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Consultation Outcome Published 7 Jun 2018 Department for Transport ↗ View on GOV.UK

Road vehicles: improving air quality and safety

Regulations for implementing EU emissions and safety rules, including new fuel consumption testing, and supply of defeat device penalties.

Opened 2 Feb 2018
Closed 2 Mar 2018
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The draft regulations include:

  • new penalties for supplying a vehicle with a defeat device
  • a new laboratory test procedure (WLTP) for measuring fuel consumption
  • revised emissions and safety standards for specialist and converted vehicles
  • stricter end of series derogations