Annexes to COM(2010)362 - Amendment of Directive 97/68/EC as regards the provisions for engines placed on the market under the flexibility scheme SEC(2010)828 SEC(2010)829

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dossier COM(2010)362 - Amendment of Directive 97/68/EC as regards the provisions for engines placed on the market under the flexibility scheme ...
document COM(2010)362 EN
date November 16, 2011
ANNEX

Section 1 of Annex XIII is replaced by the following:

‘1.   ACTIONS BY THE OEM

1.1.Except during Stage III B, an OEM that wishes to make use of the flexibility scheme, with the exception of engines for the propulsion of railcars and locomotives, shall request permission from any approval authority for the OEM’s engine manufacturers to place on the market engines intended for the OEM’s exclusive use. The number of engines that do not comply with the current emission limits, but are approved to the most recent previous stage of emission limits, shall not exceed the ceilings set out in Sections 1.1.1 and 1.1.2.

1.1.1.The number of engines placed on the market under the flexibility scheme shall, in each engine category, not exceed 20 % of the annual quantity of equipment with engines in that category that is placed on the market by the OEM (calculated as an average of the latest 5 years’ sales on the Union market). Where an OEM has placed equipment on the Union market for less than 5 years, the average shall be calculated based on the period for which the OEM has placed equipment on the Union market.

1.1.2.As an optional alternative to Section 1.1.1 and with the exception of engines for the propulsion of railcars and locomotives, the OEM may seek permission for the OEM’s engine manufacturers to place on the market a fixed number of engines for the OEM’s exclusive use. The number of engines in each engine category shall not exceed the following ceilings:

Engine category P (kW)Number of engines
19 ≤ P < 37200
37 ≤ P < 75150
75 ≤ P < 130100
130 ≤ P ≤ 56050

1.2.During Stage III B, but for a period no longer than 3 years from the beginning of that stage, with the exception of engines for use in the propulsion of railcars and locomotives, an OEM that wishes to make use of the flexibility scheme shall request permission from any approval authority for the OEM’s engine manufacturers to place on the market engines intended for the OEM’s exclusive use. The quantities of engines that do not comply with the current emission limits, but are approved to the most recent previous stage of emission limits, shall not exceed the ceilings set out in Sections 1.2.1 and 1.2.2.

1.2.1.The number of engines placed on the market under the flexibility scheme shall, in each engine category, not exceed 37,5 % of the annual quantity of equipment with engines in that category that is placed on the market by the OEM (calculated as an average of the latest 5 years’ sales on the Union market). Where an OEM has placed equipment on the Union market for less than 5 years, the average shall be calculated based on the period for which the OEM has placed equipment on the Union market.

1.2.2.As an optional alternative to Section 1.2.1, the OEM may seek permission for the OEM’s engine manufacturers to place on the market a fixed number of engines for the OEM’s exclusive use. The number of engines in each engine category shall not exceed the following ceilings:

Engine category P (kW)Number of engines
37 ≤ P < 56200
56 ≤ P < 75175
75 ≤ P < 130250
130 ≤ P ≤ 560125

1.3.As regards engines for use in the propulsion of locomotives, during Stage III B, but for a period no longer than 3 years from the beginning of that stage, an OEM may seek permission for the OEM’s engine manufacturers to place on the market a maximum of 16 engines for the OEM’s exclusive use. The OEM may also seek permission for his engine manufacturers to place on the market a maximum of 10 additional engines with rated powers greater than 1 800 kW to be installed in locomotives designed exclusively for use on the United Kingdom network. Locomotives will be considered to meet this requirement only if they have, or are able to be issued with, a safety certificate for operation on the United Kingdom network.

Such permission shall be granted only where there are technical grounds for not being able to comply with the Stage III B emission limits.

1.4.The OEM shall include in the application to an approval authority the following information:

(a)a sample of the labels to be affixed to each piece of non-road mobile machinery in which an engine placed on the market under the flexibility scheme will be installed. The labels shall bear the following text: “MACHINE No … (sequence of machines) OF … (total number of machines in respective power band) WITH ENGINE No … WITH TYPE-APPROVAL (Dir. 97/68/EC) No …”;

(b)a sample of the supplementary label to be affixed on the engine bearing the text referred to in Section 2.2.

1.5.The OEM shall provide the approval authority with any necessary information connected with the implementation of the flexibility scheme that the approval authority may request in order to make a decision.

1.6.The OEM shall provide any requesting approval authority in the Member States with any information that the approval authority requires in order to confirm that engines claimed to be, or labelled as being, placed on the market under the flexibility scheme are properly so claimed or labelled.’.