#32026R0361Commission Regulation (EU) 2026/361 amending emissions type-approval rules for heavy-duty vehicles with on-board fuel and energy consumption monitoring devices
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This regulation integrates on-board fuel and energy consumption monitoring (OBFCM) and on-board mass monitoring (OBMM) requirements into the existing Euro VI emissions type-approval framework for heavy-duty vehicles and engines. Manufacturers must now demonstrate compliance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2161 to obtain type-approval, with new approval characters (E and E+) introduced to identify vehicles fitted with compliant OBFCM devices. Accuracy of OBFCM devices will be verified during on-road PEMS testing. Non-compliant vehicles face market prohibitions starting 1 July 2027 for most vehicles, with later dates for small-volume manufacturers and specific categories (M1/N1 from 29 November 2027). Engine manufacturers or vehicle installers bear responsibility depending on who provides the mass monitoring function.
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Key Changes
- Adds paragraphs 15 and 16 to Article 3 requiring compliance with Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2161 for EU type-approval of vehicles and engines
- Introduces new approval characters 'E' and 'E+' in Annex I Table 1 to identify OBFCM compliance, with 'E+' mandatory from 1 July 2027
- Extends remedial measures deadline rules in Article 13 to include OBFCM/OBMM verification testing failures (60 working days)
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What this law requires
Manufacturers must ensure that requirements set out in Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2161 are fulfilled in order to receive EU type-approval for vehicles with approved engine systems or vehicles with regard to emissions.
Manufacturers must ensure that requirements set out in Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2161 are fulfilled in order to receive EU type-approval of an engine system or engine family as a separate technical unit.
Manufacturers may declare exemption from OBFCM/OBMM requirements only by indicating in the declaration of compliance that new vehicles or engines will not be registered, placed on the market, or entered into service in the Union on or after the relevant dates specified in Table 1 of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2161.
Approval authorities must verify the accuracy of OBFCM devices during on-road PEMS (portable emissions measurement systems) testing to assess compliance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2161.
Manufacturers must submit a plan of remedial measures to the approval authority no later than 60 working days after receipt of notification from the approval authority following non-compliance detected in in-service testing or OBFCM/OBMM verification testing.