Article 1 1.

This Regulation sets CO2 emissions performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles. Those standards contribute to achieving the Union’s climate-neutrality objective and the intermediate Union climate targets, as laid down in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 1 ), Member States’ targets of reducing their greenhouse gas emissions, as laid down in Regulation (EU) 2023/857 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 2 ), and the objectives of the Paris Agreement, as well as to ensuring the proper functioning of the internal market.