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Abstract The introduction of actual and upcoming emission standards, move the industrial attentions from laboratory towards real-world emission performance, In-Service Conformity testing (ISC) and life-time periods. Besides advanced air management, fuel injection pattern optimization and aftertreatment systems, the goal to realize optimal and robust powertrain setting under varying operating conditions, while ensuring the proper operation of ATs is challenging and require a massive calibration effort. To accomplish this task, the present research deals with supervisory controller for the integrated engine-SCR system, also referred in literature as EGR-SCR balancing. The goal is to comply with NOx emissions limit and, at the same time, to minimize global costs over transient operating conditions. The potential of this IEM strategy is demonstrated for a typical type-approval test case. The optimization identifies the effective EGR actuation, based on the actual powertrain state, engine settings and ATs performances. The resulting control strategy optimizes the overall performance.