Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles

2009/0173(COD)

The Commission presented a report on the exercise of the delegation conferred on the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 setting emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles as part of the Union's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles.

Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts, with a view to:

  • amending Annex II and adopt detailed rules for monitoring and reporting of data on average emissions;
  • supplementing the Regulation, inter alia, on the interpretation of the eligibility criteria for derogations, on the content of applications, and on the content and assessment of programmes for the reduction of specific CO2 emissions;
  • amending Annex I by 31 October 2016 (and every three years thereafter) to adjust the figure M0 to the average mass of light commercial vehicles in the previous three years;
  • amending Annex I, to adapt the formulae to determine the indicative specific CO2 emissions of light commercial vehicles.

Under this Regulation, the Commission has the power to adopt delegated acts for a period of five years, running from 3 June 2011. The delegation of power is tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council revoke it.

So far, the Commission has adopted delegated acts to define and amend rules for monitoring and reporting of data on average emissions, in particular laying down details on the information to be provided by manufacturers that wish to apply for emission derogation and adjusting the target calculation formulae and mass values in Annex I and II to the Regulation.

Since the entry into force of Regulation (EU) No 510/2011, the Commission has adopted two delegated acts accordingly:

  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 205/2012 which amends Annex II to the Vans Emissions Regulation as regards the information to be provided by Member States;
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 404/2014 which supplements Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 as regards the information to be provided by Member States. Its main objective is to adapt the rules on reporting requirements to the new method for determining CO2 emissions for multi-stage vehicles;
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 114/2013 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 with regard to rules for the application for a derogation from the specific CO2 emissions targets for new light commercial vehicles;
  • two Delegated acts (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1047/2013 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 482/2014 for the purpose of correcting the baseline average CO2 specific emissions for two small volume manufacturers:
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2017/748 in order to take into account the evolution of the mass of new light commercial vehicles registered in the EU;
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1499 amending Annexes I and II to Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 for the purpose of adapting them to the change in the regulatory test procedure for the measurement of CO2 from light commercial vehicles.

No objections have been raised as a result of the scrutiny of those acts by the European Parliament and the Council.