Euro and emissions standards

The Euro standards ensure that every 4 to 5 years, the new vehicles produced are cleaner. The dates from which these standards apply are given in the table below, and give a guide to what emissions standard your vehicle will be, depending on when it was manufactured. It will only give a guide, as some vehicle models met standards earlier than they were legally required to, and a few small production models were given extensions.

             
All dates listed in the tables refer to new type approvals (i.e. new models of vehicles that have not been produced before). All vehicles need to meet the standards a year after the date given.

How to find the emissions standard of your vehicle

Enhanced environmentally friendly vehicle or EEV is a term used in the European emission standards for the definition of a "clean vehicle" over 3.5 tonne in the category M2 and M3. The emission standards for an EEV are between Euro 5 and 6.

The "Euro Standards" are sometimes referred to as Euro I to VI for heavy duty vehicles, and Euro 1 to 5 for light duty vehicles. We have referred to them throughout as Euro 1 to 6 for both heavy and light duty vehicles.

Further information on emissions standards can be found elsewhere, for example on dieselnet.