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Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on type-approval of motor vehicles and engines with respect to emissions from heavy duty vehicles (Euro VI) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information and amending Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directives 80/1269/EEC, 2005/55/EC and 2005/78/EC (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

Manufacturers shall ensure that type-approval procedures for verifying conformity of production, durability of pollution control devices and in-service conformity are followed. The technical measures taken by the manufacturer shall be such as to ensure that the tailpipe emissions are effectively limited, pursuant to this Regulation and its implementing measures, throughout the normal life of the vehicles under normal conditions of use. For that purpose, the mileage and period of time by reference to which the tests for durability of pollution control devices undertaken for type-approval and testing of conformity of in-service vehicles or engines are to be carried out shall be the following: 160000 km or five years, whichever is the sooner, in the case of engines fitted to vehicles of category M_(1), N_(1) and M_(2); 300000 km or six years, whichever is the sooner, in the case of engines fitted to vehicles of category N_(2), N_(3) with a maximum technically permissible mass not exceeding 16 tonnes and M_(3) Class I, Class II and Class A, and Class B with a maximum technically permissible mass not exceeding 7,5 tonnes; 700000 km or seven years, whichever is the sooner, in the case of engines fitted to vehicles of category N_(3) with a maximum technically permissible mass exceeding 16 tonnes and M_(3), Class III and Class B with a maximum technically permissible mass exceeding 7,5 tonnes.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-01 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.