Stabilisation and Association Agreement - Official Documents

JOINT DECLARATION
1. The Community and Bosnia and Herzegovina take note that the levels of
gaseous emissions and noise currently accepted in the Community for the purposes
of heavy goods vehicle type approval from 9.11.2006 1 are as follows 2 :
Limit values measured on the European Steady Cycle (ESC) and the European
Load Response (ELR) test:
Mass of carbon
monoxide
Mass of
hydrocarbons
Mass of
nitrogen oxides
Mass of
particulates
(CO) g/kWh (HC) g/kWh (NOx) g/kWh (PT) g/kWh m -1
Row B1 Euro IV 1,5 0,46 3,5 0,02 0,5
Limit values measured on the European Transient Cycle (ETC):
Row B1 Euro
IV
Mass of carbon
monoxide
Mass of
non-methane
hydrocarbons
Mass of
methane
(CO) g/kWh (NMHC) g/kWh (CH4 ) (a)
g/kWh
Mass of nitrogen
oxides
611
Smoke
Mass of
particulates
(NOx) g/kWh (PT) (b)
g/kWh
4,0 0,55 1,1 3,5 0,03
(a) For natural gas engines only.
(b) Not applicable for gas fuelled engines.
2. In the future, the Community and Bosnia and Herzegovina shall endeavour to
reduce the emissions of motor vehicles through the use of state of the art vehicle
emission control technology coupled with improved quality of motor fuel.
1 Directive 2005/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of
28 September 2005 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States
relating to the measures to be taken against the emission of gaseous and
particulate pollutants from compression-ignition engines for use in vehicles,
and the emission of gaseous pollutants from positive-ignition engines fuelled
with natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas for use in vehicles (OJ L 275,
20.10.2005, p. 1). Directive as last amended by Commission
Directive 2006/51/EC (OJ L 152, 7.6.2006, p. 11).
2 These limit values will be updated as foreseen in the relevant directives and
according to their possible future revisions.