Article 14 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1707

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Article 14OBM monitoring status and eligibility of vehicles for in-service conformity checks#

1.Vehicles with at least one OBM monitoring status referred to in Article 5 set to ‘Error’ shall not be eligible for in-service conformity testing of exhaust emissions in accordance with Article 10 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1706. Exhaust emissions in-service conformity tests where at least one OBM monitoring status transitions to ‘Error’ after the test shall be void.

2.During in-service conformity testing of exhaust emissions in accordance with Article 10 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1706, the following shall be considered as warning signals that may suggest malfunctioning in accordance with point 8.3.2 of UN Regulation No 168^note:

(a)the presence of one or more OBM monitoring statuses set to ‘Error’ as referred to in Article 5(1), point (c);

(b)the presence of one or more ongoing OBD faults for which a malfunction indicator is active;

(c)other faults that are apparent from a visual inspection of the vehicle prior to the trip.

3.Vehicles with at least one OBM monitoring status set to ‘Error’ prior to testing shall not be eligible for in-service conformity checks of the OBM system. Such vehicles shall, however, be eligible to perform a verification in accordance with Article 15.

4.Vehicles with at least one monitoring status set to ‘Intermediate’ prior to testing shall be eligible for in-service conformity testing of exhaust emissions in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1706 and for in-service conformity checks of the OBM system in accordance with Annex IV of this Regulation, provided that a pre-conditioning procedure described in point 4.6 of that Annex is performed.