Article 7a Life-cycle CO2emissions

The Commission shall by 31 December 2025 publish a report setting out a methodology for the assessment and the consistent data reporting of the full life-cycle CO2 emissions of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles that are placed on the Union market. The Commission shall submit that report to the European Parliament and to the Council.

By 31 December 2025, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 17 in order to supplement this Regulation by laying down a common Union methodology for the assessment and the consistent data reporting of the full life-cycle CO2 emissions of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles.

From 1 June 2026, manufacturers may, on a voluntary basis, submit to the Commission the life-cycle CO2 emissions data for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles using the methodology referred to in paragraph 2.