ACEM LOGO

Implementing regulation on requirements for the approval and market surveillance of PTWs published

The European Commission published today in the Official Journal of the EU the implementing regulation on administrative requirements for the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (Commission implementing regulation 901/2014). 

The European Commission published today in the Official Journal of the EU the implementing regulation on administrative requirements for the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (Commission implementing regulation 901/2014).

The text is the last piece of legislation that implements the Type-approval regulation (Regulation EU 168/2013).

The Commission implementing regulation 901/2014 outlines administrative requirements for the approval of new L-category vehicles. Its publication follows a positive vote by the members of the Technical committee on motor vehicles (TCMV) which took place on 1 July. the new implementing regulation will enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal and will apply from 1 January 2016.

About the type-approval package

Regulation EU 168/2013 and its implementing and delegated acts provide for new environmental and emissions requirements, advanced braking systems, anti-tampering measures and access to repair and maintenance information, among others.

The emissions requirements will be introduced in two steps: Euro 4 and Euro 5. Euro 4 will apply to L3e (motorcycles), L4e (motorcycles with sidecars), L5e (tricycles), L7e (heavy quadrcycles) as for 1 January 2016; and to L1e, L2e and L6e as of 1 January 2017. Existing vehicles will be alowed an extra year to comply with these new standards.

Under Regulation 168/2013 new type-approved vehicles will be required to comply with Euro 5 standards as of 2020. This obligation, however, will be subject to a “comprehensive environmental study” by the European Commission, the conclusions of which are expected to be published by 2016. 

 

TAGS