101 UK Brexit Notes

Connemara Programme October 16 2018 pg. 120 As is the situation now, manufacturers would then have 3 months to inform the DfT about any anomalies within the data. After this period, the DfT would then notify manufacturers of the final data and issue any ‘excess emissions premiums’ that are applicable at the same rate as currently issued. Pooling As is the situation now, manufacturers would have the ability to group together and pool their UK registrations. Whilst the mechanism would be available to all vehicle manufacturers, it is most often used by manufacturing groups that are composed of multiple manufacturers in order to bring all or some of the group’s registrations under one target. Manufacturers would have to provide the DfT with certain information if they wished to pool their UK registrations. Derogations As is the situation now, vehicle manufacturers making less than a certain level of new vehicle registrations per calendar year would have the ability to apply for a derogation from the overall target. This allows smaller manufacturers, which may not have the same ability to reduce carbon emissions as quickly as major manufacturers, to receive a target from DfT that allows them to reduce carbon emissions in a more proportional manner. Manufacturers wishing to apply for a derogation would need to apply to DfT in advance. Eco-innovations As is the situation now, manufacturers or suppliers would be able to apply for CO2 ‘credits’ for innovative vehicle technologies that contribute towards CO2 reductions but that are not part of CO2 test procedures. Technologies that are currently approved as eco-innovations would continue to be recognised as such by the DfT. Registrations in the EU These regulations work on the basis of where the vehicle is registered rather than where it is manufactured. Vehicle registrations in the UK, up to and including the 29th March 2019 will continue to be captured by EU Regulations 443/2009 and 510/2011 as they will have occurred within an EU Member State. Any registrations occurring in the UK after EU exit will instead be covered by the domestic regulations. New cars and vans that are registered after EU exit within the EU, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein would continue to be captured by EU Regulations 443/2009 and 510/2011, provided that they meet and fall under the scope of type-approval requirements. Similarly, any new cars or vans registered in the UK after EU exit would be subject to the UK-specific regulations regardless of their manufacturing location. Again this would be subject to falling within the scope of new car and van CO2 regulations and meetin g type-approval requirements .