Delegated regulation 2018/985 - Supplement to Regulation 167/2013 as regards environmental and propulsion unit performance requirements for agricultural and forestry vehicles and their engines and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/96 - Main contents
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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/985 of 12 February 2018 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards environmental and propulsion unit performance requirements for agricultural and forestry vehicles and their engines and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/96 (Text with EEA relevance.)| Legal instrument | delegated regulation |
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| Number legal act | Delegated regulation 2018/985 |
| CELEX number i | 32018R0985 |
| Document | 12-02-2018; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 18-07-2018; OJ L 182 p. 1-15 |
| Effect | 21-07-2018; Entry into force Date pub. +3 See Art 16 |
| Deadline | 21-07-2018; See Art 13.1 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
18.7.2018 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 182/1 |
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2018/985
of 12 February 2018
supplementing Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards environmental and propulsion unit performance requirements for agricultural and forestry vehicles and their engines and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/96
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles (1), and in particular Articles 19(6) and 20(8), 28(6) and 53(12), thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Having regard to the European strategy on clean and energy efficient vehicles (2), the detailed technical requirements for the type-approval of agricultural and forestry vehicles with regard to their environmental and propulsion unit performance should aim at improving the environmental performance of such vehicles and at the same time strengthening the competitiveness of the Union's automotive industry. |
(2) |
A considerable reduction in hydrocarbon emissions from agricultural and forestry vehicles is necessary to improve air quality and comply with limit values for pollution. That objective should be achieved not only by reducing the hydrocarbon tailpipe and evaporative emissions from these vehicles, but also by helping to reduce volatile particle levels. |
(3) |
Given the application of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) — on engine categories, exhaust emission limits, test cycles, emission durability periods, exhaust emission requirements, the monitoring of emissions of in-service engines and the conduct of measurements and tests, as well as the transitional provisions and provisions allowing the early EU type-approval and the placing on the market of Stage V engines — to the environmental performance of agricultural and forestry vehicles, the provisions of this Regulation covering the remaining aspects of such approval should be closely modelled on those contained in Regulation (EU) 2016/1628. |
(4) |
For the purposes of the engine pollutant emission stage for agricultural and forestry vehicle engines, referred to as ‘Stage V’, that will succeed the one laid down in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/96 (4), ambitious gaseous and particulate matter pollutant emission limits should be set while aligning with international standards in order to reduce emissions of particulate matter and ozone precursors such as nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons. |
(5) |
A standardised method of measuring fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions of agricultural and forestry vehicle engines is necessary to ensure that no technical barriers to trade arise between the Member States. For the same reason, it is also appropriate to ensure that customers and users are supplied with objective and precise information regarding the same subjects. |
(6) |
In order to ensure that new vehicles, components and separate technical units placed on the market provide a high level of environmental protection, equipment or parts that can be fitted to agricultural and forestry vehicles and which are capable of significantly impairing the functioning of systems that are essential in terms of environmental protection should be subject to prior control by an approval authority before they are placed on the market. For that purpose, technical provisions concerning the requirements that those parts or equipment have to comply with should be laid down. |
(7) |
Technical progress and high-level environmental protection require... |
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