Emission performance standards for new passenger cars

This Commission communication concerns the monitoring and reporting of data on the registration of new passenger cars.

According to Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 setting emission performance standards for new passenger cars as part of the Community's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles, Member States must every year record and transmit certain data on new passenger cars to the Commission. That data will be the basis for determining the specific CO2 emissions target for manufacturers of new passenger cars and will also serve for the assessment of whether manufacturers comply with those targets.

To ensure the consistency of the data to be transmitted by the Member States, it is necessary to harmonise the rules on the collection and reporting of that data as far as possible. This Communication will, together with Commission Regulation C(2010)7652 on the monitoring and reporting of data on the registration of new passenger cars pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 443/2009, facilitate the collection, submission and assessment of the data by indicating the Commission’s interpretation of the relevant provisions of Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 and by providing guidance to Member States on the data to be provided and the format to be used. Further guidance will also be provided on an ad hoc basis.

The communication provides a certain number of clarifications on the following issues:

• data sources;
• list of manufacturers;
• data requirements;
• reporting on registration of bi-fuel and flex-fuel vehicle;
• data transmission;
• calculation of the average specific emissions;
• pooling of manufacturers.