United Kingdom Statutory Instruments

(a) engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery intended and suited to move, or be moved, on the ground, whether or not on the road, and

(b) to secondary engines fitted into vehicles intended for passenger or goods transport on the road,

where the engine is - 

(i) an intermittent speed CI engine;

(ii) a constant speed CI engine; or

(iii) a SI engine".

" (d) recreational vehicles including - 


(i) snow mobiles;

(ii) off road motorcycles;

(iii) all-terrain vehicles.".

" (d) where the engine is an intermittent speed CI engine, it complies with the limit values set out in the table in section 4.1.2.3 of Annex 1;

(e) where the engine is a constant speed CI engine and it is placed on the market on or after the 31st December 2006, it complies with the limit values set out in the table in section 4.1.2.3 of Annex 1;

(f) subject to sub-paragraphs (g) and (h), where the engine is a SI engine and is placed on the market after the 11th February 2005, it complies with the limit values set out in the table in section 4.2.2.1 of Annex 1;

(g) where the engine is a SI engine of a class specified in the first column of the table to this regulation, is not manufactured by a small volume engine manufacturer and is placed on the market after the dates set out in the second column of the table, it complies with the limit values set out in the table in section 4.2.2.2 of Annex 1; and

(h) where the engine is a SI engine of a class specified in the first column of the table to this regulation, is manufactured by a small volume engine manufacturer and is placed on the market after the dates set out in the third column of the table, it complies with the limit values set out in the table in section 4.2.2.2 of Annex 1.



Class	Date	Date for small volume engine manufacturers
Classes SN:1 and SN:2	1st February 2005	1st February 2008
Class SN:4	1st February 2007	1st February 2010
Classes SH:1, SH:2 and SN:3	1st February 2008	1st February 2011
Class SH:3	1st February 2009	1st February 2012"

Class	Displacement (cubic cm)
Hand-held engines
Class SH:1	< 20
Class SH:2	≥ 20 < 50
Class SH:3	≥ 50
Non-hand-held engines
Class SN:1	< 66
Class SN:2	≥ 66 < 100
Class SN:3	≥ 100 < 225
Class SN:4	≥ 225

(a) an intermittent speed CI engine; and

(b) has an engine power output falling within category D, E, F or G;

the approval authority shall not, after the 1st September 2004, issue a type approval certificate pursuant to regulation 9(1) for an engine type or an engine family if - 

(i) the engine does not meet the requirements specified in these Regulations; and

(ii) the emissions of gaseous and particulate pollutants from the engine do not comply with the limit values set out in the table in section 4.1.2.3 of Annex 1.

    (2) Where the engine is - 

(a) a constant speed CI engine; and

(b) has an engine power output falling within category D, E, F or G;

the approval authority shall not, on or after the 31st December 2006, issue a type approval certificate pursuant to regulation 9(1) for an engine type or an engine family if - 

(i) the engine does not meet the requirements specified in these Regulations; and

(ii) the emissions of gaseous and particulate pollutants from the engine do not comply with the limit values set out in the table in paragraph 4.1.2.3 of Annex 1.

    (3) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), where the engine is a SI engine, the approval authority shall not, after the 1st September 2004, issue a type approval certificate pursuant to regulation 9(1) for an engine type or an engine family if - 

(a) the engine does not meet the requirements specified in these Regulations; and

(b) the emissions of gaseous pollutants from the engine do not comply with the limit values set out in the table in section 4.2.2.1 of Annex 1.

    (4) Subject to regulation 15, where the engine is - 

(a) a SI engine which falls within the class set out in the first column of the table to this regulation; and

(b) is not manufactured by a small volume engine manufacturer;

the approval authority shall not, after the date specified in the second column of the table, issue a type approval certificate pursuant to regulation 9(1) for an engine type or engine family if - 

(i) the engine does not meet the requirements specified in these Regulations; and

(ii) the emissions of gaseous pollutants from the engine do not comply with the limit values set out in the table in section 4.2.2.2 of Annex 1.

    (5) Subject to regulation 15, where the engine is - 

(a) a SI engine which falls within the class set out in the first column of the table to this regulation; and

(b) is manufactured by a small volume engine manufacturer;

the approval authority shall not, after the date specified in the third column of the table, issue a type approval certificate pursuant to regulation 9(1) for an engine type or engine family if - 

(i) the engine does not meet the requirements specified in these Regulations; and

(ii) the emissions of gaseous pollutants from the engine do not comply with the limit values set out in the table in section 4.2.2.2 of Annex 1.



Class	Date	Date for small volume engine manufacturers
Classes SN:1 and SN:2	1st August 2004	1st August 2007
Class SN:4	1st August 2006	1st August 2009
Classes SH:1, SH:2 and SN:3	1st August 2007	1st August 2010
Class SH:3	1st August 2008	1st August 2011"

(a) on or before the 31st December 2004, an intermittent speed CI engine within Category F with a production date on or before the 31st December 2002, which does not comply with the limit values set out in the table in section 4.1.2.3 of Annex 1;

(b) on or before the 31st December 2005, an intermittent speed CI engine within Category G with a production date on or before the 31st December 2003, which does not comply with the limit values set out in the table in section 4.1.2.3 of Annex 1;

so long as the engine complies with the limit values set out in the table in section 4.1.2.1 of Annex 1.

    (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 4(2)(f), a manufacturer may place on the market on or before the 11th February 2007, a SI engine with a production date or on before the 11th February 2005 which does not comply with the limit values set out in the table in section 4.2.2.1 of Annex 1.

    (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 4(2)(g), a manufacturer may place on the market the following engines which do not comply with the limit values set out in the table in section 4.2.2.2 of Annex 1 - 

(a) on or before the 1st February 2007, a SI engine within Classes SN:1 and SN:2 with a production date on or before the 1st February 2005;

(b) on or before the 1st February 2009, a SI engine within Class SN:4 with a production date on or before the 1st February 2007;

(c) on or before the 1st February 2010, a SI engine within Classes SH:1, SH:2 and SN:3 with a production date on or before the 1st February 2008; and

(d) on or before the 1st February 2011, a SI engine within Class SH:3 with a production date on or before the 1st February 2009.".

(a) comply with the limit values that the engine to be replaced had to meet when the engine was originally placed on the market;

(b) be type approved, if the engine to be replaced had type approval, and conform to the requirements of that type approval;

(c) have affixed to it markings in accordance with regulation 11(1), including the type approval number; and

(d) have the text "REPLACEMENT ENGINE" attached to a label on the engine or inserted into the owner's manual.".

(a) engines produced directly or indirectly on behalf of and for use only by the armed services; and

(b) replacement engines which comply with regulation 7A.

    (2) The requirements of regulations 4(2)(a),(b) and (c) shall not apply to engines approved by the competent approval authorities in another member State in accordance with Directive 97/68/EC which - 

(a) conform to the requirements of the approval; and

(b) which have affixed to them the markings as defined in section 3 of Annex 1, including the type approval number.

    (3) Subject to paragraph (5), the requirements of regulations 4(2)(g) and 6(4) shall be replaced by the requirements of regulations 4(2)(f) and 6(3) for an engine which - 

(a) falls within a small volume engine family; and

(b) is not manufactured by a small volume engine manufacturer;

so long as the engine family which is intending to benefit from this exemption has a different cylinder displacement from any engine family which has been manufactured by the same manufacturer and which has already benefited from the exemption.

    (4) Subject to paragraph (5), the requirements of regulations 4(2)(h) and 6(5) shall be replaced by the requirements of regulations 4(2)(f) and 6(3) for an engine which - 

(a) falls within a small volume engine family; and

(b) is manufactured by a small volume engine manufacturer;

so long as the engine family which is intending to benefit from this exemption has a different cylinder displacement from any engine family which has been manufactured by the same manufacturer and which has already benefited from the exemption.

    (5) The total number of engines being exempted in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4) shall not exceed 25,000 per engine family in any one calendar year.

    (6) The machinery listed in paragraph 7 of article 9a of Directive 97/68/EC which is not manufactured by a small volume engine manufacturer shall be exempt from the requirements of regulations 4(2)(g) and 6(4) for three years (from the date applicable to the class of engine specified in column 2 of the table to regulation 4) so long as the engine complies with the requirements of regulation 4(2)(f).

    (7) The machinery listed in paragraph 7 of article 9a of Directive 97/68/EC which is manufactured by a small volume engine manufacturer shall be exempt from the requirements of regulations 4(2)(h) and 6(5) for three years (from the date applicable to the class of engine specified in column 3 of the table to regulation 4) so long as the engine complies with the requirements of regulation 4(2)(f).".

(a) the manufacturer must submit an application to the approval authority before the relevant final date in regulation 7(1)(a) or (b);

(b) the application must include a list of those new CI engines which remain unsold or have not been placed on the market before the final date and must specify the technical or economic reasons on which the application is based;

(c) the CI engines must conform to a type or family for which the type approval is no longer valid, or which did not require type approval at the time of production, but which have been produced before the production date set out in regulation 7(1)(a) or (b);

(d) the CI engines must have been physically stored within the European Community between the production date and the final date set out in regulation 7(1)(a) or (b) for that particular category;

(e) the maximum number of new CI engines of one or more types placed on the market in the United Kingdom under this exemption must not exceed 10 per cent of the new engines of all types concerned placed on the market in the United Kingdom during the previous calendar year.