Report CO2 emissions for new cars and vans
How vehicle manufacturers should report CO2 emissions for their vehicles.
Regulating and reporting COâ‚‚ emissions of new cars and vans
COâ‚‚ emissions from cars and vans newly registered in the UK were previously governed by European Union (EU) regulations.
Data was gathered each year on fleets across Europe, and manufacturers who failed to meet their COâ‚‚ targets were fined.
DfT has now taken over the application and enforcement of COâ‚‚ standards for GB-registered cars and vans, as of 1 January 2021.
New vehicle registrations data and targets
Under the GB regime, manufacturers are set GB-specific targets which are at least as ambitious as current EU COâ‚‚ emissions targets. These targets are set on the basis of their GB vehicle registrations.
Compliance in GB is monitored and enforced by the Secretary of State for Transport. The Secretary of State for Transport records and verifies new GB registrations and notifies manufacturers of their level of compliance. This is initially done using provisional data.
Manufacturers then have 3 months to inform DfT about any anomalies within this data, as before.
After this period, DfT will notify manufacturers of the final data and issue any fines for not adhering to their target, known as an 바카라 사이트˜excess emissions premium바카라 사이트™. The excess emissions premium amount will be at the same rate as before.
Pooling GB registrations
Different manufacturers may come together to bring all, or some, of their registrations under one target. This is known as 바카라 사이트˜pooling바카라 사이트™. It is usually used by vehicle manufacturing groups to bring all their registrations under one target, although competing manufacturers may also form a pool if they so wish.
Manufacturers can still group together and pool their GB registrations but must provide DfT with certain information to do so.
Applying for derogations
Manufacturers can apply for a 바카라 사이트˜derogation바카라 사이트™ from the overall COâ‚‚ target. Applying for this allows smaller manufacturers, who might not be able to reduce carbon emissions as quickly as their larger counterparts, to receive an adjusted target. This may allow these manufacturers to make the necessary reductions in a more proportional way.
Vehicle manufacturers registering below a certain level of new vehicle registrations per calendar year may apply for a derogation from the overall COâ‚‚ target. Manufacturers seeking a derogation must apply to DfT and, subject to approval, may receive an adjusted COâ‚‚ emissions target effective from that reporting period onwards.
Applying for credits for eco-innovations
Currently, new vehicle types undergo a standardised emissions test in order to determine the level of COâ‚‚ emitted by the vehicle. Manufacturers and parts suppliers may however develop technologies that reduce emissions in the real-world, but that are not taken into account during this emissions test.
An example is the use of LED efficient lightbulbs. These technologies are known as 바카라 사이트˜eco-innovations바카라 사이트™.
Previously, manufacturers or parts suppliers had to apply to the European Commission to have these eco-innovations approved as COâ‚‚ reducing technologies, and vehicle manufacturers then applied these technologies to the vehicle in return for COâ‚‚ emissions 바카라 사이트˜credits바카라 사이트™.
Manufacturers or suppliers can apply for eco-innovation approvals for vehicle technologies that contribute towards COâ‚‚ reductions but that are not part of COâ‚‚ test procedures. Technologies that were previously approved as eco-innovations are still recognised as such by the DfT.
New technologies need to be approved separately by DfT. Manufacturers can continue to receive COâ‚‚ emissions credits for the deployment of approved eco-innovations on their vehicles.
Registering vehicles in the UK, GB and EU
The regulations work on the basis of where the vehicle is registered for use, so any new cars or vans registered in GB after 1 January 2021 are covered by the GB-specific regulations, regardless of where they were manufactured. This is subject to falling within the scope of new car and van COâ‚‚ regulations and meeting .
The EU regulations covering car and van COâ‚‚ emissions had previously been listed in Annex II to the Northern Ireland Protocol, therefore the domestic legislation was prepared on a GB-only basis.
On 17 December 2020, the UK 바카라 사이트 and the EU agreed to remove these references from the Northern Ireland Protocol, allowing for Northern Ireland-registered vehicles to be regulated domestically, and to count toward domestic targets, rather than by the EU regulation.
Further information on how vehicles registered for use in Northern Ireland are to be regulated will be set out in due course.