. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/HKG/1
5 April 2001
(01-1732)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   HONG KONG, CHINA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Environmental Protection Department, Government of HKSAR
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   M o t o r  v e h i c l e s
(including motor cycles) under HS: 8702, HS: 8703, HS: 8704 and HS: 8711 (excluding
motor tricycles, village vehicles and vehicles which are incapable of exceeding a speed of
50 km/h and special purpose vehicles) for first registration in Hong Kong.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   A proposal to Amend
the Noise Control (Motor Vehicles) Regulation to Tighten Control on Noise Emission fromMotor Vehicles (4 pages, in English)
6. Description of content:   The Noise Control (Motor Vehicles) Regulation was enacted in
1996, requiring motor vehicles (including motor cycles) to meet the then prevailing
European Community and Japanese noise standards for first registration in Hong Kong.
Both the European Union and Japan have tightened their noise standards on motor vehicles.
The proposed amendment of the Regulation mainly replaces the standards based on older
European Community directives and Japanese ordinances mentioned in it by latest ones.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To align Hong Kong’s requirement  concerning noise from motor vehicles with the latest
standards recognized internationally.
8. Relevant documents:
(a) Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap. 374) of Hong Kong;
(b) Noise Control (Motor Vehicles) Regulation (Cap. 400 I) of Hong Kong;
(c) Directive 70/157/EEC dated 6 February 1970 of the European Communities;
(d) Directive 92/97/EEC dated 10 November 1992 of the European Communities;
(e) Directive 96/20/EC dated 27 March 1996 of the European Council;
(f) Directive 97/24/EC dated 17 June 1997 of the European Council;
(g) Article 30 of the Safety Regulations for Road Vehicles made by the Ministry of
Transport of Japan, as last amended by Ministry of Transport Ordinance No. 5 of 21
February 2000;G/TBT/N/HKG/1
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(h) Article 65 of the Safety Regulations for Road Vehicles made by the Ministry of
Transport of Japan, as last amended by Ministry of Transport Ordinance No. 66 of
20 December 1996.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }1 December 2001
10. Final date for comments:   5 June 2001
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Environmental Protection Department,
Noise Management and Policy Group,
The Government of the HKSAR,Room 4605 Revenue Tower,
Wan Chai,
Hong Kong.
Telephone: (852) 2594 6566
Fax No.: (852) 2802 4511
Email: epdnpg@inet-epd.gov.hk