1 Proposed Amendments to the Fuel Economy Standards a nd Regulations 
on Vehicle Inspection and Administration 
 
By the Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affai rs 
November 13, 2009 
 
With a view to reducing CO 2 emission and preserving energy, the Bureau of Ener gy 
intends to propose amendments to the Fuel Economy S tandards and Regulations on 
Vehicle Inspection, Labelling and Administration to  regulate new vehicle fuel economy 
label. The proposed amendments mainly include revis ion of Article 11, insertion of 
Articles 11-1 and insertion of Attachment 2. 
 
ARTICLE 11 (Proposed text)  
For any manufactured or imported vehicle that meets  the Fuel Economy Standards in 
respect to the results of the type approval test, t he Competent Authority shall issue a 
certificate of conformity with respect to that vehi cle model. 
In no event shall the Transportation Management Aut hority issue a vehicle license to 
any vehicle without a certificate of conformity. 
The owner of the issued Fuel Economy Compliance Cer tificate shall implement the 
fuel economy labeling process of the vehicle type a ccording to the fuel economy 
labeling procedures (Appendix 2). Vehicle without a pproved fuel economy label is not 
allowed to be exhibited or sold. 
The administration authority may commission an appr oved authority to issue and 
approve the certificate of conformity mentioned in the first paragraph and validate the 
contents of fuel economy label mentioned in the thi rd paragraph of this article. 
 
ARTICLE 11-1 (Proposed text)  
The vehicle type or vehicle fuel economy certificat e which is being issued to a specific 
manufacturer or importer may transfer to specific e ntity, if the vehicle original 
manufacturer promises to provide vehicles with the same specifications and quality as 
the certified vehicles to the entity. 
The entity should take full responsibility for prop erly labeling the fuel efficiency of the 
transferred vehicle type.   2 Attachment 2 (Proposed text)  
Guidelines for Motor Vehicle Fuel Economy Labeling 
1.  The manufacturer or importer shall implement th e fuel economy labeling process 
for the vehicle type when its fuel economy certific ate is being approved and 
issued.  
2.  Each manufacturer of motor vehicles must finish  the labeling process during the 
following period: 
 For domestic made vehicles: during the period that  vehicle has been shipped out 
of factory and vehicle is sold to customer.  
 For imported vehicles: during the period that vehi cle has acquired Proof of Duty 
Payment and vehicle is sold to customer. 
3.  Each manufacturer of motor vehicles shall affix  to each vehicle a fuel economy 
label to implement the labeling process, the type a nd contents shall in accordance 
with the requirements of appendix 1 or visit the BO E website to download sample 
label as guidance. Labels may be located among othe r advertisements but the 
label must satisfy all the requirements. 
4.  According to the labeling procedures, the label s should be posted at a clearly 
visible location. 
 For light duty vehicle: affixed on the wind shield  of the front passenger or driver 
side with label contents face outward. 
 For motorcycles: affixed on the seat (label conten ts face upwards) or on the front 
fender (label contents face forwards), motorcycles without front fender label shall 
be affixed on the fuel tank (label contents face up wards). 
5. The applicants for vehicle fuel economy certific ates should also provide the 
following documents: 
a.  Written agreement to state that the applicant w ill take full responsibility for the 
vehicle’s fuel economy labeling.  
b.  Declaration of the finished label and provide p hotograph shows the label 
location of the vehicle. 
c.  The contact information of the manufacturer, im porter and dealers (include 
name, address and phone number). 
 The content changes for the above mentioned docume nts should be sent to the 
competent authority for approval within 14 days. 
 After this regulation being promulgated, within 2 months, those domestic or 
imported new vehicles with issued fuel economy cert ificates, the certificate 
owners shall provide above mentioned documents and send to the competent 
authority for approval and implement the labeling p rocess to finish the certification 
and application of license plate process for the ve hicle continuously to be 
exhibited or sold.