Environmental Regulations

Worldwide gas emissions and fuel consumption regulations (data by Ricardo)

Emission Standards	Worldwide Emission Standards Timeline			PV&LDT (Updated on 15 Dec. 2011)
	Europe	EU	EU Countries	PV&LDT (Updated on 8 Dec. 2011)
			Finland	PV&LDT (Updated on 7 Sep. 2011)
		Non-EU	Switzerland	All Vehicles
			Turkey	All Vehicles
			Iceland	PV, Van, and other vehicles
			Norway	PV&LDT
	Americas	North America	USA	PV Federal (Updated on 28 Sep. 2011)
				PV&LDT CA State (Updated on 11 Apr. 2011)
				All Vehicles North Eastern States
				Air Quality CA State
			Canada	PV&LDT
		South America	Brazil	PV&LDT (Updated on 28 Jun. 2011)
			Mexico	PV&LDT
	Asia	East Asia	China	PV&LDT (Updated on 11 Apr. 2011)
				HDV (Updated on 8 Apr. 2011)
			Japan	PV
			Korea	Diesel Engine Vehicles
				Gasoline and Gas Powered Vehicles
		South East Asia	Thailand	PV&LDT
			Indonesia	General
		South Asia	India	PV&LDT (Updated on 3 Aug. 2011)
	UN/ECE			Table of amended regulations
Fuel Economy / CO2	Europe	EU	EU Countries	General
	Americas	North America	USA	Federal (Updated on 1 Dec. 2011)
				CA State (Updated on 7 Feb. 2011)
			Canada	General (Updated on 7 Feb. 2011)
	Asia	East Asia	China	General (Updated on 8 Nov. 2011)
	UN/ECE			Table of amended regulations
Noise	UN/ECE			Table of amended regulations
Incentives for Clean Vehicles			France
Supplemental Information	Test cycles
	Vehicle Class Category (EU)
	Vehicle Class Category (US)

Updated Log

Date	Regulation	Region	Updated Summaries
February 3, 2012	Fuel Economy /CO2	Europe (All)	1) Regulation of CO2 emission from LCVs was enacted in May 2011. 2) Regulation of CO2 emission from Passenger car s is updated. 3) In November 2011 EU commission reported intention to develop the methodology for controlling fuel economy / CO2 emissions from heavy duty vehicles by2014．
December 15, 2011	Emission Standard	Worldwide Emission Standards Timeline	Re-posted timeline for passenger car and light commercial vehicle.
December 8, 2011	Emission Standard	Europe (EU contries) Passenger Car + LD	1. Amendments of Euro6 Emission Limits. 2. Revised Proposal for Final and Preliminary OBD Thresholds for Euro 6.
December 1, 2011	Fuel Economy /CO2	USA （Federal）	Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles are newly effective from 14 November 2011.
November 8, 2011	Emission Standard	Europe (EU contries) Passenger Car + LD	1. Proposal of preliminary threshold limits and applicable dates for Euro 6 OBD is added. 2. Changed the unit of emission regulations on Euro 5 and Euro 6 from "g/km" to "mg/km".
November 8, 2011	Fuel Economy /CO2	China （All）	1. Phase 3 Fuel consumption standards are proposed in form of Corporate Average Fuel Consumption for Light Duty Vehicles from 2012. 2. Fuel efficiency limits are proposed for Heavy Duty Vehicles.
September 28, 2011	Emission Standard	USA （Federal）Passenger Car + LD	1. Section of OBD Limits is integrated into Emission Regulation. 2. Detailed description of FTP and SFTP are added. 3. EPA notice regarding development of Tier 3 in 2010. 4. Section of Emission Durability requirements and CAP2000 are added. 5. General update of Exhaust Emission and Evaporative Emission.
September 16, 2011	Emission Standard	Europe (Non-EU, Turkey)All vehicles	1. Update of Turkey's application for EU membership. 2. Euro 4 requirements for gasoline and diesel vehicles with OBD from 2007. 3. EU Non-road Mobile Machinery Engine Emissions Directive has been transposed into Turkish law. 4. Motorcycle regulation is added. 5. Sulphur contents reduction in fuel will be introduced in 2008.
September 7, 2011	Fuel Economy /CO2	USA （Federal）	President Obama proposed new fleet average fuel economy standards of 54.5 mpg by 2025.
September 7, 2011	Emission Standard	Europe (EU contries) Passenger Car + LD	1. Summary of Euro 6 Implementation Stages with Table 6 are added, subsequent eleven tables are counted table-number up as "Table 7 - Table 17" with the inserted new Table 6. 2. Alternative certification for small volume manufacturer- Euro 5 & 6 is added. 3. Particulate Number Measurement Equipment is added. 4. Technical feasibility of Euro 6 OBD Threshold Limits on particle number and Oxidation Catalysts shall be assessed by 1-9-2014.
September 7, 2011	Emission Standard	Europe (EU, Finland) Passenger Car + LD	Impose a registration tax and an annual circulation tax according to CO2 emissions.
August 3, 2011	Emission Standard	India Passenger Car + LD	1. Introduction of Bharat Stage III & IV. 2. Introduction of OBD I & II.
June 28, 2011	Emission Standard	Brazil Passenger Car + LD	1. Introduction of PROCONVE (=Euro5) and OBD Br-2. 2. Addition of Evaporative Emission Regulation.
June 29, 2011	Emission Standard	Europe (EU contries) Passenger Car + LD	General update of the entry including revised Euro 6 OBD requirements.
April 11, 2011	Emission Standards	China Passenger Car + LD	Delay of China 4 implementation for diesel vehicles by two years due to the lack of diesel fuel containing less than 50 ppm sulphur.
March 31, 2011	Emission Standard	USA (CA) Passenger Car + LD	1. Euro 4 is enforced in countrywide in 2010. 2. Euro 5 will be Introduced to Beijing in 2012. 3. Updated Beijing Vehicle ＆ Traffic Bans.
April 8, 2011	Emission Standard	ChinaHD	1. Prediction of Euro 4 & 5 introduction. 2. Full-fledged revision.
February 7, 2011	Emission Standard	China Passenger Car + LD	1. Euro 4 is enforced in countrywide in 2010. 2. Euro 5 will be Introduced to Beijing in 2012. 3. Updated Beijing Vehicle ＆ Traffic Bans.
February 7, 2011	Fuel Economy /CO2	Canada	1. GHG (CO2, N2O, CH4) Regulation for Passengers and Light Duty Trucks 2012MY onwards ; Published 2. GHG (CO2, N2O, CH4) Regulation for Heavy Duty Trucks 2014MY onwards ; Proposed
February 7, 2011	Fuel Economy /CO2	USA (CA)	1. LEV II Greenhouse Gas Standards is added. 2. LEV III is proposed. 3. Low Carbon Fuel Standards is added.
January 31, 2011	Emission StandardFuel Economy /CO2	General	Updated "Worldwide Emission Standards Timeline" for PC & LD of worldeide new cars.
January 31, 2011	Fuel Economy /CO2	USA （Federal）	1. CO2,CH4,N2O,CAFE standards for Passengers and Light Duty tricks, 2012 - 2016MY ; Published, 2017 - 2025MY ; Proposed 2. CO2,CH4,N2O,CAFE standards for Heavy Duty Trucks, 2014MY onwards ; Proposed 3. Additional explanation for the historical standards.

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