Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 on type approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information (Text with EEA relevance) Basic information Dates Date of document: Date of publication: Date of effect: July 2, 2007 Entry into force - Date pub. + 3 See Art 18.1 Partial application - See Art 18.2 January 3, 2009 Partial application - See Art 18.2 Date of end of validity: April 28, 2009 Partial end of validity Art. 16.1 Implicitly repealed by
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June 30, 2030 Modified by Modified by: Completed by: All documents based on this document: Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 of 18 July 2008 implementing and amending Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information (Text with EEA relevance) Commission Regulation (EU) No 566/2011 of 8 June 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 as regards access to vehicle repair and maintenance information Text with EEA relevance Commission Regulation (EU) No 459/2012 of 29 May 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 as regards emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 6) Text with EEA relevance Commission Regulation (EU) No 630/2012 of 12 July 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 692/2008, as regards type-approval requirements for motor vehicles fuelled by hydrogen and mixtures of hydrogen and natural gas with respect to emissions, and the inclusion of specific information regarding vehicles fitted with an electric power train in the information document for the purpose of EC type-approval Text with EEA relevance Commission Regulation (EU) No 143/2013 of 19 February 2013 amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 as regards the determination of CO 2 emissions from vehicles submitted to multi-stage type-approval Text with EEA relevance Commission Regulation (EU) No 195/2013 of 7 March 2013 amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 as concerns innovative technologies for reducing CO 2 emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles Text with EEA relevance Commission Regulation (EU) No 136/2014 of 11 February 2014 amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 as regards emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and Commission Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 as regards emissions from heavy duty vehicles (Euro VI) Text with EEA relevance Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/45 of 14 January 2015 amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 as regards innovative technologies for reducing CO 2 emissions from light commercial vehicles Text with EEA relevance Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/427 of 10 March 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 as regards emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 6) (Text with EEA relevance) Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/646 of 20 April 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 as regards emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 6) (Text with EEA relevance) Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 of 1 June 2017 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information, amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 (Text with EEA relevance) Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1154 of 7 June 2017 amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information, amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards real-driving emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 6) (Text with EEA relevance) Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1221 of 22 June 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 as regards the methodology for the determination of evaporative emissions (Type 4 test) (Text with EEA relevance. ) Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1347 of 13 July 2017 correcting Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information, amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 (Text with EEA relevance. ) Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1832 of 5 November 2018 amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 for the purpose of improving the emission type approval tests and procedures for light passenger and commercial vehicles, including those for in-service conformity and real-driving emissions and introducing devices for monitoring the consumption of fuel and electric energy (Text with EEA relevance.) Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/49 of 21 January 2020 correcting the German language version of Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information, amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 (Text with EEA relevance) Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/443 of 8 February 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 as regards the emission type approval procedures for light passenger and commercial vehicles (Text with EEA relevance) Repealed by: Modifies Modifies: Repeal: Implicit repeal: Affected by case Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 September 2019. Gesamtverband Autoteile-Handel e.V. v KIA Motors Corporation. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Motor vehicles — Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 — First sentence of Article 6(1) — Vehicle repair and maintenance information — Manufacturers’ obligations towards independent operators — Unrestricted access in a standardised format to that information — Procedures — Prohibition of discrimination. Case C-527/18. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 July 2022. IR v Volkswagen AG. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Eisenstadt. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 – Approval of motor vehicles – Article 3(10) – Article 5(1) and (2) – Defeat device – Motor vehicles – Diesel engines – Pollutant emissions – Emission control system – Software installed in the electronic engine controller – Exhaust gas recirculation valve (‘EGR valve’) – Reduction in nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions limited by a ‘temperature window’ – Prohibition on the use of defeat devices that reduce the effectiveness of emission control systems – Article 5(2)(a) – Exception to that prohibition – Directive 1999/44/EC – Sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees – Article 3(2) – Device installed during the repair of a vehicle. Case C-134/20. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 July 2022. DS v Porsche Inter Auto GmbH & Co KG and Volkswagen AG. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 – Approval of motor vehicles – Article 5(2) – Defeat device – Motor vehicles – Diesel engines – Emission control system – Software installed in the electronic engine controller – Exhaust gas recirculation valve (‘EGR valve’) – Reduction in nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions limited by a ‘temperature window’ – Prohibition on the use of defeat devices that reduce the effectiveness of emission control systems – Article 5(2)(a) – Exception to that prohibition – Consumer protection – Directive 1999/44/EC – Sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees – Article 2(2)(d) – Concept of ‘goods which show the quality and performance which are normal in goods of the same type and which the consumer can reasonably expect, given the nature of the goods’ – Vehicle covered by an EC type-approval – Article 3(6) – Concept of a ‘minor lack of conformity’. Case C-145/20. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 July 2022. GSMB Invest GmbH & Co. KG v Auto Krainer GesmbH. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Klagenfurt. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 – Approval of motor vehicles – Article 3(10) – Article 5(1) and (2) – Defeat device – Motor vehicles – Diesel engines – Pollutant emissions – Emission control system – Software installed in the electronic engine controller – Exhaust gas recirculation valve (‘EGR valve’) – Reduction in nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions limited by a ‘temperature window’ – Prohibition on the use of defeat devices that reduce the effectiveness of emission control systems – Article 5(2)(a) – Exception to that prohibition. Case C-128/20. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 November 2022. Deutsche Umwelthilfe eV v Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Verwaltungsgericht. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Aarhus Convention – Access to justice – Article 9(3) – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Article 47, first paragraph – Right to effective judicial protection – Environmental association – Standing of such an association to bring an action before a national court against EC type-approval granted to certain vehicles – Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 – Article 5(2)(a) – Motor vehicles – Diesel engine – Pollutant emissions – Valve for exhaust gas recirculation (EGR valve) – Reduction of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions limited by a ‘temperature window’ – Defeat device – Authorisation of such a device where the need is justified in terms of protecting the engine against damage or accident and for safe operation of the vehicle – State of the art. Case C-873/19. Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 17 December 2020. CLCV and Others (Defeat device on diesel engines). Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juge d'instruction du tribunal de grande instance de Paris. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 – Article 3(10) – Article 5(2) – Defeat device – Motor vehicles – Diesel engines – Pollutant emissions – Programme acting on the electronic engine controller – Technologies and strategies to limit the production of pollutant emissions. Case C-693/18. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 March 2023. QB v Mercedes-Benz Group AG. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Ravensburg. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Approval of motor vehicles – Directive 2007/46/EC – Article 18(1) – Article 26(1) – Article 46 – Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 – Article 5(2) – Motor vehicles – Diesel engine – Pollutant emissions – Exhaust gas recirculation valve (EGR valve) – Reduction in nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions limited by a ‘temperature window’ – Defeat device – Protection of the interests of an individual purchaser of a vehicle equipped with an unlawful defeat device – Right to compensation from the vehicle manufacturer on the basis of tortious liability – Method of calculating compensation – Principle of effectiveness – Article 267 TFEU – Admissibility – Reference to the Court from a single judge. Case C-100/21. Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 6 May 2021. Criminal proceedings against X and Others. Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Juge d'instruction du tribunal de grande instance de Paris. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Approximation of laws – Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 – Article 3(10) – Article 5(2) – Defeat device – Motor vehicles – Diesel engines – Emission of pollutants – Program acting on the engine control calculator – Technologies and strategies to limit the production of pollutant emissions. Joined Cases C-690/18 to C-692/18. Case C-308/23, Mercedes-Benz Group: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Duisburg (Germany) lodged on 17 May 2023 — YV v Mercedes-Benz Group AG article 5 paragraph 2 point (a) sentence 2 article 3 point 10 Case C-685/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Frankenthal (Germany) lodged on 17 September 2019 — OK v Daimler AG article 5 paragraph 2 point (a) FR 2 Case C-81/23, FCA Italy and FPT Industrial: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 15 February 2023 — MA v FCA Italy SpA and FPT Industrial SpA Case C-527/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 13 August 2018 — Gesamtverband Autoteile-Handel e.V. v KIA Motors Corporation article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 Case C-690/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juge d’instruction du tribunal de grande instance de Paris (France) lodged on 29 October 2018 — Criminal proceedings against X article 5 paragraph 2 point (a) article 3 point 10 Case C-759/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Gera (Germany) lodged on 16 October 2019 — PG v Volkswagen AG article 3 point 10 article 5 paragraph 2 Case C-691/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juge d’instruction du tribunal de grande instance de Paris (France) lodged on 29 October 2018 — Criminal proceedings against Y article 3 point 10 article 5 paragraph 2 point (a) Case C-663/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Gera (Germany) lodged on 6 September 2019 — MM v Volkswagen AG article 5 paragraph 2 article 3 point 10 Case C-808/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht of Gera (Germany) lodged on 4 November 2019 — DS v Volkswagen AG article 3 point 10 article 5 paragraph 2 Case C-692/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juge d’instruction du tribunal de grande instance de Paris (France) lodged on 29 October 2018 — Criminal proceedings against Z article 3 point 10 article 5 paragraph 2 point (a) Case C-466/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Linz (Austria) lodged on 17 July 2018 — DS v Porsche Inter Auto GmbH & Co KG article 5 paragraph 1 article 1 paragraph 1 Case C-138/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Stuttgart (Germany) lodged on 13 March 2020 — O. v P. AG article 4 paragraph 2 unnumbered paragraph 2 article 5 paragraph 2 point (a) article 4 paragraph 1 unnumbered paragraph 2 article 5 paragraph 1 article 5 paragraph 2 annex I article 13 article 3 point 10 Case C-145/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 24 March 2020 — DS v Porsche Inter Auto GmbH & Co KG and Volkswagen AG article 3 point 10 article 5 paragraph 2 article 5 paragraph 2 point (a) Case C-873/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Verwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 29 November 2019 — Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. v Bundesrepublik Deutschland article 5 paragraph 2 article 5 paragraph 2 point (a) Case C-592/23, Volkswagen: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 26 September 2023 — LK, AK v Volkswagen AG article 3 point 10 article 5 paragraph 2 point (c) article 5 paragraph 1 Case C-750/23, BMW: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Duisburg (Germany) lodged on 7 December 2023 – SP v BMW Bayerische Motorenwerke AG article 5 paragraph 2 sentence 2 point (a) article 3 point 10 Case C-244/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Handelsgericht Wien (Austria) lodged on 21 March 2019 — GB v Decker KFZ-Handels u. -Reparatur GmbH, Volkswagen AG article 1 paragraph 1 article 5 paragraph 1 Case C-478/23, Mercedes-Benz Group: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Duisburg (Germany) lodged on 25 July 2023 – XK v Mercedes-Benz Group AG article 5 paragraph 2 sentence 2 point (a) article 3 point 10 Case C-371/23, Mercedes-Benz Group: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Duisburg (Germany) lodged on 13 June 2023 — HT v Mercedes-Benz Group AG article 5 paragraph 2 sentence 2 point (a) article 3 point 10 Case C-668/23, Volkswagen: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Ravensburg (Germany) lodged on 13 November 2023 — YH and Others v Volkswagen AG Case C-666/23, Volkswagen: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Ravensburg (Germany) lodged on 9 November 2023 — EL and Others v Volkswagen AG Case C-506/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Erfurt (Germany) lodged on 18 August 2021 — UM v Daimler AG article 13 article 5 paragraph 2 article 4 article 5 Case C-178/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Ravensburg (Germany) lodged on 22 March 2021 — GL and Others v Volkswagen AG and Audi AG Case C-388/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Erfurt (Germany) lodged on 23 June 2021 — A v B article 4 article 5 article 13 article 5 paragraph 2 Case C-251/23, Mercedes-Benz Group: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Duisburg (Germany) lodged on 19 April 2023 — OB v Mercedes-Benz Group AG Case C-801/23, Volkswagen: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Duisburg (Germany) lodged on 29 December 2023 – YK v Volkswagen AG
article 3 point 10 article 5 paragraph 2 sentence 2 point (a) Case C-440/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Stuttgart (Germany) lodged on 18 September 2020 — S. v AD GmbH article 13 paragraph 2 article 5 paragraph 2 article 5 paragraph 1 article 4 paragraph 1 article 13 article 13 paragraph 1 sentence 2 article 3 point 10 article 4 paragraph 2 unnumbered paragraph 2 article 4 paragraph 1 unnumbered paragraph 2 article 5 paragraph 2 point (a) sentence 2 annex I Case C-128/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Klagenfurt (Austria) lodged on 19 February 2020 — GSMB Invest GmbH & Co. KG v Auto Krainer Gesellschaft m.b.H. article 1 paragraph 1 article 5 paragraph 1 article 5 paragraph 2 Case C-667/23, Volkswagen: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Ravensburg (Germany) lodged on 9 November 2023 — Gruß Verwaltungs-GmbH and Others v Volkswagen AG Case C-100/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Ravensburg (Germany) lodged on 17 February 2021 — QB v Daimler AG Case C-751/23, Mercedes-Benz Group: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Duisburg (Germany) lodged on 7 December 2023 – FD v Mercedes-Benz Group AG
article 5 paragraph 2 sentence 2 point (a) article 3 point 10 Case C-390/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 25 June 2021 — ADPA European Independent Automotive Data Publishers Association international not-for-profit association — Belgian law and Gesamtverband Autoteile-Handel e.V. v Automobiles PEUGEOT SA and PSA Automobiles SA article 7 paragraph 1 sentence 1 chapter III article 7 article 3 point 15 article 6 paragraph 1 Case C-134/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Eisenstadt (Austria) lodged on 11 March 2020 — IR v Volkswagen AG article 5 paragraph 1 article 1 paragraph 1 Case C-693/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juge d’instruction du tribunal de grande instance de Paris (France) lodged on 29 October 2018 — Procureur de la République v X article 5 paragraph 2 article 3 point 10 article 5 paragraph 2 point (a) Case C-809/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Gera (Deutschland) lodged on 4 November 2019 — ER v Volkswagen AG article 5 paragraph 2 article 3 point 10 Case C-240/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Ravensburg (Germany) lodged on 14 April 2021 — SA and Others v Daimler AG Legal basis Treaty establishing the European Community (consolidated version) Part Three - Community policies TITLE VI - Common rules on competition, taxation and approximation of laws Chapter 3 - Approximation of laws Article 95 Treaty establishing the European Community (consolidated version) Part Five - Institutions of the Community TITLE I - Provisions governing the institutions Chapter 2 - Provisions common to several institutions Article 251 EuroVoc Vocabulary Motor vehicle pollution Approximation of laws Technical barriers Pollution control measures Motor car Access to EU information Transport General mechanical engineering Motor vehicles, including agricultural and forestry tractors Motor vehicle Motor vehicles Commercial vehicle