24.6.2013   

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 171/1

06 series of amendments — Date of entry into force: 27 January 2013

Supplement 1 to the 06 series of amendments — Date of entry into force: 15 July 2013

Corrigendum to Supplement 1 to the 06 series of amendments — Date of entry into force: 15 July 2013

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2.1.

"Ageing cycle" means the vehicle or engine operation (speed, load, power) to be executed during the service accumulation period;

2.2.

"Approval of an engine (engine family)" means the approval of an engine type (engine family) with regard to the level of the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants, smoke and the on-board diagnostic (OBD) system;

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"Approval of a vehicle" means the approval of vehicle type with regard to the level of the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants and smoke by its engine as well as the on-board diagnostic (OBD) system and the engine installation on the vehicle;

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"Auxiliary Emission Strategy" (AES) means an emission strategy that becomes active and replaces or modifies a base emission strategy for a specific purpose and in response to a specific set of ambient and/or operating conditions and only remains operational as long as those conditions exist;

2.5.

"Base Emission Strategy" (BES) means an emission strategy that is active throughout the speed and load operating range of the engine unless an AES is activated;

2.6.

"Continuous regeneration" means the regeneration process of an exhaust after-treatment system that occurs either permanently or at least once per World Harmonised Transient Driving Cycle (WHTC) hot start test;

2.7.

"Crankcase" means the spaces in, or external to, an engine which are connected to the oil sump by internal or external ducts through which gases and vapours can be emitted;

2.8.

"Critical emission-related components" means the following components which are designed primarily for emission control: any exhaust after-treatment system, the ECU and its associated sensors and actuators, and the exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system including all related filters, coolers, control valves and tubing;

2.9.

"Critical emission-related maintenance" means the maintenance to be performed on critical emission-related components;

2.10.

"Defeat strategy" means an emission strategy that does not meet the performance requirements for a base and/or auxiliary emission strategy as specified in this annex;

2.11.

"deNOx system" means an exhaust after-treatment system designed to reduce emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) (e.g. passive and active lean NOx catalysts, NOx adsorbers and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems);

2.12.

"Diagnostic trouble code" (DTC) means a numeric or alphanumeric identifier which identifies or labels a malfunction;

2.13.

"Diesel mode" means the normal operating mode of a dual-fuel engine during which the engine does not use any gaseous fuel for any engine operating condition;"

2.14.

"Driving cycle" means a sequence consisting of an engine start, an operating period (of the vehicle), an engine shut-off, and the time until the next engine start;

2.15.

"Dual-fuel engine" means an engine system that is designed to simultaneously operate with diesel fuel and a gaseous fuel, both fuels being metered separately, where the consumed amount of one of the fuels relative to the other one may vary depending on the operation;

2.16.

"Dual-fuel mode" means the normal operating mode of a dual-fuel engine during which the engine simultaneously uses diesel fuel and a gaseous fuel at some engine operating conditions;

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"Dual-fuel vehicle" means a vehicle that is powered by a dual-fuel engine and that supplies the fuels used by the engine from separate on-board storage systems;"

2.18.

"Element of design" means in respect of a vehicle or engine:

2.19.

"Emission control monitoring system" means the system that ensures correct operation of the NOx control measures implemented in the engine system according to the requirements of paragraph 5.5;

"Emission control system" means the elements of design and emission strategies developed or calibrated for the purpose of controlling emissions;

2.20.

"Emission related maintenance" means the maintenance which substantially affects emissions or which is likely to affect emissions deterioration of the vehicle or the engine during normal in-use operation;

2.21.

"Emission strategy" means an element or set of elements of design that is incorporated into the overall design of an engine system or vehicle and used in controlling emissions;

2.22.

"Engine after-treatment system family" means a manufacturer’s grouping of engines that comply with the definition of engine family, but which are further grouped into engines utilising a similar exhaust after-treatment system;

2.23.

"Engine family" means a manufacturer’s grouping of engines which through their design, as defined in paragraph 7 of this Regulation, have similar exhaust emission characteristics;

2.24.

"Engine system" means the engine, the emission control system and the communication interface (hardware and messages) between the engine system electronic control unit or units (ECU) and any other powertrain or vehicle control unit;

2.25.

"Engine start" consists of the ignition-On, cranking and start of combustion, and is completed when the engine speed reaches 150 min-1 below the normal, warmed-up idle speed;

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"Engine type" means a category of engines which do not differ in essential engine characteristics as set out in Annex 1;

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"Exhaust after-treatment system" means a catalyst (oxidation, 3-way or any other), particulate filter, deNOx system, combined deNOx particulate filter, or any other emission reducing device, that is installed downstream of the engine;

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"Gaseous pollutants" means the exhaust gas emissions of carbon monoxide, NOx, expressed in NO2 equivalent, hydrocarbons (i.e. total hydrocarbons, non-methane hydrocarbons and methane);

2.29.

"General Denominator" means a counter indicating the number of times a vehicle has been operated, taking into account general conditions;

2.30.

"Group of monitors" means, for the purpose of assessing the in-use performance of an OBD engine family, a set of OBD monitors used for determining the correct operation of the emission control system;

2.31.

"Ignition cycle counter" means a counter indicating the number of engine starts a vehicle has experienced;

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"In-Use performance ratio" (IUPR) means the ratio of the number of times that the conditions have existed under which a monitor, or group of monitors, should have detected a malfunction relative to the number of driving cycles relevant for the operation of that monitor or group of monitors;

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"Low speed (nlo)" means the lowest engine speed where 50 per cent of the declared maximum power occurs;

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"Malfunction" means a failure or deterioration of an engine system, including the OBD system, that might reasonably be expected to lead either to an increase in any of the regulated pollutants emitted by the engine system or to a reduction in the effectiveness of the OBD system;

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"Malfunction indicator" (MI) means an indicator which is part of the alert system and which clearly informs the driver of the vehicle in the event of a malfunction;

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"Manufacturer" means the person or body who is responsible to the Type Approval Authority for all aspects of the type approval or authorisation process and for ensuring conformity of production. It is not essential that the person or body be directly involved in all stages of the construction of the vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit which is the subject of the approval process;

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"Maximum net power" means the maximum value of the net power measured at full engine load;

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"Net power" means the power obtained on a test bench at the end of the crankshaft or its equivalent at the corresponding engine or motor speed with the auxiliaries according to UN/ECE Regulation No 85 and determined under reference atmospheric conditions;

2.39.

"Non-emission-related maintenance" means the maintenance which does not substantially affect emissions and which does not have a lasting effect on the emissions deterioration of the vehicle or the engine during normal in-use operation once the maintenance is performed;

2.40.

"On-board diagnostic system" (OBD system) means a system on-board of a vehicle or engine which has the capability of:

2.41.

"OBD engine family" means a manufacturer’s grouping of engine systems having common methods of monitoring and diagnosing emission-related malfunctions;

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"Operating sequence" means a sequence consisting of an engine start, an operating period (of the engine), an engine shut-off, and the time until the next start, where a specific OBD monitor runs to completion and a malfunction would be detected if present;

2.43.

"Original pollution control device" means a pollution control device or an assembly of such devices covered by the type approval granted for the vehicle concerned;

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"Parent engine" means an engine selected from an engine family in such a way that its emissions characteristics will be representative for that engine family;

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"Particulate after-treatment device" means an exhaust after-treatment system designed to reduce emissions of particulate pollutants (PT) through a mechanical, aerodynamic, diffusional or inertial separation;

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"Particulate matter (PM)" means any material collected on a specified filter medium after diluting exhaust with a clean filtered diluent to a temperature between 315 K (42 °C) and 325 K (52 °C); this is primarily carbon, condensed hydrocarbons, and sulphates with associated water;

2.47.

"Per cent load" means the fraction of the maximum available torque at an engine speed;

2.48.

"Performance monitoring" means malfunction monitoring, that consists of functionality checks and the monitoring of parameters that are not directly correlated to emission thresholds, and that is done on components or systems to verify that they are operating within the proper range;

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"Periodic regeneration" means the regeneration process of an emission control device that occurs periodically in less than 100 hours of normal engine operation;

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"Portable emissions measurement system" (PEMS) means a portable emissions measurement system meeting the requirements specified in Appendix 2 to Annex 8 of this Regulation;

2.51.

"Power take-off unit" means an engine driven output device for the purposes of powering auxiliary, vehicle mounted, equipment;

2.52.

"Qualified deteriorated component or system" (QDC) means a component or system that has been intentionally deteriorated such as by accelerated ageing or by having been manipulated in a controlled manner and which has been accepted by the Type Approval Authority according to the provisions set out in paragraph 6.3.2 of Annex 9B and paragraph A.8.2.2 of Appendix 8 to Annex 9B to this Regulation for use when demonstrating the OBD performance of the engine system;

2.53.

"Reagent" means any medium that is stored on-board the vehicle in a tank and provided to the exhaust after-treatment system (if required) upon request of the emission control system;

2.54.

"Recalibration" means a fine tuning of a natural gas engine in order to provide the same performance (power, fuel consumption) in a different range of natural gas;

2.55.

"Reference mass" means the mass of the vehicle in running order less the uniform mass of the driver of 75 kg and increased by a uniform mass of 100 kg;

2.56.

"Replacement pollution control device" means a pollution control device or an assembly of such devices intended to replace an original pollution control device and which can be approved as a separate technical unit;

2.57.

"Scan-tool" means external test equipment used for standardised off-board communication with the OBD system in accordance with the requirements of this Regulation;

2.58.

"Service accumulation schedule" means the ageing cycle and the service accumulation period for determining the deterioration factors for the engine-after-treatment system family;

2.59.

"Service mode" means a special mode of a dual-fuel engine that is activated for the purpose of repairing, or of moving the vehicle from the traffic when operation in the dual-fuel mode is not possible (2)

2.60.

"Tailpipe emissions" means the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants;

2.61.

"Tampering" means inactivation, adjustment or modification of the vehicle emissions control or propulsion system, including any software or other logical control elements of those systems, that has the effect, whether intended or not, of worsening the emissions performance of the vehicle;

2.62.

"Unladen mass" means the mass of the vehicle in running order without the uniform mass of the driver of 75 kg, passengers or load, but with the fuel tank 90 per cent full and the usual set of tools and spare wheel on board, where applicable;

2.63.

"Useful life" means the relevant period of distance and/or time over which compliance with the relevant gaseous and particulate emission limits has to be assured;

2.64.

"Vehicle type with regard to emissions" means a group of vehicles which do not differ in essential engine and vehicle characteristics as set out in Annex 1;

2.65.

"Wall flow Diesel Particulate Filter" means a Diesel Particulate Filter ("DPF") in which all the exhaust gas is forced to flow through a wall which filters out the solid matter;

2.66.

"Wobbe index (lower Wl; or upper Wu)" means the ratio of the corresponding calorific value of a gas per unit volume and the square root of its relative density under the same reference conditions: