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:

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.

1.   The methodology referred to in Article 3(2), point (c), and, where applicable, the associated simplified methodology referred to in Article 3(3), shall provide results in terms of CO2 savings that are verifiable, repeatable and reproducible.

2.   The methodology referred to in Article 3(2), point (c), of this Regulation shall:

3.   The simplified methodology referred to in Article 3(3) shall provide results in terms of CO2 savings that are lower or equal to those determined using the associated methodology referred to in Article 3(2), point (c), including any possible interactions with other approved eco-innovations.

4.   In the case of pre-defined CO2 savings values proposed in accordance with Article 3(3), those values shall be lower or equal to the CO2 savings determined in accordance with the methodology referred to in Article 3(2), point (c).

1.   In the verification report referred to in Article 3(2), point (d), of this Regulation, the independent and certified body shall:

2.   Where the application concerns an innovative technology already covered by an existing approval decision, paragraph 1, points (b) to (f), may be substituted by references to such approval decision.

1.   Within 10 working days from receiving an eco-innovation application, the Commission shall notify the applicant whether or not the application is considered complete. The Commission may invite the applicant to provide additional elements to complete its application and shall notify the applicant within 10 working days from receipt of such additional elements whether or not the application is considered complete.

2.   If the applicant fails to provide the missing information within the deadline set by the Commission, the application shall be considered to have been withdrawn.

3.   Once it has found an application to be complete, the Commission shall proceed with its assessment. Where the Commission finds that the methodologies referred to in Article 3 do not fulfil the requirements as set out in Article 4, it may adjust the methodologies or propose other methodologies than the ones proposed by the applicant. In such cases, the applicant shall be consulted.

4.   Within 9 months from receipt of a complete eco-innovation application, the Commission shall issue an approval decision if it concludes that the verification report referred to in Article 3(2), point (d), fulfils the requirements set out in Article 5. If it does not so conclude, the Commission shall notify the applicant of the refusal of the application and provide justifications.

5.   The 9-month period referred to in paragraph 4 may be extended by up to 5 months where the Commission finds that, because of the complexity of the innovative technology or the accompanying methodology, the eco-innovation application cannot be appropriately assessed within 9 months.

In this case, the Commission shall, within 30 working days from receipt of the complete eco-innovation application, notify the applicant of the extended deadline.

6.   The approval decision shall specify the information required for the determination of the CO2 savings in accordance with Article 7.

7.   The Commission may, at any time, amend an approval decision on its own initiative, in particular to take into account technical progress.

1.   A manufacturer wishing to benefit from a reduction of its average specific CO2 emissions by means of the CO2 savings from an eco-innovation shall proceed in accordance with Annex XII to Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 and refer to the approval decision.

2.   The approval authority referred to in Annex XII to Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 shall determine the CO2 savings of the eco-innovation in accordance with Article 30 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, using a methodology set out in the approval decision.

3.   Where the CO2 savings for an individual vehicle are less than 0,5 g/km, the CO2 savings shall not be considered for the purpose of type-approval and their value shall not be indicated in the Certificate of Conformity.

4.   Where vehicles are fitted with several eco-innovations, the manufacturer shall declare in the application for an EC type-approval in accordance with Annex XII to Regulation (EU) 2017/1151, whether or not interactions between the eco-innovations may affect their total CO2 savings.

If the eco-innovations have no such interactions, the CO2 savings shall be demonstrated separately for each eco-innovation and the total CO2 savings for the purpose of the certification of the vehicles shall be the sum of the CO2 savings of the individual eco-innovations.

If the eco-innovations have such interactions, the manufacturer shall provide a report from an independent and certified body on the impact of the interaction on the total savings of the eco-innovations in the vehicles, unless this impact is quantified in the approval decision.

Where, due to such interactions, the total CO2 savings are less than 0,5 g CO2/km times the number of eco-innovations installed in the vehicle, the CO2 savings shall not be considered for the purpose of type-approval and their value shall not be indicated in the Certificate of Conformity.

5.   In the case of completed vehicles related to incomplete base vehicles as defined in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, only eco-innovations fitted to the base vehicle shall be considered for the certification of CO2 savings from an eco-innovation.

1.   The Commission may verify the CO2 savings attributed to individual vehicles using a methodology laid out in the applicable approval decisions.

2.   Where it finds that there is a difference between the certified CO2 savings and the CO2 savings it has verified, the Commission shall notify the manufacturer of its findings.

The Commission may also, where it finds, or is informed of, deviations or inconsistences in the methodology or in the innovative technology in comparison to the information it had received as part of the application, notify this to the manufacturer.

The manufacturer shall, within 40 working days of receipt of the notification, provide the Commission with evidence demonstrating the accuracy of the certified CO2 savings.

3.   Where the evidence referred to in paragraph 2 is not provided within the time period referred to in paragraph 2, third subparagraph, or where it finds that the evidence provided is not satisfactory, the Commission may decide not to take the certified CO2 savings into account for the calculation of the average specific emissions of that manufacturer for all calendar years for which those certified CO2 savings were accounted for.