Notification Detail

The draft establishes methods and requirements for emissions testing and approval of vehicles (categories M1 and N1), implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1257 (‘Euro 7’) and aligning with Euro 6 standards. It includes real-world testing, anti-tampering measures, security systems, and documentation for type-approval, conformity of production, in-service conformity and market surveillance, ensuring comprehensive compliance and reporting. Recent advancements in automotive technology make it feasible to implement stricter emissions controls. Euro 7 will ensure manufacturers adopt these technologies, driving innovation and fostering cleaner and more efficient vehicles. However, sufficient lead time is needed for the industry, the authorities, and national technical services, which has led the EU co-legislators to set a tight mandatory deadline for the adoption of the regulations. The co-legislators' requirement mandates the European Commission to deliver these acts by May 29, 2025, according to Article 14(8) of Euro 7. Timely adoption is crucial to give the industry adequate preparation time for compliance and to safeguard investments in electric vehicles, to reduce premature deaths and chronic diseases linked to air pollution, to lower healthcare costs, and protect the environment and biodiversity through stricter limits on NOx and PM emissions. Given the need for legal certainty and the short period for adoption of the measure, the commenting period has been reduced to 30 days.