Comprehensive amendment of document GRPE/2017/6 to align UN R49 with the latest amendments of EU Euro VI legislation (Reg. EU 2016/1718), including

1. OBD equivalency option for light commercial vehicles to be continued with step ‘D’,
2. editorial corrections (incl. keeping optional THC PEMS measurement for gas engines),
3. implementation dates in Appendix 9 table 1 (2016/1718) and Annex 3 table 1 (R49),
4. implement rejection note for retroactive applicability with regard to in-service conformity (paragraph 13.4.),
clarification of type approval provisions for ‘new vehicle types as of 2017’,
5. deletion of infeasible requirement related to the PEMS test (“…void if … no valid windows left in urban only”), second part of sentence in Annex 8, Appendix 1: A1.4.2.2.2.2.
6. deletion of inconsistency between work based window and CO2 mass based method regarding valid integration windows (A.1.4.2.2.2.2. versus A.1.4.3.1.2.2).

• UN R49 Diesel/CNG/LNG Engine Emissions