are corrected in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3 U.K. Correction to Regulation (EU) 2017/1221

In Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1221, the following paragraph is added:

‘It shall apply from 1 September 2019.’.

Article 4 U.K. Correction to Regulation (EU) 2017/1151

Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 is corrected as follows:

(1)

Article 2 is amended as follows:

(a)

point 3 is replaced by the following:

‘(3) “odometer” means an instrument indicating to the driver the total distance driven by the vehicle since its production;’;

(b)

point 33 is deleted;

(c)

points 47 and 48 are replaced by the following:

‘(47)

“monolayer tank” means a fuel tank constructed with a single layer of material, excluding metal tank, but including fluorinated/sulfonated materials;

(48)

“multilayer tank” means a fuel tank constructed with at least two different layered materials, one of which is a hydrocarbon barrier material;’;

(d)

the following point 49 is added:

‘(49) “inertia category” means a category of test masses of the vehicle corresponding to an equivalent inertia as laid down in Table A4a/3 of Annex 4a to UN/ECE Regulation No 83 when the test mass is set equal to the reference mass’;

(2)

Article 15 is amended as follows:

(a)

paragraphs 2 and 3 are replaced by the following:

‘2. With effect from 1 September 2017 in the case of categories M1, M2 and category N1 class I vehicles, and from 1 September 2018 in the case of N1 vehicles of class II and III and category N2 vehicles, national authorities shall refuse, on grounds relating to emissions or fuel consumption, to grant EC type approval or national type approval, in respect to new vehicle types which do not comply with this Regulation.

For new type approvals requested before 1 September 2019 the evaporative emissions test procedure laid down in Annex 7 to UN/ECE Regulation 83 may, at the request of the manufacturer, be applied instead of the procedure laid down in Annex VI to this Regulation for the purposes of determining the evaporative emissions of the vehicle.

3. With effect from 1 September 2018 in the case of categories M1, M2 and category N1 class I vehicles, and from 1 September 2019 in the case of N1 vehicles of class II and III and category N2 vehicles, national authorities shall, on grounds relating to emissions or fuel consumption, in the case of new vehicles which do not comply with this Regulation, consider certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 26 of Directive 2007/46/EC and shall prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of such vehicles.

For new vehicles registered before 1 September 2019 the evaporative emissions test procedure laid down in Annex 7 to UN/ECE Regulation 83 may, at the request of the manufacturer, be applied instead of the procedure laid down in Annex VI to this Regulation for the purposes of determining the evaporative emissions of the vehicle.’;

(b)

paragraph 5(a) is replaced by the following:

‘(a) type 1/I tests performed in accordance with Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 until 3 years after the dates specified in Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 shall be recognised by the approval authority for the purposes of producing deteriorated or defective components to simulate failures for assessing the requirements of Annex XI to this Regulation;’;

(c)

the following paragraph 5(c) is added:

‘(c) durability demonstrations where the first type 1/I test was performed and completed in accordance with Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 until 3 years after the dates specified in Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 shall be recognised by the approval authorities as equivalent for the purposes of fulfilling the requirements of Annex VII to this Regulation;’;

(3)

Annexes I, IIIA, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XXI are corrected in accordance with Annex III to this Regulation.

Article 5 U.K. Entry into force

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

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 July 2017.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude Juncker