Consultation on Complementary provisions to Euro 5/6 and Euro VI
Results of the consultation
Policy field
Enterprise
Target groups
All stakeholders (industry sector organisations, private companies, public organisations, Member State authorities, NGOs and individuals) are welcome to contribute to this consultation.
Period of consultation
From 01.09.2011 to 28.10.2011
Objective of the consultation
The European Union has committed itself to providing for a high level of environmental and public health protection and has taken on ambitious objectives as part of the EU air quality policy and the integrated climate and energy policy framework. Among other measures, common EU standards limiting the emission of atmospheric pollutants from motor vehicles have been introduced to address this situation and to ensure the proper functioning of the single market. Successive "Euro" emission standards for light duty vehicles were initiated in the EU starting in 1993, the most recent ones being Euro 5 and Euro 6. The work on reducing emissions is also in progress for heavy duty vehicles (buses and trucks) with the Euro VI standard. Furthermore, the European Commission has a comprehensive strategy to reduce CO2 emissions from new motor vehicles sold in the European Union, to ensure that the EU meets its greenhouse gas emission targets.
In light of rapid developments in automotive technology, persistent air quality problems in urban areas, and the experience made in implementing the existing legislation, there is a constant need to keep the relevant legislation under review.
In this context, the European Commission is launching a public consultation to gather views from relevant stakeholders regarding a bundle of six individual measures. These measures are aimed at updating the current emissions legislation and type approval requirements to technical progress and to simplify the legal framework by introducing a number of complementary provisions to the Euro 5/6 light duty 
(LD) and Euro VI heavy duty (HD) emission standards, and the general safety regulation .
How to submit your contribution
You are invited to comment on the questions raised in the consultation document 
[29 KB] by sending your contribution (preferably as an attachment) to the email address corresponding to your type of organisation.
- You are answering this consultation as a citizen
- You are answering this consultation on behalf of a public authority
- You are answering this consultation on behalf of a registered organisation
- You are answering this consultation on behalf of a non-registered organisation
In the interests of transparency¹, organisations (including, for example, NGOs, trade associations and commercial enterprises) are invited to provide the public with relevant information about themselves by registering in the Interest Representative Register and subscribing to its Code of Conduct.
If you represent a registered organisation, please indicate your Register ID number on the first page of your contribution. Your contribution will then be considered as representing the views of your organisation. If your organisation is not registered, you have the opportunity to register now. Then return to this page to submit your contribution as a registered organisation. Responses from non-registered organisations will be published separately.
¹ The Commission asks organisations who wish to submit comments in the context of public consultations to provide the Commission and the public at large with information about whom and what they represent. If an organisation decides not to provide this information, it is the Commission's stated policy to list the contribution as part of the individual contributions. (Consultation Standards, see COM (2002) 704 and Communication on ETI Follow-up, see COM (2007) 127 of 21/03/2007)
Please submit your response to this public consultation by 28 October 2011 at the latest.
View the consultation document
Consultation document [29 KB]
Contact details
Unit: Automotive Industry, DG Enterprise and Industry
Phone number: +32 2 29 69962
Mailbox: entr-consultation-emission@ec.europa.eu
