Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the New Heavy-Duty Vehicles (Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 14th April 2025.

(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2019/1242

2.—(1)Regulation (EU) 2019/1242₂ emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles and amending Regulations Directive 96/53/EC3) is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 2 (scope), paragraph 2 is revoked.

(3) In Article 3 (definitions), after paragraph (21), insert—

“(22)“new heavy-duty vehicle” means—

(4) In Article 5 (zero- and low-emission heavy-duty vehicles), in paragraph 2, for “2019” substitute “2020”.

(5) In Article 7 (emission credits and emission debts), in paragraph 1, in the second subparagraph, for “2019”, in both places it occurs, substitute “2020”.

(6) In Article 9 (verification of the monitoring data), for paragraph 2 substitute—

“2.The Secretary of State must take into account the deviations referred to in paragraph 1 and any other deviations from information provided by the manufacturer for the purpose of calculating the average specific CO₂ emissions of a manufacturer and the reference CO₂ emissions, but is not required to take into account such deviations if a recalculation of a manufacturer’s average specific CO₂ emissions or the reference CO₂ emissions results in a deviation of less than 0.1% from the original calculation. The Secretary of State must, where appropriate, amend the list referred to in Article 11(1).”.

(7) In Annex I (average specific CO₂ emissions, specific CO₂ emissions targets and excess CO₂ emissions)—

(a)in point 2.3.1 (the zero and low-emission factor referred to in Article 5), for “2019”, in both places it occurs, substitute “2020”;

(b)in point 5 (emission credits and emission debts referred to in Article 7)—

(i)in point 5.1, for “2019”, in both places it occurs, substitute “2020”;

(ii)in point 5.2—

(aa)for “2019” substitute “2020”;

(bb)for “dCO2_Y = 0”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “cCO2_Y = 0”;

(iii)in point 5.4—

(aa)for

in both places it occurs, substitute

(bb)in the words immediately after the second mention of that formula, for “2019” substitute “2020”;

(c)in point 6 (a manufacturer’s excess CO₂ emissions referred to in Article 8(2))—

(i)for

in both places it occurs, substitute

(ii)in the words immediately after the second mention of that formula, for “2019” substitute “2020”.

Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2020/1079

3.—(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1079₂ emissions from and fuel consumption of new heavy-duty vehicles(4) is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1 (heavy-duty vehicles of which the quality of the data is to be verified)—

(a)in paragraph 1—

(i)for “Commission”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “Secretary of State”;

(ii)omit the second sentence.

(b)in paragraph 2, for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”.

(3) In Article 2 (notification by the Commission and information provided by manufacturers and Member States)—

(a)in the heading—

(i)for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(ii)omit “and Member States”;

(b)in paragraph 1, for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(c)in paragraph 2, for “Commission”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “Secretary of State”;

(d)for paragraph 3 substitute—

“3.Upon request by the Secretary of State, manufacturers shall provide additional information in relation to the heavy-duty vehicles selected in accordance with Article 1(2).”.

(4) In Article 3 (verification of the correctness of the cryptographic hash value and data reported by manufacturers)—

(a)in paragraph 1—

(i)in the first subparagraph—

(aa)for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(bb)for “Member State concerned” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(ii)in the second subparagraph, for “Commission”, in each place it occurs, substitute “Secretary of State”;

(b)in paragraphs 2 and 3, for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”.

(5) In Article 4 (notification of findings)—

(a)in paragraphs 1 and 2, for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(b)in paragraph 3, for “Commission”, in both places it occurs, substitute “Secretary of State”;

(c)in paragraph 4, for the words from “Business” to the end substitute “Secretary of State”.

(6) In Article 5 (correction of data)—

(a)in paragraph 1, for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(b)in paragraph 2, for “Commission”, in both place it occurs, substitute “Secretary of State”;

(c)in paragraph 4, for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(d)after paragraph 4, insert—

“5.In paragraphs 1 and 4, “the Central Register for data on heavy-duty vehicles” means the Register referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2018/9565).”.

(7) Omit Article 6 (entry into force).