Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1379 of 5 July 2022 amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2400 as regards the determination of the CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of medium and heavy lorries and heavy buses and to introduce electric vehicles and other new technologies (Text with EEA relevance)

This Regulation complements the legal framework for the type-approval of motor vehicles and engines with regard to emissions established by Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 by laying down the rules for issuing licences to operate a simulation tool with a view to determining CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of new vehicles to be sold, registered or put into service in the Union and for operating that simulation tool and declaring the CO2 emissions and fuel consumption values thus determined.

1 Subject to Article 4, second paragraph, this Regulation shall apply to medium lorries, heavy lorries and heavy buses.

2 In the case of multi-stage type-approvals or individual approvals of medium and heavy lorries, this Regulation shall apply to base lorries. In the case of heavy buses, this Regulation shall apply to primary vehicles, interim vehicles and to complete vehicles or completed vehicles.

3 This Regulation shall not apply to off-road vehicles, special purpose vehicles and off-road special purpose vehicles as defined, respectively, in Part A, points 2.1., 2.2. and 2.3., of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council .

For the purpose of this Regulation, motor vehicles shall be classified in vehicle groups in accordance with Annex I, Tables 1 to 6. Articles 5 to 23 do not apply to heavy lorries of vehicle groups 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 and 19 as set out in Table 1 of Annex I, and to medium lorries of vehicle groups 51, 52, 55 and 56, as set out in Table 2 of Annex I and to any vehicle with a driven front axle in the vehicle groups 11, 12 and 16 as set out in Table 1 of Annex I.’;

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

This Regulation shall apply from 1 July 2022. Notwithstanding the first paragraph of this Article, for the determination of CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of vehicles in groups 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 4v, 5v, 9v, 10v, 11, 12, and 16 defined in Annex I, Table 1, other than ZE-HDVs, He-HDVs, dual-fuel vehicles and vehicles, the engine of which has been certified with a waste heat recovery system, according to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2400, this Regulation shall apply as of 1 January 2024. Notwithstanding the first paragraph of this Article, Article 1, point (35), shall apply as of 1 January 2023.