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14 September 2023  
(23-6117) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
European Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
European Comm ission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Motor 
Vehicles; 43.020 – Road vehicles in general  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notifi ed document:  Draft 
Commission Regulation amending Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 as regards the 
emission type approval procedures for light passenger and commercial vehicles running 
exclusively on CO2 neutral fuels; (5 page(s), in English), (4 page(s ), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Regulation amends Commission 
Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 in order to allow type approval of vehicles running exclusively 
on CO2 neutral fuels  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The proposal aims to allow type approval of vehicles running exclusively on 
CO2 neutral fuels, as well as placing effective controls to ensure that such vehicles cannot 
run with other types of fuels; Protection o f the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
Regulations (EU) No 715/2007 and 2017/1151, UN Regulation 154  
http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1516290268107&uri=CELEX:32007R0715  
EUR-Lex - 32017R1151 - EN - EUR-Lex (europa.eu)  G/TBT/N/EU/1007  
 
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  UN Regulation No. 154 - Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP) | 
UNECE  
UN Regulation on RDE ( Report of the Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE) on 
its eighty -first session (9 –12 June 2020) - Addendum 2 | UNECE ) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  February 2024  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
European Commission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website : http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/EEC/23_12353_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/EEC/ 23_12353_01_e.pdf  
 