European regulation on polluting emissions from trucks
For what concerns the pollutant emissions of heavy vehicles, a special European regulation was issued that was issued in 2009 by the Parliament and the European Council, but only in December 2017 with appropriate attached documents was implemented in its entirety, also covering the determinations on CO2 emissions and fuel consumption.
The regulation contains a series of rules concerning the in-service conformity of motor vehicles, the durability of pollution control devices, on-board diagnostic systems (OBD) and the accessibility of information, as well as the measurement of consumption of fuel and carbon dioxide emissions.
This regulation applies to all motor vehicles of categories M1, M2, N1, N2 which have a mass greater than 2,610 kg. Furthermore, manufacturers must be able to demonstrate that all new vehicles, engines or parts thereof, sold, registered or put into service in the European Union have undergone an EC type-approval procedure in accordance with this Regulation and take technical measures ensuring that the emissions from the vehicle exhaust pipe are effectively limited throughout the life of vehicles under normal conditions of use.
Finally, the relevant information must be published on the manufacturers´ websites to allow all independent operators (eg authorized repair shops of a particular vehicle brand) to easily access them.
For the purchase of mass-produced motor vehicles complying with this regulation, Member States may introduce a series of facilitations and the capital of these financial incentives shall be equivalent to the additional cost of the technical devices used to meet compliance with the emission limits. of a vehicle.
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