Air pollution: emissions from motor vehicles, on-board diagnostic systems OBD (amend. Directive 70/220/EEC)

PURPOSE : to set the dates from which the installation of on-board diagnostic systems on passenger cars and light commercial vehicles that have positive-ignition engines and which use alternative fuels should become mandatory. COMMUNITY MEASURE : Directive 2001/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 70/220/EEC concerning measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles. CONTENT : the amendment introduced indicates the dates from which on-board diagnostic (OBD) systems are mandatory on passenger cars and light commercial vehicles that have positive-ignition engines and which use alternative fuels such as liquified petroleum gas (LPG) or natural gas (NG). The Directive does not change the existing dates for vehicles with positive-ignition engines using petrol but provides the following dates for vehicles with positive-ignition engines that only use LPG or NG or can switch between petrol and either LPG or NG: - vehicles of category M1<2500kg and vehicles of category N1 class I : from 1 January 2003 for the new types and 1 January 2004 for all types; - vehicles of category M1>2500kg and vehicles of category N1, II and III : from 1 January 2006 for the new types and 1 January 2007 for all types. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 06/02/2001. DEADLINE SET FOR THE TRANSPOSITION : 06/02/2002.�