WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/SGP/14 
21 September 2012  
 (12-5078) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  SINGAPORE  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  National Environment Agency 
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):  All "Off-road diesel 
engines (ORDE)".  ORDEs are any equipment or machinery that is equipped with diesel 
engines as the main or auxiliary prime mover.  Diesel engines used in ships, railway, locomotives and aircrafts do not fa ll under this definition as we ll as diesel engines used in 
vehicles that are registered with the Land Transport Authority for on-road use.  Examples of ORDEs include:   
(a) Industrial drilling rigs, compressors; 
(b) Construction equipment including wheel load ers, bulldozers, crawler tractors, crawler 
 loaders, truck-type loaders, off-highway trucks, hydraulic excavators, aerial lifts; (c) Road construction equipment including wheeled paver, motor graders, road rollers  and asphalt finishers; (d) Road maintenance equipment including vacuum or mechanical road sweepers; 
(e) Rotary tillers; 
(f) Self-propelled vehicles  powered by diesel engines (including tractors); 
(g) Material handling equipment including fo rklift trucks, container handling forklift, 
 reachstackers; (h) Cranes, including mobile cranes, gantry cranes and tower cranes; 
(i) Generators including standby generators; and 
(j) All auxiliary diesel engines. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   
(i) The Environmental Protection and Manageme nt (Off-Road Diesel Engine Emissions) 
 Regulations 2012 (5 pages, in English). 
The above regulations will be added to implem ent mandatory emission standards for off-road 
diesel engines imported for use into Singapor e from 1 July 2012. (5 pages, in English) G/TBT/N/SGP/14 
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  6. Description of content:  All ORDEs imported for use in Singapore with effect from 
1 July 2012 must comply with either the US Tier  II, EU Stage II or Japan Tier I emission 
standards (see table).  
Net Power 
kW Emission Standard 
> 560 US Tier II 
 
130 < P < 560 US Tier II 
EU Stage II 
Japan Tier I 
75 < P < 130 US Tier II 
EU Stage II 
Japan Tier I 
37 < P < 75 US Tier II 
EU Stage II 
Japan Tier I 
19 < P < 37 US Tier II 
EU Stage II 
Japan Tier I 
<19 US Tier II 
Japan Tier I 
All importers of ORDEs from 1 Ju l 2012 must show proof (in the form of a test report) to the 
National Environment Agency that the importe d ORDEs conform with the emission standards 
as stipulated in the above table if the ORDEs are to be used in Singapore. 
It will be an offence to use an ORDE impor ted after 1 July 2012 that does not comply with 
the emission standards in the above table. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Objective: For the purposes of envi ronmental protection and conservation  
Rationale: PM2.5 (particulate matter  below 2.5 micron) is a pollutant of concern in Singapore.  
Ambient PM2.5 levels in 2011 are above th e WHO guidelines for PM2.5. ORDEs are 
contributors to ambient PM2.5.  Ambient PM2. 5 levels will reduce by having mandatory 
emission standards for ORDEs. 
8. Relevant documents:   Notice will be published in th e Republic of Singapore’s Government 
Gazette when adopted.      G/TBT/N/SGP/14 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    - 
1 July 2012 
10. Final date for comments:  - 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
Mr Nick Tan 
Assistant Director, Policy Department National Environment Agency 40 Scotts Road, #11-00 Environment Building Singapore 228231 
Tel.:  (65) 6731-9011(DID) 
Fax:  (65) 6731-9922 Email:  mailto:nick_tan@nea.gov.sg  
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