G/TBT/N/AUS/166  
13 February 2024  
(24-1265) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  AUSTRALIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and 
the Arts  
Cleaner Cars Policy Section  
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and 
the Arts  
CleanerCars@infrastructure.gov.au  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Australian TBT Enquiry Point  
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade  
Ph +61 2 6261 1111  
tbt.enquiry@dfat.gov.au  
www.dfat.gov.au  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other  [X]: Early notice of upcoming measure. An addendum notification will be issued in 
the near future to provide  further detail on the proposed legislation to implement this 
measure, once it is introduced in the Australian Parliament.  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Motor cars 
and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. 
station wagons and racing cars (excl. motor vehicles of heading 8702) (HS code(s): 
8703); Road vehicles in general (ICS code(s): 43.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Cleaner, 
Cheaper to Run Cars: The Australian New Vehicle Efficiency Standard —Consultation 
Impact Analysis; (86 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The Australian Government Depar tment of Infrastructure, 
Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, is consulting on a 'New 
Vehicle Efficiency Standard' for light passenger and commercial vehicles supplied by 
manufacturers to Australia from 2025. This standard is inten ded to set a sales weighted 
average CO2 target for vehicle manufacturers supplying vehicles to Australia, along 
similar lines to standards adopted by the United States, European Union and New Zealand. 
The consultation Impact Analysis evaluates the costs an d benefits of three possible 
approaches with varying levels of stringency.  
This notification is to provide early notice of this upcoming measure and provide the 
opportunity for Members to make comments on the consultation Impact Analysis. An G/TBT/N/AUS/166  
 
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  addendum notif ication will be issued in the near future to provide further detail on the 
proposed legislation to implement this measure, once it is introduced in the Australian 
Parliament. A full comment period will be provided with this future notification and there 
will be the opportunity for those comments to be taken into consideration in finalisation 
of the measure.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The transport sector currently accounts for 21 per cent of Austra lia's 
domestic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with light passenger and commercial vehicles 
accounting for the majority of these emissions. The proposed measure is intended to 
support the achievement of Australia's updated Nationally Determined Contributio n under 
Article 4 of the Paris Agreement.; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
Cleaner, Cheaper to Run Cars: The Australian New Vehicle Efficiency Standard —
Consultation Impact Analysis | Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional 
Development, Communications and the Arts  
PDF version - Cleaner, Cheaper to Run Cars: The Australian New Vehicle Efficiency 
Standard —Consultation Impact Analysis (infrastructure.gov.au)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 June 2024  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2025  
10. Final date for comments:  30 April 2024  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/department/media/publications/cleaner -cheaper -
run-cars-australian -new-vehicle -efficiency -standard -consultation -impact -analysis