{"id":17621,"date":"2022-09-16T21:33:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T21:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legalblog.ie\/?p=17621"},"modified":"2022-09-25T14:08:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T14:08:52","slug":"vehicle-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/vehicle-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Vehicle Emissions [EU]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_63 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/vehicle-emissions\/#Emission_limits_and_type-approval_rules_for_non-road_mobile_machinery\" title=\"Emission limits and type-approval rules for non-road mobile machinery\">Emission limits and type-approval rules for non-road mobile machinery<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/vehicle-emissions\/#Key_Points\" title=\"Key Points\">Key Points<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/vehicle-emissions\/#Type-approval\" title=\"Type-approval\">Type-approval<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/vehicle-emissions\/#Exhaust_emissions\" title=\"Exhaust emissions\">Exhaust emissions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/vehicle-emissions\/#Application_Background\" title=\"Application &amp; Background\">Application &amp; Background<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/vehicle-emissions\/#MAIN_DOCUMENT\" title=\"MAIN DOCUMENT\">MAIN DOCUMENT<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/vehicle-emissions\/#Cleaner_fuels_for_road_transport\" title=\"Cleaner fuels for road transport\">Cleaner fuels for road transport<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/vehicle-emissions\/#Key_Points-2\" title=\"Key Points\">Key Points<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/vehicle-emissions\/#Background\" title=\"Background\">Background<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/vehicle-emissions\/#References\" title=\"References\">References<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Emission_limits_and_type-approval_rules_for_non-road_mobile_machinery\"><\/span>Emission limits and type-approval rules for non-road mobile machinery<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Regulation (EU) 2016\/1628 \u2014 requirements for gaseous and particulate pollutant emission limits for internal combustion engines<\/p>\n<p>It defines pollutant emission limits for engines of different power ranges and applications for non-road mobile machinery (see below) with the aim of gradually reducing emissions and phasing out equipment with the most polluting engines.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Points\"><\/span>Key Points<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Non- road mobile machinery (NRMM) covers a very wide variety of machinery typically used off the road such as:<\/p>\n<p>small gardening and handheld equipment (lawn mowers, chainsaws, etc.);<br \/>\nconstruction machinery (excavators, loaders, bulldozers, etc.);<br \/>\nagricultural &amp; farming machinery (harvesters, cultivators, etc.);<br \/>\nrailcars, locomotives and inland waterway vessels.<\/p>\n<p>The regulation does not apply to engines for a number of specific applications, including those for:<\/p>\n<p>stationary machinery,<br \/>\nsea-going vessels that must have a valid maritime navigation or safety certificate,<br \/>\nrecreational vehicles, except snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles and side-by-side vehicles,<br \/>\nvehicles and machinery exclusively used or intended to be exclusively used in competitions.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Type-approval\"><\/span>Type-approval<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The regulation sets out the procedures engine manufacturers have to follow in order to obtain type-approval* of their engines.<br \/>\nType-approval is a requirement for manufacturers to place their engines on the European Union (EU) market.<br \/>\nManufacturers must submit a separate application for each engine type or engine family* to the approval authority of an EU country.<br \/>\nType-approvals are issued for an unlimited duration.<br \/>\nThe EU may decide that international regulations or non-EU country regulations are equivalent to the conditions and procedures for EU type-approval.<\/p>\n<p>National authorities are required to cooperate efficiently with each other and with the European Commission, and to exchange data and information relating to EU type-approvals through the Internal Market Information System (IMI).<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Exhaust_emissions\"><\/span>Exhaust emissions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The design, construction and assembly of engine types and engine families must comply with the requirements set out in the regulation.<br \/>\nEngine types and engine families must not exceed the exhaust emission limit values from the dates set out in the regulation for placing those engines on market.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Application_Background\"><\/span>Application &amp; Background<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>It applies from 1 January 2017.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, see:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Non-Road mobile machinery emissions\u2019 on the European Commission&#8217;s website.<br \/>\nKEY TERMS<\/p>\n<p>Type-approval: the procedure whereby an approval authority certifies that a type of vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit satisfies certain legal requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Engine family: manufacturer\u2019s grouping of engine types which, through their design, have similar exhaust emission characteristics, and respect the applicable emission limit values.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"MAIN_DOCUMENT\"><\/span>MAIN DOCUMENT<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Regulation (EU) 2016\/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on requirements relating to gaseous and particulate pollutant emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery, amending Regulations (EU) No 1024\/2012 and (EU) No 167\/2013, and amending and repealing Directive 97\/68\/EC (OJ L 252, 16.9.2016, pp. 53-117)<\/p>\n<p>RELATED DOCUMENTS<\/p>\n<p>Regulation (EU) No 1024\/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System and repealing Commission Decision 2008\/49\/EC ( \u2018the IMI Regulation\u2019 ) (OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, pp. 1-11)<\/p>\n<p>Successive amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1024\/2012 have been incorporated in the original text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.<\/p>\n<p>Regulation (EU) No 167\/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles (OJ L 60, 2.3.2013, pp. 1-51)<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cleaner_fuels_for_road_transport\"><\/span>Cleaner fuels for road transport<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Transport fuels make a significant contribution to greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union. This law establishes a framework for monitoring and reducing fuel life cycle greenhouse gas emissions*, thus helping to achieve greenhouse gas reduction goals.<\/p>\n<p>Directive 2009\/30\/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 98\/70\/EC as regards the specification of petrol, diesel and gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and amending Council Directive 1999\/32\/EC as regards the specification of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 93\/12\/EEC.<\/p>\n<p>It revises the fuel quality directive (Directive 98\/70\/EC). It amends a range of elements, including fuel specifications, and introduces a mechanism aimed to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ensure the sustainability of biofuels.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Points-2\"><\/span>Key Points<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The law requires fuel suppliers to report and reduce the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of energy supplied for road transport. The goal is a reduction of life cycle greenhouse gas emissions by 6 % (or up to 10 % if the EU country chooses) per unit of energy from fuel supplied by December 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Biofuels should be produced sustainably. In order for a biofuel to count towards the greenhouse gas reductions in this directive, it must fulfil the sustainability criteria, which require biofuels to not be produced on land with high biodiversity value, or to be made from materials with high carbon stock.<\/p>\n<p>Harmonisation of the rules for fuels, setting technical specifications on health and environmental grounds, in particular reducing the sulphur content of diesel and petrol to 10 mg\/kg max.<\/p>\n<p>The directive facilitates the blending of bio components in fuel (for example, up to 10 % ethanol in petrol), EU countries must ensure that petrol and diesel placed on the market should comply with the requirements set out in Annex I and Annex II to this directive respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The law requires appropriate information to be given to consumers concerning the biofuel content of petrol and diesel.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Background\"><\/span>Background<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Because of substantial progress in vehicle technology and the development and growing availability of biofuels, the European Commission, in 2007, proposed a review of the specifications for fuel quality in Directive 98\/70\/EC.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, see the European Commission&#8217;s webpages on:<\/p>\n<p>fuel quality legislation;<br \/>\nfuel quality monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>Fuel life cycle greenhouse gas emissions refer to all net emissions attributed to the fuel. In other words, the terms refers not just to emissions caused by combustion, but also by cultivating, extracting, transporting, processing and distributing the fuel.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"References\"><\/span>References<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Act<\/p>\n<p>Entry into force<\/p>\n<p>Deadline for transposition in the Member States<\/p>\n<p>Official Journal<\/p>\n<p>Directive 2009\/30\/EC<\/p>\n<p>25.6.2009<\/p>\n<p>31.12.2010<\/p>\n<p>OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, pp. 88-113<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-17621\" data-postid=\"17621\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-17621 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emission limits and type-approval rules for non-road mobile machinery Regulation (EU) 2016\/1628 \u2014 requirements for gaseous and particulate pollutant emission limits for internal combustion engines It defines pollutant emission limits for engines of different power ranges and applications for non-road mobile machinery (see below) with the aim of gradually reducing emissions and phasing out equipment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[235,217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17621"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17621"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18410,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17621\/revisions\/18410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}