Standards for exhaust emission for petrol driven and CNG driven replacement vehicles
1. The standards for exhaust emission for each class in the first column of the following table of a replacement vehicle registered as a CNG vehicle, a petrol-CNG vehicle, a petrol-electric vehicle or a vehicle which uses petrol exclusively as its source of power, are any of the standards set out opposite that class in the second column of the table.
Class of vehicle
Standards for exhaust emission
(a)
With engine that does not employ Gasoline Direct Injection technology
(i)
Standard set out in Regulation (EC) No. 715/2007, Annex I, Table 2, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 459/2012; or
(ii)
JPN2009.
(b)
With engine employing Gasoline Direct Injection technology and equipped with a NOx storage reduction catalyst
(i)
Standard set out in Regulation (EC) No. 715/2007, Annex I, Table 2, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 459/2012; or
(ii)
JPN2009 and Euro VI PN limit.
(c)
With engine employing Gasoline Direct Injection technology and not equipped with a NOx storage reduction catalyst
(i)
Standard set out in Regulation (EC) No. 715/2007, Annex I, Table 2, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 459/2012;
(ii)
JPN2009, JPN2009 PM limit and Euro VI PN limit; or
(iii)
JPN2009, Euro VI PM limit and Euro VI PN limit.
2. In this Schedule —
“Commission Regulation (EU) No. 459/2012” means Commission Regulation (EU) No. 459/2012 of 29 May 2012, amending Regulation (EC) No. 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 692/2008 as regards emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 6);
“Euro VI PM limit” means the standard for mass of particulate matter in exhaust emission for positive ignition specified in the column titled “Mass of particulate matter (PM)” in Regulation (EC) No. 715/2007, Annex I, Table 2, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 459/2012;
“Euro VI PN limit” means the standard for particle numbers in exhaust emission specified in the column titled “Number of particles (PN)” in Regulation (EC) No. 715/2007, Annex I, Table 2, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 459/2012;
“JPN2009” means paragraph 1(1) and (3) of Article 41 of the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Announcement No. 619 dated 15 July 2002 (ANNOUNCEMENT THAT PRESCRIBES DETAILS OF SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR ROAD VEHICLES), as amended by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Announcement No. 348 dated 25 March 2008;
“JPN2009 PM limit” means the standard for mass of particulate matter in exhaust emission set out in JPN2009 applicable to a vehicle with engine employing Gasoline Direct Injection technology and equipped with a NOx storage reduction catalyst;
“Regulation (EC) No. 715/2007” means Regulation (EC) No. 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 on type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information.