Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/656 of 19 December 2016 laying down the administrative requirements relating to emission limits and type-approval of internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance. )

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definition shall apply: (1) ‘adjustable parameter’ means any device, system, or element of design that someone can adjust (including those which are difficult to access) and that, if adjusted, may affect emissions or engine performance during emissions testing or normal in-use operation. This includes, but is not limited to, parameters related to injection timing and fuelling rate; (2) ‘wall-flow particulate after-treatment system’ means a particulate after-treatment system in which all the exhaust gas is forced to flow through a wall which filters out the solid matter.

1 Manufacturers shall use the templates set out in Annex I to this Regulation when providing information folders and information documents in accordance with Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628.

2 Existing information documents for engines of category RLL issued under Directive 97/68/EC or the information document of an equivalent type approval referred to in Annex XII to Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council may be submitted for the purposes of type-approval under Regulation (EU) No 2016/1628.

3 Existing information documents for Special Purpose Engines (SPE) issued under Directive 97/68/EC or the information document of an equivalent type approval referenced in Annex XII to Directive 97/68/EC may be submitted for the purposes of type-approval under Regulation (EU) 2016/1628.

4 Existing information documents for engines of category NRSh issued under Directive 97/68/EC or the information document of an equivalent type approval referred to in Annex XII to Directive 97/68/EC may be submitted for the purposes of type-approval under Regulation (EU) 2016/1628.

Manufacturers shall use the templates set out in Annex II to this Regulation when delivering statements of conformity in accordance with Article 31 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628.

Manufacturers shall use the templates set out in Annex III to this Regulation when affixing markings to an engine in accordance with Article 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628.

Approval authorities shall use the template set out in Annex IV to this Regulation when issuing the EU type-approval certificates in accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628.

Approval authorities shall use the harmonised numbering system set out in Annex V to this Regulation when numbering EU type-approval certificates in accordance with Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628.

1 Technical services shall use the single format set out in Annex VI to this Regulation when drawing up the test reports referred to in Article 6(3)(g) and Articles 22(6) and 23(3)(a)of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628.

2 Existing test reports for engines of category RLL issued under Directive 97/68/EC may be submitted for the purposes of type-approval under Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 under the condition that neither the substantive requirements nor the requirements regarding the test procedures have changed since the execution of the test. The difference between the per cent load and power and between the weighting factor for the mode number (mode no) of the test cycle given in section 3.7.1.4 of Annex III to Directive 97/68/EC and the corresponding mode number for test cycle F in Appendix 1 to Annex XVII of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/654 shall not be considered substantive for this purpose.

3 Existing test reports for engines meeting the Special Purpose engine (SPE) emission limit values issued under Directive 97/68/EC or the test report of an equivalent type approval referred to in Annex XII to Directive 97/68/EC may be submitted for the purposes of type-approval under Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 under the condition that neither the substantive requirements nor the requirements regarding the test procedures have changed since the execution of the test.

4 Existing test reports for engines meeting the NRSh emission limit values issued under Directive 97/68/EC may be submitted for the purposes of type-approval under Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 under the condition that neither the substantive requirements nor the requirements regarding the test procedures have changed since the execution of the test.

Manufacturers shall use the format set out in Annex VII to this Regulation when submitting the list of engines in accordance with Article 37(1) of Regulation 2016/1628.

Approval authorities shall use the templates and data structure set out in Annex VIII to this Regulation for the exchange of data by means of Internal Market Information System (IMI) in accordance with Article 22(5) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628.

1 For the purposes of Article 44(3)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628, IMI shall offer a web-service for the transfer of data related to applications for EU type-approvals from existing national databases to IMI.

2 For the purposes of Article 44(3)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628, IMI shall offer a web-service for the transfer of data related to EU type-approvals that are granted, extended, withdrawn or refused from IMI to existing national databases. The first paragraph shall apply only where the Member State concerned has agreed to transfer of such data using web-service of IMI.

For the purposes of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628, manufacturers shall use the parameters laid down in Annex IX to this Regulation when defining engine types and engine families, and their operation modes.

For the purposes of Article 18(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628, manufacturers shall apply the technical details laid down in Annex X to this Regulation for the prevention of tampering.

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