BAKGRUNN (fra kommisjonsbeslutningen)

(1) In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/631, the Commission is required to determine, each year, the average specific emissions of CO2 and the specific emissions target for each manufacturer or pool of manufacturers responsible for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles registered in the Union.

(2) The calculation of the average specific emissions of CO2 and the specific emissions targets for the calendar year 2023 is to be based on the reporting authorities’ detailed data regarding the registrations of new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles during that calendar year.

(3) All reporting authorities transmitted their data for the calendar year 2023 to the Commission. However, in some cases they did so with certain delays in relation to the reporting deadline of 28 February 2024. Where, as a result of the verification of the data by the Commission, it was evident that certain data were missing or manifestly incorrect, the Commission has contacted the reporting authorities concerned and, subject to their agreement, adjusted or completed the data accordingly. Where no agreement could be reached with a reporting authority, the provisional data transmitted by that reporting authority was not adjusted.

(4) On 10 June 2024, the Commission published the provisional data. On 11 June 2024, the Commission notified 103 manufacturers of passenger cars and 72 manufacturers of light commercial vehicles, as well as the respective pools, of the provisional calculations of their average specific emissions of CO2 and their specific emissions targets for the calendar year 2023.

(5) 52 manufacturers of passenger cars and 38 manufacturers of light commercial vehicles notified the Commission of errors in their data, in accordance with Article 7(5), first subparagraph of Regulation (EU) 2019/631. The Commission has verified the errors notified by the manufacturers and the reasons for their correction.

(6) For 2 manufacturers of passenger cars and 1 manufacturer of light commercial vehicles, all vehicles reported in the provisional dataset were outside the scope of Regulation (EU) 2019/631 and they are therefore not included in this Decision.

(7) As a result, the Commission could establish the values relating to the performance of 101 manufacturers of passenger cars and 71 manufacturers of light commercial vehicles for the calendar year 2023.

(8) In accordance with Article 2(4) of Regulation (EU) 2019/631, manufacturers which, together with all of their connected undertakings, are responsible for fewer than 1 000 new passenger cars or for fewer than 1 000 new light commercial vehicles registered in the Union in the previous calendar year, are exempted from meeting a specific emissions target. As vehicles registered by such manufacturers fall within the scope of the Regulation, it is appropriate to calculate and indicate their average specific emissions of CO2 as well as the number of new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles registered, for which those manufacturers are responsible.

(9) Records marked with error code B pursuant to Article 6(2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/392 (2), should be included in the calculation of the specific emissions targets and the average specific emissions of CO2, as the vehicles could be correctly attributed to a manufacturer. However, as manufacturers cannot fully identify these vehicles, it is appropriate to apply an error margin when determining the distance to target of the manufacturer concerned, which improves the manufacturer’s position regarding its specific emissions target.

(10) Where the distance to target of a manufacturer or a pool of manufacturers is above zero, an excess emissions premium is to be imposed in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2019/631. That is the case for 3 manufacturers of passenger cars and 1 manufacturer of light commercial vehicles,