Euro 6

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Euro 6 is a stringent European Union vehicle emissions standard that limits pollutants such as nitrogen oxides and particulate matter from cars and light commercial vehicles.

All labels observed (7)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf European Union regulation ⓘ
vehicle emissions standard ⓘ
aimsTo reduce air pollution from road transport ⓘ
appliesTo M1 category vehicles ⓘ
N1 category vehicles ⓘ
N2 category vehicles up to a certain mass ⓘ
cars ⓘ
light commercial vehicles ⓘ
associatedWith Real Driving Emissions tests ⓘ
Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure ⓘ
comparisonWith stricter particulate number limits than Euro 5 ⓘ
stricter than Euro 5 in NOx limits for diesel vehicles ⓘ
complianceRequiredFor type approval of new light-duty vehicles in the EU ⓘ
effectiveFrom 2014 for new type approvals of light-duty vehicles ⓘ
2015 for all new registrations of light-duty vehicles ⓘ
encourages development of cleaner vehicle technologies ⓘ
enforcedBy EU member state type-approval authorities ⓘ
geographicalScope European Economic Area ⓘ
goal limit harmful exhaust emissions to protect human health ⓘ
support EU air quality targets ⓘ
hasSubcategory Euro 6a ⓘ
Euro 6b ⓘ
Euro 6c ⓘ
Euro 6d ⓘ
Euro 6d-TEMP ⓘ
linked to: Euro 6
implementedThrough type-approval testing procedures ⓘ
influences aftertreatment systems such as SCR and DPF ⓘ
vehicle design and engine technology in Europe ⓘ
introducedBy European Commission ⓘ
jurisdiction European Union ⓘ
legalBasis Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 ⓘ
Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 ⓘ
monitoredBy periodic technical inspections and market surveillance in EU member states ⓘ
partOf European emission standards ⓘ
linked to: Euro 6
predecessor Euro 5 ⓘ
regulates carbon monoxide emissions ⓘ
hydrocarbon emissions ⓘ
nitrogen oxides emissions ⓘ
particulate matter emissions ⓘ
relatedTo air quality directives in the European Union ⓘ
replaces less stringent emission limits of Euro 5 ⓘ
requires use of particulate filters on most diesel cars ⓘ
scope exhaust emissions from light-duty road vehicles ⓘ
setsLimitFor NOx emissions from diesel passenger cars ⓘ
NOx emissions from petrol passenger cars ⓘ
particulate number emissions from direct-injection petrol engines ⓘ
standardType performance-based emission limit standard ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

BMW i8 → emissionsStandard → Euro 6 ⓘ
Opel Insignia (ZB) → emissionsStandard → Euro 6 (for European diesel and petrol engines) ⓘ
subject linked to: Opel Insignia (ZB generation)
linked to: Euro 6
SEAT Ibiza → emissionsStandardCompliance → European emissions standards ⓘ
linked to: Euro 6
BMW X4 → emissionsStandard → Euro 6 (for recent European models) ⓘ
linked to: Euro 6
Euro 6 → partOf → European emission standards ⓘ
linked to: Euro 6
Euro 6 → hasSubcategory → Euro 6d-TEMP ⓘ
linked to: Euro 6
China VI → basedOn → Euro 6 emissions standard ⓘ
linked to: Euro 6