Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2502 of 7 September 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the adjustment of the mass values of new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 setting CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 443/2009 and (EU) No 510/2011 [^ntr1-L_202302502EN.000101-E0001], and in particular Article 14(2) thereof,

Whereas:

• (1) In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/631, the Union fleet-wide average mass in running order used for the purpose of calculating the specific emission targets of carbon dioxide (CO2) for each manufacturer of new light commercial vehicles (the M0 value) is to be adjusted regularly until 2024 to take into account changes in the average mass of the new light commercial vehicles registered in the Union.

• (2) Based on the data in Annexes I to IV to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/973 [^ntr2-L_202302502EN.000101-E0002], Annexes I and II to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2087 [^ntr3-L_202302502EN.000101-E0003] and Annexes I to III to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1623 [^ntr4-L_202302502EN.000101-E0004], the average mass in running order of new light commercial vehicles registered in the calendar years 2019, 2020 and 2021, weighted according to the number of new registrations in each of those years, was 1 875,07 kg. The M0 value for the calendar year 2024 referred to in Part B, point 4, of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/631 should therefore be equal to that value.

• (3) In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/631, as of 2025, the average test mass of all new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles (the TM0 values) are to be used for the purpose of calculating the specific emissions reference targets for each manufacturer of new passenger cars and each manufacturer of light commercial vehicles. The TM0 values to be used for the calculation are to be regularly adjusted to the respective average test mass of all new registered passenger cars and new registered light commercial vehicles.

• (4) The indicative TM0 values for 2025 should be calculated as the respective average test mass of all new passenger cars and all new light commercial vehicles registered in the calendar year 2021. Based on the data in Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1623, the average test mass of all new passenger cars registered in the calendar year 2021 was 1 609,6 kg, and the average test mass of all new light commercial vehicles registered in the calendar year 2021 was 2 163,0 kg. The indicative TM0 values for the calendar year 2025 referred to in Part A, point 6.2.1, and Part B, point 6.2.1, of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/631, should therefore be equal to those values.

• (5) Regulation (EU) 2019/631 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/631 is amended as follows:

• (1) in Part A, point 6.2.1, the entry TM0 is replaced by the following:

‘TM0 is 1 609,6 kg in 2025 and the value in kilograms (kg) determined in accordance with Article 14(1), point (d), in the other calendar years.’;

• (2) in Part B, point 4, the entry M0 is replaced by the following:

‘M0 is 1 766,4 in 2020, 1 825,23 in 2021, 2022 and 2023, and 1 875,07 in 2024’;

• (3) in Part B, point 6.2.1, the entry TM0 is replaced by the following:

‘TM0 is 2 163,0 kg in 2025 and the value in kilograms (kg) determined in accordance with Article 14(1), point (d), in the other calendar years.’.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 September 2023.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

[^ntr1-L_202302502EN.000101-E0001]: OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 13.

[^ntr2-L_202302502EN.000101-E0002]: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/973 of 1 June 2021 confirming or amending the provisional calculation of the average specific emissions of CO2 and the specific emissions targets for manufacturers of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles for the calendar year 2019 and, for the passenger car manufacturer Dr Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG and the Volkswagen pool, for the calendar years 2014 to 2018 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 215, 17.6.2021, p. 1).

[^ntr3-L_202302502EN.000101-E0003]: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2087 of 26 September 2022 confirming or amending the provisional calculation of the average specific emissions of CO2 and the specific emissions targets for manufacturers of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles for the calendar year 2020 and informing manufacturers of the values to be used for the calculation of the specific emissions targets and derogation targets for the calendar years 2021 to 2024 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 280, 28.10.2022, p. 49).

[^ntr4-L_202302502EN.000101-E0004]: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1623 of 3 August 2023 specifying the values relating to the performance of manufacturers and pools of manufacturers of new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for the calendar year 2021 and the values to be used for the calculation of the specific emission targets from 2025 onwards, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council and correcting Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2087 (OJ L 200, 10.8.2023, p. 5).

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2023/2502/oj

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