Document EPPR-02-08 was presented by the EC.

The following concerns in current EU legislation for L-category vehicles should be addressed:

• the complexity of the current legal framework;
• the level of emissions and its increasing share in total road transport emissions, which are decreasing overall;
• safety aspects related to type-approval requirements for vehicles;
• the lack of a legal framework for vehicles fitted with new technologies;
• the entry of products into the EU market which do not comply with the current type-approval requirements regarding functional safety and environmental protection.

Codecision Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (L-category vehicles) contains essential elements such as the emission limits, obligation to fit advanced brake systems, reference to applicable test procedures, application time table, structure delegated acts etc.

The whole package of 5 Regulations is proposed to become first applicable as of 01 January 2016.

Proposed environmental steps for the EU-legislation:

• Euro 3: (L1e, L2e and L6e (mopeds): mid of 2014;
  
• Euro 4: (L3e, L4e, L5e, L7e): 2016;
  
• Euro 4: (L1e, L2e and L6e): 2017;
  
• Euro 5: 2020;
  
• Durability and evaporative emission requirements.

Environmental effect study to be conducted in 2015 – 2016 timeframe before taking final decision to mandate Euro 5 step.

Use of the World-harmonised Motorcycle Test Cycle (WMTC) as single emission laboratory test for all L-category vehicle categories proposed as of 2020.

Japan stated that the ultimate goal is to have harmonized limit values and asked EC if the environmental study for 2016 will take EPPR work into account. EC confirmed that all relevant information will be used for the study.

Italy underlined that WMTC basically only is representative for L3 category vehicles, and that WMTC was developed on a scientific basis. It was suggested to apply the same approach for mopeds as these vehicles are not used in the same way.