Euro 5 reduced pollution vehicles
"Following the Chancellor's 2007 Budget announcement Heavy Goods Vehicles and Buses fitted with a Euro 5 engine with Nitrous Oxides (NOx) sensing and torque limitation can benefit from a Reduced Pollution Certificate from 1 October 2007. The concessionary rates of Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) are the same as for vehicles registered prior to 1 October 2006 which have a current RPC and according to the various weight or seating capacity bands. The enabling legislation is the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment)(No 3) Regulations 2007 SI 2007 no 2553.
Euro 5 vehicles registered after 1 October 2006 which do not have the necessary NOx control and torque limitation will remain ineligible for the RPC scheme. Environmentally Enhanced Vehicles (EEVs) with NOx sensing and torque control systems registered after that date will be accepted for the scheme as the EEV emission standard exceeds Euro 5 but those EEVs without NOx sensing and torque control will not.
Compliance with the new "Euro 5 plus NOx" RPC scheme will initially be established by manufacturer declaration that vehicles have emissions systems type approved to the necessary standard and provision of appropriate type-approval reference detail. Vehicle operators and dealers who believe they have compliant vehicles should contact the homologation department of the relevant vehicle manufacturer or main import concessionaire to obtain a VOSA Declaration of Conformity for a Euro 5 RPC containing engine type-approval information for the specific vehicle(s). The same form may also be used for compliant EEVs.
The Declaration of Conformity is combined with an application form for first RPC. Applicant details should be added and the completed form should be submitted to VOSA Central Processing Services at Swansea together with the fee for an RPC examination without associated test (currently £28). A first RPC will then be issued from the Swansea office. Applications to VOSA will also cover vehicles to be registered in Northern Ireland . There will not be a requirement for vehicles to be examined at a VOSA or DVA testing station and applications should not be made to testing stations for first RPCs of eligible vehicles. Eligible vehicles that are registered prior to 1 October 2007 may also benefit from this concession but RPCs issued will not take effect until 1 October 2007 or later. Second and subsequent certificates for compliant vehicles will require a physical RPC examination at a testing station using a test process to be developed in conjunction with manufacturers.
Euro 5 and EEV RPCs should be presented to DVLA or DVA as appropriate in same way as usual when applying for the RPC concessionary VED rate."
