4.42012 Official Journal of the European Union L 981 II (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 293/2012 of 3 April 2012 on monitoring and reporting of data on the registration of new light commercial vehicles pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2011 setting emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles as part of the Union’s integrated approach to reduce CO, emissions from light-duty vehicles (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 8(9) thereof, Whereas: (1) In accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 510/2011, Member States must every year record and transmit certain data to the Commission about new light commercial vehicles registered in their territory in the previous year. As those data are to serve as the basis for determining the specific CO, emissions target for manufacturers of new light commercial vehicles and for the assessment of whether manufacturers comply with those targets, it is necessary to harmonise the rules on the collection and reporting of those data. (20 To allow for the future inclusion in Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 of vehicles in categories M, and N, in accordance with Article 13(2) of that Regulation, data for those categories of vehicles should be recorded and transmitted to the Commission. (3) In order to assess fully whether each manufacturer complies with its specific CO, emissions target estab- lished pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 and () OJ L 145, 31.5.2011, p. 1. to gain the necessary experience from the application of that Regulation, the Commission needs detailed data at manufacturer level for each vehicle series defined by type, variant and version. Member States should therefore ensure that such data are recorded and transmitted to the Commission together with the aggregated data in accordance with Article 8(2) of that Regulation. (4)  Pursuant to Articles 18 and 26 of Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (3, a manufacturer must ensure that each new light commercial vehicle placed on the market in the Union is accompanied by a valid certificate of conformity and a Member State may not register such a vehicle unless it is accompanied by such a certificate of conformity. Therefore, the certificate of conformity should be the primary source for the information that the Member States are required to record, make available to manufacturers pursuant to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 and report to the Commission. In certain justified cases, Member States may also use information from sources other than the certificate of conformity, provided that the accuracy of those sources is equivalent to the certificate of conformity and, where necessary, that the Member States concerned put measures in place to guarantee that accuracy. (5)  The data on the registration of new light commercial vehicles should be accurate and should be processed effectively for the purpose of establishing the specific emissions target in accordance with Article 4 of Regu- lation (EU) No 510/2011. Manufacturers should therefore provide the Commission with up-to-date information on the manufacturers' names that are used on the certificates of conformity in the different Member States of registration. That information will enable the () O] L 263, 9.10.2007, p. 1.