Rule, 2014

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EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 344] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014/ASADHA 13, 1936

MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 4th July, 2014

G.S.R. 431(E).—Whereas, the draft rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989, were published as required under sub-section (1) of section 212 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number

G.S.R. 186(E), dated the 14th March, 2014 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section(i), inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby;

And whereas, copies of the said Gazette notification were made available to the public on the 14th March, 2014; And whereas, the objections and suggestions received from the public in respect of the said draft rules have been considered by the Central Government;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 110 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, namely:—

1. (1) These rules may be called the Central Motor Vehicles (11th Amendment) Rules, 2014.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 (hereinafter referred as the said rules), in rule 115, in sub-rule (14), in clause (FA), the following provisos shall be inserted, namely:— “Provided that the two wheelers manufactured on and after the 1st April 2016 for new types of vehicle models and from the 1st April, 2017 for existing types of vehicle models, for the areas other than those specified in clause (a) of sub-rule

(15) of rule 115, shall be type approved as per requirements of sub-rule (16): Provided further that the Conformity of Production (COP) requirements shall also be as specified in sub-rule (16).”

3. In the said rules, in rule 115, after sub-rule (15), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:— “(16) Mass emission standards (Bharat Stage IV) for two wheelers,— The following mass emission standards (Bharat Stage IV) shall come into force for two wheelers manufactured on and after the 1st April, 2016 for new types of vehicle models and from the 1st April, 2017 for existing types of vehicle models— A. Two wheeled vehicles fitted with gasoline engines— I. Mass emission standards (Bharat Stage IV) for two wheelers, with engine capacity exceeding 50 cc and a maximum design speed exceeding 50km per hour: Based on World-wide Harmonized Motorcycle Test Cycle (WMTC)- Table 1 Class If the evaporative emission complies with If the evaporative emission complies with 6 g/test Class 1 and Sub-class 2-1 1.403 0.39 0.79 0.59 Sub-class 2-2 1.970 0.34 0.67 0.47 Sub-class 3-1 and Sub-class 3-2 1.970 0.20 0.40 0.20 Explanatory Notes :— For the purpose of this clause,—

1. Classification of vehicles and weighting factor for the final emission result shall be as given below :— Definition of class Cycles Weighting factors for final emission results Class 1 Vehicles that fulfill the following specifications belong to class 1:

50 cm³ < engine capacity < 150 cm³ and Vmax < 50 km/h or engine capacity < 150 cm³ and 50 km/h <Vmax< 100 km/h Part 1 Reduced Speed cold followed by Part 1 Reduced Speed Hot Part 1 Reduced Speed cold shall be 50% and Part 1 Reduced Speed Hot shall be 50% Vehicles that fulfill the following specifications belong to class 2-1:

Engine capacity < 150 cm³ and 100 km/h <Vmax< 115 km/h or Engine capacity ≥ 150 cm³ and Vmax< 115 km/h Part 1 Reduced Speed cold follo- wed by Part 1 Reduced Speed Hot Part 1 Reduced Speed cold shall be 50% and Part 1 Reduced Speed Hot shall be 50% Sub-Class 2.2 Vehicles that fulfill the following specifications belong to class 2-2:

Part 1 cold followed by Part 2 Hot Part 1 cold shall be Part 2 hot shall be Sub-Class 3-1 Vehicles that fulfill the following specifications belong to class 3-1:

Part 1 cold followed by Part 2 Hot followed by Part 3 reduced speed Part 1 cold shall be Part 2 Hot shall be 50% and Part 3 reduced shall be 25% Sub-Class 3-2 Vehicles that fulfill the following specifications belong to class 3-2:

Vmax ≥140 km/h Part 1 cold followed by Part 2 Hot followed by Part 3 Part 1 cold shall be Part 2 Hot shall be 50% and Part 3 shall be 25%

2. The test procedure and driving cycles shall be as per United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE) Global Technical Regulation (GTR)-2 incorporating Amendment 2, with preconditioning soaking and cold start on chassis dynamometer as specified above.

3. Vehicle preconditioning: Operated through the cycles prescribed as above.

4. Vehicle soaking: The vehicle shall be stored for not less than six hours and not more than thirty six hours prior to the cold start Type 1 test or until the engine oil temperature (T O ) or the coolant temperature (T C ) or the sparkplug P ), only for air cooled engine, equals the air temperature of the soak area.

5. Preparatory running before sampling is not required, sampling starts at T=0 second.

6. Break down of different parts of Worldwide Harmonised Motorcycle Emission Certification (WMTC) shall be as per the details given in Annexure 5 of Chapter XIII A of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways or Central Motor Vehicles Rules or Type Approval Procedure -115/116 (MoRTH/CMVR/TAP-115/116) as amended from time to time.

7. The reference fuel for gasoline vehicle shall be as specified in Annexure-IV-J of the said rules and reference fuel for Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) shall be as commercially available.

8. The specification of commercial gasoline shall be as specified in Annexure IV-N of the said rules. For the areas other than those specified in Para (a) of sub-rule 15 of rule 115 of principal rules commercial gasoline shall be as per Bureau of Indian Standards specification IS: 2796-2008 for gasoline. Specification for commercial CNG and LPG shall be as notified from time to time.

9 Requirements of durability (for CO - 1.2, NOx - 1.2 & HC+NOx - 1.2 considering 30,000 km. durability run) have been built into the mass emission standards specified above. 10 For vehicles operating on CNG mode, the provisions of rule 115-B shall be applicable. 11 For vehicles operating on LPG mode, the provisions of rule 115-C shall be applicable. 12 Gasoline or CNG or LPG vehicles specified herein shall comply with the provisions of clause (i) of sub-rule (2) of rule 115.

13 Crankcase ventilation system shall not permit the emission of any of the crankcase gases into the atmosphere. 14 Evaporative emission for gasoline driven vehicles shall not be more than 2g/test or 6 g/test, depending on whether the norm for HC + NOx adopted by manufacturer is from Column (4) or Column (5) respectively of table 1 of mass emission norms and the test procedure shall be as per MoRTH/CMVR/ TAP-115/116, as amended from time to time.

15 Conformity of production (COP) frequency and sampling shall be as per clause (e) of sub-rule (12) of rule 115 of the said rules.

II. Mass emission standards (Bharat Stage IV) for two wheelers with Spark Ignition engines, other than those specified in para A.I above:(Vehicles with cc ≤ 50 and Vmax ≤50 km/hr): The mass emission standards Table 2 Pollutant Deterioration Factor (D.F.)

CO 0.75 1.2

Notes:

1. For vehicles operating on CNG mode, the provisions of rule 115-B shall be applicable.

2. For vehicles operating on LPG mode, the provisions of rule 115-C shall be applicable.

3. Gasoline or CNG or LPG vehicles specified herein shall comply with the provisions of clause (i) of sub-rule (2) of rule 115.

4. The reference fuel for gasoline vehicle shall be as specified in Annexure IV-J of the said rules and reference fuel for CNG and LPG shall be as available commercially.

5. The specification of commercial gasoline shall be as specified in Annexure IV-N of the said rules and for the areas other than those specified in clause (a) of sub-rule 15 of rule 115 of principal rules commercial gasoline shall be as per Bureau of Indian Standards specification IS: 2796-2008 for gasoline. The Specification for commercial CNG and LPG shall be as notified from time to time.

6. The provision of clauses (a), (c), (i), (e) and (f) of sub-rule 12 of rule 115, except the proviso therein, shall be applicable to the said vehicle.

B. Two wheeled vehicles fitted with diesel engines— The mass emission standards shall be same as those applicable for diesel three-wheelers. [No. RT-11036/49/2012-MVL] SANJAY BANDOPADHYAYA, Jt. Secy.

Footnote : The principal rules were published vide number

G.S.R. 590(E), dated the 2nd June, 1989 and last amended vide number

G.S.R. 409(E), dated the 18th June, 2014.

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