Environmental Protection and Management (Vehicular Emissions) Regulations

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Regulations 5 and 9

Standard for noise emission for
new motor vehicles

1. A motor vehicle of a class described in the first column must conform to the standard for exhaust noise emission specified opposite in the second column:

First column

Second column

Class of vehicle

Standard for exhaust noise emission

(a)	Two‑wheeled motor cycle (with or without a side car) or two‑wheeled scooter (with or without a side car)

(i)	Regulation No. 41 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UN/ECE) — Uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor cycles with regard to noise (Revision 2, incorporating the 04 series of amendments to the Regulation);

(ii)	Regulation (EU) 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of two‑ or three‑wheel vehicles and quadricycles and read with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 134/2014; or

(iii)

Paragraph 1(4) of Article 40 and paragraph 1(3) of Article 252 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. 681 dated 20 April 2016

(b)	Three‑wheeled motor cycle or three‑wheeled scooter

(i)	Directive 97/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1997 on certain components and characteristics of two or three‑wheel motor vehicles;

(ii)	Articles 30 and 65 of the Safety Regulations for Road Vehicles as amended by the Ministry of Transport Ordinance No. 5 of 21 February 2000 and No. 66 of 20 December 1996, respectively, of Japan;

(iii)

Regulation No. 9 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UN/ECE) — Uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor cycles with regard to noise (Revision 3, incorporating the 07 series of amendments to the Regulation);

(iv)	Regulation (EU) 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of two‑ or three‑wheel vehicles and quadricycles and read with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 134/2014; or

(v)

Paragraph 1(2) and (3) of Article 40 and paragraph 1(1) and (2) of Article 252 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. 681 dated 20 April 2016

(c)	Motor car, taxi or station wagon (whether for passengers only or for goods and passengers)

(i)

Regulation No. 51 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UN/ECE) — Uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor vehicles having at least four wheels with regard to their sound emissions (Revision 3, incorporating the 03 series of amendments to the Regulation), applying the sound level limits specified in the column titled “Phase 2” on page 17;

(ii)

Regulation (EU) 540/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the sound level of motor vehicles and of replacement silencing systems, and amending Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directive 70/157/EEC, applying the sound level limits specified in the column titled “Phase 2” on page 32 of Regulation (EU) 540/2014; or

(iii)

Paragraph 1(5) of Article 40 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. 681 dated 20 April 2016, applying the sound level limits specified in the column titled “Phase 2” on page 17 of Regulation No. 51 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UN/ECE) — Uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor vehicles having at least four wheels with regard to their sound emissions (Revision 3, incorporating the 03 series of amendments to the Regulation)

(d)	Goods vehicle or bus

(i)

Regulation No. 51 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UN/ECE) — Uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor vehicles having at least 4 wheels with regard to their sound emissions (Revision 3, incorporating the 03 series of amendments to the Regulation), applying the sound level limits specified in the column titled “Phase 1” on page 17;

(ii)

(iii)

Paragraph 1(5) of Article 40 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. 681 dated 20 April 2016, applying the sound level limits specified in the column titled “Phase 1” on page 17 of Regulation No. 51 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UN/ECE) — Uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor vehicles having at least 4 wheels with regard to their sound emissions (Revision 3, incorporating the 03 series of amendments to the Regulation)

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