WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.154
22April 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1744)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: HONG KONG
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Environmental Protection Department
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Allmotor vehicles,
except motor cycles andspecial purpose vehicles firstregistered foruseinHong Kong
onorafter1April 1997
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: AirPollution Control
(Vehicle Design Standards) (Emission) (Amendment) Regulation 1996 (6pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Theproposed amendment regulation tightens thecurrent
emission standards forlightandheavy vehicles inlinewiththeUSandEEC standards.
7. Objective andrationale: Environmental protection.
8. Relevant documents: AirPollution Control (Vehicle Design Standards) (Emission)
Regulations
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1April 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: Notapplicable
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: Technical Secretary, Environmental Protection Department, 25/F Southorn
Centre, 130Hennessy Road, WanChai, Hong Kong. Fax:+852 2591 6662