Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1832 of 5 November 2018 amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 for the purpose of improving the emission type approval tests and procedures for light passenger and commercial vehicles, including those for in-service conformity and real-driving emissions and introducing devices for monitoring the consumption of fuel and electric energy (Text with EEA relevance.)

‘1 In order to receive an EC type-approval with regard to emissions and vehicle repair and maintenance information, the manufacturer shall demonstrate that the vehicles comply with the requirements of this Regulation when tested in accordance with the test procedures specified in Annexes IIIA to VIII, XI, XIV, XVI, XX, XXI and XXII. The manufacturer shall also ensure that the reference fuels comply with the specifications set out in Annex IX.’;

‘7 For the Type 1 test set out in Annex XXI, vehicles that are fuelled with LPG or NG/biomethane shall be tested in the Type 1 test for variation in the composition of LPG or NG/biomethane, as set out in Annex 12 to UN/ECE Regulation No 83 for pollutant emissions, with the fuel used for the measurement of the net power in accordance with Annex XX to this Regulation. Vehicles that can be fuelled both with petrol or LPG or NG/biomethane shall be tested on both the fuels, tests on LPG or NG/biomethane being performed for variation in the composition of LPG or NG/biomethane, as set out in Annex 12 to UN/ECE Regulation No 83, and with the fuel used for the measurement of the net power in accordance with Annex XX to this Regulation.’;

The manufacturer shall ensure that the following vehicles of categories M1 and N1 are equipped with a device for determining, storing and making available data on the quantity of fuel and/or electric energy used for the operation of the vehicle: (1) pure ICE and Not-Off-Vehicle Charging Hybrid Electric vehicles (NOVC-HEVs) powered exclusively by mineral diesel, biodiesel, petrol, ethanol or any combination of these fuels; (2) Off-Vehicle Charging Hybrid Electric Vehicles (OVC-HEVs) powered by electricity and any of the fuels mentioned in point 1. The device for monitoring the consumption of fuel and/or electric energy shall comply with the requirements laid down in Annex XXII.’;

Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 is amended as follows: (1) in the first subparagraph of Article 16a of Regulation (EC) No 692/2008, the following point (d) is added: ‘(d) extensions to type-approvals granted under this Regulation, until new requirements become applicable for new vehicles’; (2) in Annex 1, Appendix 3 the following point 3.2.12.2.5.7 is added: ‘3.2.12.2.5.7. Permeability factor (1): …’; (3) in Annex XII, point 4.4 is deleted.

Annexes I, III, VIII, IX and XI to Directive 2007/46/EC are amended as set out in Annex XI to this Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2019.