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Gas vehicles would therefore fall into the positive ignition category. The Regulation hasbeen amended to reflect this clarification.In terms of biofuels, it is most likely that these will be blended in certain quantities intopetrol and diesel and used in conventional petrol and diesel vehicles. At this stage ofdevelopment of the supply of these fuels it is unnecessary to develop separate emissionstandards.The scope of the Regulation is set out in Article 2 of the draft Regulation, this highlightsthat it applies to all vehicles equipped with positive ignition engines. A change has beenmade to clarify the situation with regard to gas vehicles.The emission limits set out in Table 1 apply to all vehicles which are subject to thelaboratory test that measures tailpipe emissions (Type 1 Test). This test is restricted tovehicles with a maximum mass of less than 3.5 tonnes due to the nature of the testequipment required. The emission limits for M vehicles thus apply to M 2 vehicles whichare able to be type approved under this regulation and have a maximum mass below 3.5tonnes. The designation on the table of M category vehicles is therefore correct.…42