applicantmeans a manufacturer or supplier, or a group of manufacturers or suppliers, submitting an eco-innovation application;
approval decisionmeans a Commission Implementing Decision on the approval of an innovative technology as an eco-innovation;
baseline vehiclemeans a vehicle not fitted with the innovative technology but that is in all other aspects identical to the eco-innovation vehicle, or a baseline technology as a stand-alone component.
eco-innovationmeans an innovative technology accompanied by a testing methodology that has been approved by the Commission in accordance with this Regulation;
eco-innovation vehiclemeans a vehicle fitted with the innovative technology, or the innovative technology as a standalone component;
independent and certified bodymeans a category A or B technical service referred to in Article 68(1), points (a) and (b), of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council meeting the requirements set out in Articles 69 and 70 of that Regulation and that is not an in-house technical service of a manufacturer;
innovative technologymeans a technology that has been fitted in 3 % or less of all new passenger cars registered in the Union in the year n-4 for applications related to passenger cars or in 3 % or less of all new light commercial vehicles registered in the Union in the year n-4 for applications related to light commercial vehicles, with n being the year of application, or a combination of such technologies with similar technical features and characteristics and for which the CO2 savings can be demonstrated using one methodology;
specific test conditionsmeans test conditions that are set out for the purpose of demonstrating the CO2 savings of the innovative technology with strong statistical significance and that are not set out in Regulation (EU) 2017/1151;
suppliermeans the manufacturer of an innovative technology responsible for ensuring conformity of production, its authorised representative in the Union, or the importer;