Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/258 of 7 February 2025 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 the inclusion of vehicles running on hydrogen and other new technologies and amending Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 as regards the applicable rules on the determination of CO2 emissions and fuel consumption in order to obtain an extension to an EU type-approval

‘2 The CO2 emissions and fuel consumption related properties of the components, separate technical units and systems referred to in points (b) to (g), (i), (j) and (k) of paragraph 1 of this Article shall be based either on the values determined, for each component, separate technical unit, system or if applicable their respective family, in accordance with Article 14 and certified in accordance with Article 17 (‘certified values’) or, in the absence of the certified values, on the standard values determined in accordance with Article 13.’

‘6 The standard values for air drag shall be determined in accordance with Appendix 7 of Annex VIII.’

‘9 The standard values for electric powertrain components shall be determined in accordance with Appendices 8, 9, 10 and 11 to Annex Xb.’

‘10 The standard values for wheel ends shall be determined in accordance with point 6 of Annex VIIa.’

‘1 The values determined in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 11 of this Article may be used by the vehicle manufacturer as the simulation tool input data if they are certified in accordance with Article 17.’

‘8 The certified values for air drag shall be determined in accordance with point 3 of Annex VIII.’

‘11 The certified values for wheel ends shall be determined in accordance with Annex VIIa.’

Without prejudice to Article 10(3) of this Regulation, where the obligations referred to in Article 9 of this Regulation have not been complied with, Member States shall consider certificates of conformity for type approved vehicles to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 48 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, and, for type approved vehicles and individually approved vehicles, shall prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of vehicles in groups 1s, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 31 to 40, 53 and 54.’

‘3 In order to receive an extension of the EU type-approval of a vehicle with regard to emissions type-approved under this Regulation with a reference mass exceeding 2380 kg but not exceeding 2610 kg, the manufacturer shall meet the requirements set out in Section 5 of Annex VIII unless CO2 emissions and fuel consumption values for such vehicles are determined in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/2400.’

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 January 2026. Point (21) of Annex X shall apply as from 1 March 2025. Notwithstanding the second and the third paragraphs, from 12 March 2025, approval authorities shall not refuse to grant certification of CO2 emissions and fuel consumption related properties of the components in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/2400, as amended by this Regulation. From 12 March 2025 Member States shall not prohibit registration, placing on the market and entry into service of a new vehicle, where the vehicle concerned complies with Regulation (EU) 2017/2400 and Regulation (EU) No 582/2011, as amended by this Regulation, if a manufacturer so requests.