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23.5.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
132/11
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 429/2012
of 22 May 2012
amending Regulation (EU) No 1014/2010 for the purpose of providing a common format for the
notification of errors by manufacturers of passenger cars
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
The error shall be indicated by a separate entry in the dataset
for each version, entitled “Manufacturer comments”, in which
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
one of the following codes shall be specified:
Union,
(a) Code A, if the records have been changed by the manu
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 of the European
facturer;
Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 setting
emission performance standards for new passenger cars as
(b) Code B, if the vehicle is unidentifiable;
part of the Community’s integrated approach to reduce CO 2
emissions from light-duty vehicles ( 1 ), and in particular the
first subparagraph of Article 8(9) thereof,
(c) Code C, if the vehicle falls out of the scope of Regulation
(EC) No 443/2009 or is out of production.
Whereas:
For the purposes of point (b) of the third subparagraph, a
(1)
Given that the notification of errors in the CO
vehicle is unidentifiable where the manufacturer cannot
2 emissions
data by a manufacturer pursuant to the first
identify or correct the code for the type, variant and
subparagraph of Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No
version, or, if applicable, the type approval number
443/2009 is an important step in the verification of
indicated in the provisional dataset.
the data that forms the basis for the calculation of the
specific emissions targets as well as the specific average
4. Where
a
manufacturer
has
not
notified
errors
to
the
emissions for all manufacturers, it is appropriate to
Commission in accordance with paragraph 3, or where the
provide a clear and transparent procedure for that notifi
notification is submitted after the expiry of the three-month
cation.
period provided for in Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No
443/2009, the provisional values notified in accordance
(2) It
is
also
appropriate
to
provide
for
the
use
of
a
common
with Article 8(4) of that Regulation shall be considered as
format for the notification of errors in order to ensure
final.
that the information notified by manufacturers to the
Commission can be verified and processed in a timely
manner.
5. The
error
notification
referred
to
in
paragraph
3
shall
be submitted by electronic non-erasable data carrier marked
“Notification of error — CO 2 from cars”, and shall be sent by
(3) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
mail to the following address:
accordance with the opinion of the Climate Change
Committee,
European Commission
Secretariat-General
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
1049 Bruxelles/Brussel
BELGIQUE/BELGI
Article 1
In Article 9 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1014/2010 ( 2 ),
An electronic copy of the notification shall be sent for
the following paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 are added:
information to the following functional mailboxes:
‘3. Manufacturers
that
notify
errors
in
accordance
with
the
EC-CO2-LDV-IMPLEMENTATION@ec.europa.eu
first subparagraph of Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No
443/2009 shall use the provisional datasets notified by the
Commission pursuant to Article 8(4) as a basis for their
and
notification.
CO2-monitoring@eea.europa’.
The error notification shall include all datasets relating to
vehicle registrations for which the notifying manufacturer is
Article 2
responsible.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
( 1 ) OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 1.
that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
( 2 ) OJ L 293, 11.11.2010, p. 15.
Union.

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L 132/12
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Official Journal of the European Union
23.5.2012
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 May 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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