(fra kommisjonsforordningen)

(1) Pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1242, the Commission is required to collect data on the real-world fuel consumption and energy consumption of heavy-duty vehicles that are recorded by on-board fuel and electric energy consumption monitoring devices as provided for in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2161 (2).

(2) To ensure the regular collection of real-world data pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1242, while minimising the administrative burden of this procedure, real-world fuel and energy consumption data should be collected as part of the roadworthiness tests already performed in accordance with Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (3).

(3) To allow the collection of real-world data, the bodies or establishments referred to in Article 4(2) of Directive 2014/45/EU should be equipped with the necessary tools to read out the data recorded by on-board fuel and electric energy consumption monitoring devices. The collection of real-world data should commence from the moment vehicles equipped with such devices are required to undergo roadworthiness testing in accordance with Article 5 of Directive 2014/45/EU, which is as of 1 July 2028. To support the timely implementation of the data collection, Member States may, on a voluntary basis, collect those data prior to that date.

(4) To ensure that the Commission can assess the real-world representativeness of the CO2 emissions and energy consumption values, Member States should report data relating to the real-world CO2 emissions and energy consumption of heavy-duty vehicles to the Commission, collected in the preceding reporting period, using the data transmission procedures provided by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The Commission and the EEA should take appropriate steps to protect the confidentiality of the obtained information.

(5) Real-world data on fuel and energy consumption should be collected together with the vehicle’s identification number (VIN). While the VIN is assigned to the vehicle to ensure that the vehicle is properly identified, it also constitutes personal data, within the meaning of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) (the GDPR), of a natural person, as regards someone who reasonably has means enabling them to associate the VIN with a specific person such as the owner of the vehicle or the person who may use that vehicle on a legal basis other than that of owner.

(6) Any processing of personal data under this implementing regulation should be subject to the applicability of the GDPR and of the EUDPR (5). The processing of the real-world data and VINs from heavy-duty vehicles for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 should be considered lawful pursuant to Article 6(1), point (c), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. Controllers should use secure means of communication, and vehicle owners should be adequately informed.

(7) The time period should be specified for which that data is to be retained by the different entities involved in the collection and reporting. As the objective is to follow the evolution of the real-world performance of the vehicle over its estimated lifetime, data should be retained by the EEA for a period of 20 years. Other entities collecting and reporting data should hold the data only for a six-month period following the data transmission to the EEA.

(8) The European Data Protection Supervisor was consulted in accordance with Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 and delivered an opinion on 12 July 2026.

(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Climate Change Committee.