Recommendation 2017/948 - Use of fuel consumption and CO2 emission values type-approved and measured in accordance with the World Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure when making information available for consumers pursuant to Directive 1999/94/EC (notified under document C(2017) 3525) - Main contents
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Commission Recommendation (EU) 2017/948 of 31 May 2017 on the use of fuel consumption and CO2 emission values type-approved and measured in accordance with the World Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure when making information available for consumers pursuant to Directive 1999/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2017) 3525)| Legal instrument | Recommendation |
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| Number legal act | Recommendation 2017/948 |
| CELEX number i | 32017H0948 |
| Document | 31-05-2017; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 02-06-2017; OJ L 142 p. 100-103 |
2.6.2017 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 142/100 |
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION (EU) 2017/948
of 31 May 2017
on the use of fuel consumption and CO2 emission values type-approved and measured in accordance with the World Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure when making information available for consumers pursuant to Directive 1999/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document C(2017) 3525)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 1999/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 relating to the availability of consumer information on fuel economy and CO2 emissions in respect of the marketing of new passenger cars (1) and, in particular, Article 9(2)(c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
A new regulatory test procedure for measuring CO2 emissions and fuel consumption from light duty vehicles, the World Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP) set out in Commission Regulation (EU) C(2017) 3521 (2), will replace the New European Test Cycle (NEDC), which is currently used pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 (3) but no longer corresponds to present-day's driving conditions or vehicle technologies. The WLTP will provide stricter test conditions and more realistic fuel consumption and CO2 emission values to the benefit of consumers. Requirements regarding consumer information should include the manner in which access to this improved information will be ensured in order to provide for the necessary comparability of that information. |
(2) |
Directive 1999/94/EC aims to ensure that information relating to fuel consumption and CO2 emissions of new passenger cars offered for sale or lease in the Union is made available to consumers in order to enable them to make an informed choice when purchasing a new car. That Directive requires, with regard to new passenger cars, that both official fuel consumption and official specific emissions of CO2 of new passenger cars, as defined in points (5) and (6) of Article 2 of that Directive, are made available to consumers. The values to be used are those type-approved and measured by the type-approval authority in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) and of Regulation (EC) No 692/2008, in particular Annex XII thereof, and included in Annex VIII to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (5). Those values are to be attached to the EC vehicle type-approval certificate and are to be included in the certificate of conformity. |
(3) |
The WLTP is to be phased-in, starting with new passenger car types, as described in Part B of Annex II to Directive 2007/46/EC, from 1 September 2017, followed by new passenger cars from 1 September 2018. End-of-series vehicles, as defined in point (22) of Article 3 of Directive 2007/46/EC, which are type-approved and measured in accordance with the NEDC, may be placed on the market for a period of 12 months from the date on which validity of the EC type-approval expired, i.e. until 31 August 2019. As a consequence, from 1 September 2019 all new passenger cars placed on the Union market are to be tested in accordance with the WLTP. |
(4) |
During the phasing-in of the WLTP, the EC vehicle type-approval certificate and the certificate of conformity are to mention fuel consumption and CO2 emission values type-approved and measured in accordance with the NEDC and/or the WLTP. For passenger cars type-approved in accordance with the WLTP, both WLTP and NEDC fuel consumption and CO2 emission values will be recorded in the certificate of conformity. |
(5) |
For that transitional period of phasing-in of the WLTP, it is therefore important to clarify which values are to be used for... |
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