Article 3 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2767

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Article 3Eco-innovation application#

1.An applicant shall submit its application for the approval of an innovative technology as an eco-innovation (‘eco-innovation application’) to the Commission by email. If the supporting data cannot be sent by email, it shall be sent on an electronic data carrier or uploaded to a server accessible by the Commission.

2.An eco-innovation application shall include the following:

(a)the contact details of the applicant;

(b)a description of the innovative technology, the way it is fitted on a vehicle, the vehicle category (i.e. M1 or N1), propulsion type (i.e. pure ICE vehicle, NOVC-HEV or OVC-HEV), the type of fuel and the fuel mode covered;

(c)a proposal for a methodology to demonstrate the CO₂ savings of the innovative technology or, where such methodology is already set out in an existing approval decision, a reference to such methodology;

(d)a verification report.

3.Notwithstanding paragraph 2, point (c), the applicant may also include in its application a simplified methodology associated with the methodology referred to in paragraph 2, point (c), or pre-defined CO₂ savings values.

4.Where the applicant is a group of manufacturers or suppliers, and where required for reasons related to confidentiality or competition, several verification reports may be provided by the members of the applicant group for different sets of data supporting the same application.