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THE
PRIME MINISTER
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence
- Freedom - Happiness
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No.
249/2005/QD-TTg
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Ha
Noi, October 10, 2005
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DECISION
SETTING THE ROADMAP FOR APPLICATION OF
EMISSION STANDARDS TO ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES
THE PRIME MINISTER
At the proposal of the
Minister of Transport.
DECIDES:
Article 1 - Purposes
To implement the roadmap for
application of emission standards to road motor vehicle with a view to managing
and controlling sources of exhaust gas emitted from the operation of road motor
vehicles; limiting the increase of air pollution, step by step improving and
raising the quality of the air environment in general and the air environment
in urban centers in particular; and at the same time to implement the Agreement
on Technical Barriers to Trade, approved under the Prime Minister's Decision No. 444/2005/QD - TTg of May 26, 2005.
Article 2 - Scope of
regulation
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1. Mopeds being two - or three -
wheeled vehicles operated by an engine with a maximum design speed not
exceeding 50 km/h, or a working cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cm3 if the
motion - driving engine is a heat one.
2. Motorcycles being two - or
three - wheeled vehicles operated by an engine with a maximum design speed
exceeding 50 km/h, or with a working cylinder capacity of over 50 cm3 if the
motion-driving engine is a heat one.
3. Vehicle similar to moped or
motorcycles, including motor vehicles for people with disabilities.
4. Light automobiles being
automobiles with a total weigh not exceeding 3,500 kg.
5. Heavy automobiles being
automobiles with a total weigh of over 3,500 kg.
Article 3 - Subjects of
application
This Decision
applies to organizations and individuals that manufacture, assemble, import and
use motor vehicle, except for special - use motor vehicles of military and
public security forces in service of defense or security purposes under
regulations of the Defense Ministry and the Public security Ministry.
Article 4 - Emission
standard limit
The emission standard limit is
the maximum limit of exhaust gas motor vehicles may emit into the environment.
The "Euro 2" limit is one of the limits of the European Emission
Standards (hereinafter referred to as Euro standards), specifying the permitted
maximum emission limit applicable to manufactured, assembled or imported brand
- new motor vehicles (brand - new vehicles are those manufactured, assemble or
imported which have not yet been put to use), as provided for by the European
Union and in relevant Vietnamese standards.
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1. For motor vehicles defined in
Article 2 of this Decision which are
manufactured, assembled or imported as brand - new ones, the emission standard
limit according to the Vietnamese standard equivalent to the Euro 2 limit must
be applied to each kind of vehicle as from July 1, 2007.
2. For motor vehicles whose
quality technical safety and environmental protection are certified before July
1, 2007, but have not yet been manufactured or assembled, the emission standard
limit according to the Vietnamese standard equivalent to the Euro 2 limit shall
apply to each kind of vehicle as from July 1, 2008.
Article 6 - Roadmap for
application of emission standard limits to imported second - hand motor
vehicles
For second - hand motor vehicles
imported into Vietnam, emission standard limits must be applied according to
the following regulations as from July 1, 2006.
1. Vehicles fitted with spark
ignition engines (petrol and liquefied petroleum gas - LPG engines and the
like):
a. For mopeds and motorcycles
and the like, including motor vehicles used for people with disabilities, limit
2 in the Appendix to this Decision must be
applied.
b. For automobiles of all kinds,
limit 3 in the Appendix to this Decision must
be applied.
2. For vehicles fitted with
compression ignition engines (diesel engines and the like), limit 2 in the
Appendix to this Decision must be applied.
Article 7 - Roadmap for
application of emission standard limits to in-service automobiles
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2. For in-service automobiles
having number plates of the remaining provinces and cities, which are fitted
with spark ignition engines or compression ignition engines, limit 1
corresponding each kind of engine provided for in the Appendix to this Decision must be applied as from July 1, 2008.
Article 8 - Organization
of implementation
1. Provinces and centrally - run
cities that have large numbers of motor vehicles registered for circulation may
propose the Prime Minister to permit the shortening of the roadmap or the application
of emission standard limits stricter than hose provided for in this Decree.
2. The Ministry of Science and
Technology shall review, formulate and promulgate relevant Vietnamese standards
suitable to the implementation of the roadmap for application of emission
standards to motor vehicles according to the provisions of this Decision.
3. The Ministry of Transport
shall have the responsibilities:
a. To assume the prime
responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment
and the Ministry of Finance in, planning and estimating budget for raising the
technical capability, improving material foundations and equipment for
inspection and control of motor vehicle exhausts and in building a center for
motor vehicle exhaust gas test.
b. To assume the prime
responsibility for, and coordinate with concerned ministries and branches and
provincial/municipal People's Committees in, formulating a scheme on control of
exhaust gas emitted form in-service mopeds and motorcycles in provinces and cities
in order to minimize sources of exhaust gas from mopeds and motorcycles, and
submit it to the Prime Minister for approval.
c. To organize the
implementation of this Decision and, based on
the practical situation, continue to study and formulation specific regulations
on emission standard limits applicable to motor vehicles, and submit them to
the Prime Minister for promulgation of subsequent roadmaps.
Article 9 -
Implementation effect and responsibilities
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2. Ministers, heads of
ministerial - level agencies, heads of Government - attached agencies,
presidents of provincial/municipal People's Committees, and concerned
organizations and individuals shall have to implement this Decision.
FOR THE PRIME
MINISTER
DEPUTY PRIME
MINISTER
Pham
Gia Khiem
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APPENDIX
PERMITTED MAXIMUM
EMISSION LIMITS OF ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES
(Issued
together with the Prime Minister's Decision
No. No. 249/2005/QD-TTg of October 10, 2005)
Pollutants
in exhaust gas
Vehicles
fitted with spark ignition engines
Vehicles
fitted with compression ignition engines
Automobiles
Mopeds
motorcycles
Limit
1
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Limit
1
Limit
1
Limit
2
Limit
1
Limit
2
Limit
1
CO
(% volume)
4.5
3.5
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4.5
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HCC
(ppm volume)
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Four - stroke engines
1,200
800
600
1,500
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Two - stroke engines
7,800
7,800
7,800
10,000
7,800
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Special engines (1)
3,00
3,00
3,00
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Smoke
opacity (% HSU)
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72
60
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Notes:
(1) Special engines include
Wankel engines and a number of other engines with special structures different
from those of piston engines which are widely used.