(fra kommisjonsforordningen)

(1) Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2024/1257 contains a table for the conditions for testing compliance with brake particle emission limits (Table 4). In that table, the testing conditions for light-duty vehicles currently require testing in accordance with UN Global Technical Regulation No. 24 on Laboratory Measurement of Brake Emissions for Light-Duty Vehicles . 

(2) Latest technological progress and developments are reflected in the new UN Regulation No. 179 on the Laboratory Measurement of Brake Emissions for LightDuty Vehicles. They are based on the data collected when testing ‘Euro 7’ brakes, and include notably further harmonisation and improvement of the testing environment; high-precision measurement of PM10, PM2.5, and particle numbers; testing of new technologies such as brakes equipped with passive or active emissionreduction filters and calculation of brake emissions for the entire vehicle. It is therefore appropriate to amend the requirement in Table 4 in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2024/1257 to replace the reference to UN Global Technical Regulation No. 24 with a reference to UN Regulation No. 179 on the Laboratory Measurement of Brake Emissions for Light-Duty Vehicles 

(3) Considering that UN Regulation No. 179 on the Laboratory Measurement of Brake Emissions comprehensively covers light-duty vehicle categories, this Regulation should align with it to effectively harmonise standards and apply to vehicles of categories M1 and N1, as well as Euro 7ext vehicles, in accordance with Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1257. 

(4) Regulation (EU) 2024/1257 should therefore be amended accordingly