Road Traffic (Vehicular Emissions Tax) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2018

No. S 881

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic
(Vehicular Emissions Tax)
(Amendment No. 2) Rules 2018

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 11AA of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Transport makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Road Traffic (Vehicular Emissions Tax) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2018 and come into operation on 1 January 2019.

Amendment of rule 2

2. Rule 2 of the Road Traffic (Vehicular Emissions Tax) Rules 2017 (G.N. No. S 776/2017) (called in these Rules the principal Rules) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Band C2”, the following definitions:

“ “Commission Regulation (EU) No. 2017/1151” means the Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 of 1 June 2017 supplementing Regulation (EC) No. 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type‑approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information, amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1230/2012 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No. 692/2008;

“Commission Regulation (EU) No. 2017/1153” means the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1153 of 2 June 2017 setting out a methodology for determining the correlation parameters necessary for reflecting the change in the regulatory test procedure and amending Regulation (EU) No. 1014/2010;”;

(b)

by deleting the definition of “Euro VI” and substituting the following definition:

“ “Euro 6”, in relation to any passenger car, means —

(a)	the test requirements as specified for Type I tailpipe emission tests in Commission Regulation (EC) No. 692/2008 as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 459/2012; or
(b)	the test requirements as specified in Sub‑Annex I of Commission Regulation (EU) No. 2017/1151,

but excluding the requirement to apply deterioration factors on the emission results;”; and

(c)

by deleting the definition of “JPN 2009” and substituting the following definitions:

“ “JPN2009”, in relation to any passenger car, means the test requirements for exhaust emission standard specified in paragraph 1(1), 1(3) and 1(7) of Article 41 of the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Announcement No. 619 dated 15 July 2002 (ANNOUNCEMENT THAT PRESCRIBES DETAILS OF SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR ROAD VEHICLES), as amended by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Announcement No. 348 dated 25 March 2008;

“JPN2018”, in relation to any passenger car, means the test requirements for exhaust emission standard specified in paragraph 1(1), 1(3)B and 1(7)B of Article 41 of the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Announcement No. 619 dated 15 July 2002 (ANNOUNCEMENT THAT PRESCRIBES DETAILS OF SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR ROAD VEHICLES), as amended by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Announcement No. 528 dated 30 March 2018;”.

Amendment of rule 4

3. Rule 4 of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “or EC Directive 80/1268/EEC” in paragraphs (2)(a) and (3)(a)(i)(B) and substituting in each case the words “, EC Directive 80/1268/EEC or Annex I of Commission Regulation (EU) No. 2017/1153”.

Amendment of rule 5

4. Rule 5 of the principal Rules is amended by deleting paragraph (4) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(4) For the purpose of paragraph (3), the emission levels being measured must be of the prescribed vehicular emissions from the same test cycle.

(4A) The measurement of the emission level of particulate matter need not be from the same test cycle as the other prescribed vehicular emissions if —

(a)	the emission level of particulate matter may, in accordance with the second column of the Third Schedule, be tested using a different test method from the other prescribed vehicular emissions; and
(b)	that different test method is so used.”.

Amendment of Third Schedule

5. The Third Schedule to the principal Rules is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “Euro VI” wherever they appear in the second and third columns of items 1 to 4 and substituting in each case the words “Euro 6”; and
(b)	by inserting, immediately after “JPN2009” wherever it appears in the second and third columns of items 1 to 4, the words “or JPN2018”.

[G.N. No. S 425/2018]

Made on 26 December 2018.

LOH NGAI SENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[MOT.LT.443.5.034.11; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2015/69 Vol. 2]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 141(1) of the Road Traffic Act).

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