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Title and introductory text
2025 No. 794
ROAD TRAFFIC
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
The New Heavy-Duty Vehicles (Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards) (Vocational Vehicles) Regulations 2025
Made
2nd July 2025
Laid before Parliament
7th July 2025
Coming into force
29th July 2025
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 2(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 setting CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles.
Propose a change1 Citation, commencement and extent
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the New Heavy-Duty Vehicles (Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards) (Vocational Vehicles) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 29th July 2025.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Propose a change2 Interpretation
In these Regulations—
“Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2400” means Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2400 of 12 December 2017 implementing Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the determination of the CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of heavy-duty vehicles and amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EU) No 582/2011;
“heavy-duty vehicle” means a vehicle to which any of points (a) to (d) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 apply;
“manufacturer” has the meaning given in Article 3(10) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1242;
“misreported vehicle” means a heavy-duty vehicle that—
was certified as a vocational vehicle based on the data reported by the manufacturer in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2018/956; and
was registered as a non-vocational vehicle based on the data reported to the Secretary of State in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/956;
“non-vocational vehicle” means a heavy-duty vehicle other than a vocational vehicle;
“Regulation (EU) 2018/956” means Regulation (EU) 2018/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the monitoring and reporting of CO2 emissions from and fuel consumption of new heavy-duty vehicles;
“Regulation (EU) 2019/1242” means Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles and amending Regulations (EC) No 595/2009 and (EU) 2018/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 96/53/EC;
“vocational vehicle” has the meaning given in Article 3(16) of Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2400.
Propose a change3 Identification of misreported vehicles
(1) Where a misreported vehicle is identified, the Secretary of State must notify the manufacturer of the vehicle.
(2) Within one month of receiving a notification under paragraph (1), a manufacturer may provide to the Secretary of State information to show that the vehicle was correctly certified as a vocational vehicle.
(3) Where, following receipt of any information under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State considers that a misreported vehicle was incorrectly certified as a vocational vehicle, the Secretary of State must correct the manufacturer’s average specific CO2 emissions for the reporting period of the relevant year to take that vehicle into account.
Propose a change4 Procedure for correcting average specific CO2 emissions
(1) The Secretary of State may correct a manufacturer’s average specific CO2 emissions using the correct CO2 values of a misreported vehicle.
(2) Where the correct CO2 values of a misreported vehicle are not already available, the Secretary of State may request that a manufacturer determine the correct CO2 values according to the technical characteristics of that vehicle.
(3) Where a manufacturer determines the correct CO2 values of a misreported vehicle following a request under paragraph (2), the manufacturer must use the same version of the simulation tool as used for the original determination of the CO2 values of that vehicle, unless the Secretary of State permits otherwise.
(4) Where a manufacturer fails to determine the correct CO2 values of a misreported vehicle within two months of receiving a request under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may correct the manufacturer’s average specific CO2 emissions using the formula set out in the Schedule.
(5) In this regulation—
“correct CO2 values” means the CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of a misreported vehicle as a non-vocational vehicle, determined using the simulation tool in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2400;
“simulation tool” means an electronic tool used to determine CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of vehicles as provided for in Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2400.
Propose a changeSchedule Formula for correcting average specific CO2 emissions
Regulation 4
1 Where regulation 4(4) applies, the average specific CO2 emissions of the manufacturer must be corrected as follows for the reporting period of the relevant year:
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avgCO2sg is the average specific CO2 emissions of the manufacturer defined in Annex I, point 2.2. of Regulation (EU) 2019/1242;
Vsg is the number of new heavy-duty vehicles of the manufacturer in the vehicle sub-group sg, excluding vocational vehicles, in accordance with Article 4(a) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1242;
ΣV is the sum over all heavy-duty vehicles of the manufacturer in the vehicle sub-group sg, in accordance with regulation 3(3);
CO2Vv is the average of the CO2 emissions in g/tkm of the vocational vehicle v for all different combinations of mission profiles, load conditions and fuel types, reported in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/956;
Vocsg is the number of heavy-duty vehicles of the manufacturer in the vehicle sub-group sg, in accordance with regulation 3(3).
2 The corrected average specific CO2 emissions of the manufacturer (avgCO2sg)corr must replace the average specific CO2 emissions of the manufacturer avgCO2sg for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2019/1242.
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