G/TBT/N/CHN/1244  
 
28 November 2017  
(17-6498) 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: CHINA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Standardization Administration of China (SAC)  
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:   
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): 
Compression ignition engines for vehicles, gas engines for vehicles, automobile vehicles 
HS: 8407, 8408, 8701, 870 2, 8703, 8704, 8705, 8706.  ICS: 43.020.  
Spark -ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines. (HS 8407), 
Compression -ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi -diesel engines). 
(HS 8408), Tractors (other than tractors of heading 87.09). (HS 8701), Motor vehicles for 
the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver. (HS 8702), Motor cars and other 
motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of 
heading 87.02), including sta tion wagons and racing cars. (HS 8703), Motor vehicles for 
the transport of goods. (HS 8704), Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those 
principally designed for the transport of persons or goods (for example, breakdown lorries 
(wreckers), crane lorr ies (mobile cranes), fire fighting vehicles, concrete mixer lorries 
(concrete -mixers), road sweeper lorries (road sweepers), spraying lorries (spraying 
vehicles), mobile workshops, mobile radiological units). (HS 8705), Chassis fitted with 
engines, for the  motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05. (HS 8706). Road vehicles in 
general (ICS 43.020).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Limits and 
Measurement Methods for Emissions from Diesel Fuelled Heavy Duty Vehicles (China V I) 
(368 page(s), in Chinese)   
6. Description of content: The standard specifies the stage VI emission limits and 
measurement methods for heavy -duty vehicles equipped with CI engines and SI gas 
engines.  
The standard is applicable to the M1, M2 vehicles with the maximum mass more than 
3500kg, and all the M3, N2, N3 vehicles, and the compression ignition engines or gas fuel 
positive ignition engines  for use in those vehicles.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  -  G/TBT/N/CHN/1244  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 January 2020  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
WTO/TBT National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China  
Tel.: +86 10 84603881/ 84603950  
Fax: +86 10 84603811  
E-mail: tbt@aqsiq.gov.cn  
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