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 –

1. a

   is constructed or adapted to carry passengers and is not a goods vehicle;

2. b

   *has no more than 6 seats including the driver’s seat; and

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

1. a

   has a maximum gross weight not exceeding 2,500 kg.

*Note: (b) does not apply to vehicles manufactured after 1st January 2001.

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)

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)