G/TBT/N/NZL/124/Add.1  
 
1 November 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  1 November 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of New Zealand . 
 
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Title:  1. Euro 6/VI Consultation document  
2. DRAFT Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Exhaust Emissions Amendment 2023  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[X] Notified measure adopted - date: 2 October 2023  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 16 October 2023  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 1 December 2023; The Rule will enter into 
force on 1 December 2023. The phase -in periods for new emission standards for light 
vehicles, heavy vehicles, motorcycles/mopeds and used disability vehicles are outlined 
below.  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2023 -sl4897  
https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/resources/rules/docs/vehicle -exhaust -emissions -
amendment -2023.pdf  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text  available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  This notification advises that the Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Exhaust Emissions 
Amendment 2023 (notified as G/TBT/N/NZL/124) was adopted on 12 October 2023. The Rule will 
phase -in new emissions standards for the following groups of vehicles: light vehicles, heavy vehicles, 
motorcycles/mopeds, and used disability vehicles.  
Following consultation on t he Amendment Rule, the following changes to phase -in periods have been 
made to support industry to transition to the new requirements:  
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/NZL/124/Add.1  
 
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  • For newly approved light vehicle models, Euro 6d will be required from 1 July 2027, rather 
than from 1 February 2025.  
• For new existing light vehicle models, Euro 6d will be required from 1 July 2028 rather than 
from 1 February 2026.  
• For light vehicle used -imports, Euro 6d will be required from 1 July 2028 rather than from 1 
January 2028.  
• For heavy vehicles, Euro VI -c will re main the exhaust emissions standard from 1 November 
2026 rather than strengthening to Euro VI -e on that date.  
• For used vehicles that have been modified for disabled people, Euro 6d will be required from 
1 January 2031 rather than from 1 January 2028.  
• For used light and heavy vehicle imports, the minimum requirement will shift from Euro 4/IV 
to Euro 5/V from 30 April 2024, rather than from 1 February 2024, including for vehicles 
that have been modified for disabled people.  
• For mopeds and motorcycles, Eu ro 4 will initially be required from 30 April 2025, rather than 
1 February 2025, and then Euro 5 will be required from 1 January 2027.  
The following proposals in the amendment Rule remain unchanged:  
• For newly approved heavy vehicle models, Euro VI -c will b e required from 1 November 2024.  
• For all heavy vehicle imports, Euro VI -c will be required from 1 November 2025.  
• New Zealand currently accepts the use of several international standards (European, 
Japanese, American, and Australian, and United Nations Econ omic Commission for Europe) 
to demonstrate emissions levels. This approach will continue.  
• The Amendment Rule also included some minor technical changes to outdated and 
redundant information in the principal Rule.  
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