Emissions & CO2

Worldwide gas emissions and fuel consumption regulations (provided by: Ricardo Emleg)

WLTP (Worldwide Harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedures)

Worldwide Emission & Fuel Economy/CO2 Regulation Timeline (PC & LDT)

Emission Standards	Europe	EU	EU Countries	PC & LDT Update
			France	PC & LDT
		Non-EU	Switzerland	PC & LDT
			Norway	PC & LDT
			Turkey	General Update
	Americas	North America	USA	PC & LDT (Federal)
				PC & LDT (California State)
				Air Quality (California State)
			Canada	PC & LDT
		South America	Mexico	PC & LDT Update
			Brazil	PC & LDT
	Asia	East Asia	China	PC & LDT Update
				HDV
			Korea	PC & LDT
		South East Asia	Thailand	PC & LDT
			Indonesia	General
		South Asia	India	PC & LDT
	UN regulations			Table of amended regulations  by JASIC
Fuel Economy/ CO2	Europe	EU	EU	General
			France	PC & LDT
		Non-EU	Switzerland	PC & LDT
			Norway	PC & LDT
	Americas	North America	USA (CAFE, etc)	Federal Update
				California State
			Canada	General
	Asia	East Asia	China	General
		South East Asia	Thailand	PC & LDT
		South Asia	India	General
	UN regulations			Table of amended regulations by JASIC
Noise	UN regulations			Table of amended regulations by JASIC
Supplemental Information	Test cycles
	Vehicle Class Category (EU)
	Vehicle Class Category (US)

Latest Update

Date	Regulation	Region	Updated Summaries
March 17, 2017	Emission Standards	China PC & LDT	The China 6 standard was released on 23 December 2016 and type approval according this standard is implemented from this date. All new vehicles will have to comply with the requirements of Phase 6a from 1 July 2020.
March 9, 2017	Fuel Economy/ CO2	USA (Federal)	In January 2017 the EPA published the conclusions of a mid-term evaluation of the Phase 2 light-duty greenhouse gases standards and confirmed that the standards for model years 2022-2025 remain in place without changes.
February 24, 2017	Emission Standards	Turkey	1.Passenger cars and light duty trucks are required to meet Euro 6 standards with effect from 1 January 2016 for new type approvals. 2.As for Non-road Mobile Machinery Engine Emission, the implementation of Stage IIIB and Stage IV limits has been delayed. 3. 10ppm sulphur diesel and gasoline are reported to be available in Turkey.
February 20, 2017	Emission Standards	EU	Real driving emissions (RDE) standards have been developed and will be implemented from 1 September 2017.
February 9, 2017	Emission Standards	Mexico	The applicability of emergency limits of pollutants to all in-use vehicles in Mexico City and the several states was extended for further six months, starting on 1 January 2017, with an extension notice dated 21 December 2016.
February 7, 2017	Fuel Economy/ CO2	USA (Federal)	Phase 2 standards for heavy duty vehicles were published in October 2016; their phase-in will start with model year 2018 or 2021, depending on the type of vehicle, and the final standards will apply from model year 2027
November 30, 2016	Emission Standards	India	Bharat Stage VI emissions standards have been published and will apply to all vehicles manufactured from 1 April 2020.
October 28, 2016	Emission Standards	Mexico	1.The information of in-use limits and test procedures for gasoline vehicles was updated. 2. On 7 June 2016 the emergency official standard was published, which contains limits for pollutants and applies from 1 July 2016 for six months to all in-use vehicles in Mexico City and the several states.
October 20, 2016	Emission Standards	EU	1. New real driving emissions (RDE) standards have been developed and will be implemented from 1 September 2017. 2. The draft implementing act to introduce new WLTP test for CO2 and fuel consumption test will be sent to the European Parliament and Council shortly for scrutiny. If the current text is endorsed, the new WLTP test will be mandatory for all new vehicle types from September 2017 and for all new vehicles from September 2018.
September 20, 2016	Emission Standards	China PC & LDT	A draft China 6 regulation has been issued; type approval according to this standard will be required from 1 January 2019.
September 12, 2016	WLTP	World	1. In November 2013, the first version of WLTP was completed with some imperfectness regarding the test procedures for EV/HEV and the measurement of additional pollutants so on. 2. In order to develop remaining test procedures, WLTP phase 1b activities were carried out from 2014 to 2016 to settle the remaining tasks of phase 1a and subsequently WLTP1b was approved in March 2016. 3. In June 2016, WLTP Phase 2 (including remaining issues of Phase 1b) development activities from 2016 to 2018 was approved and started.
August 20, 2016	Fuel Economy/ CO2	China	On 31 December 2015, a new national standard on fuel consumption for category N1 vehicles and M2 vehicles was published and will be implemented from 1 January 2018.
July 19, 2016	Fuel Economy/ CO2	EU	1) A second phase of the passenger car legislation, with a 95 g/km target, phased in 2020. 2) In April 2016 the European Commission indicated that proposals for the post-2020 CO2 targets for passenger cars and LCVs were expected to be presented in 2017. 3) In April 2016 the European Commission presented a proposal on the monitoring and reporting of CO2 emissions from heavy-duty vehicles starting from 2017.
June 23, 2016	Emission Standards	Brazil	1) In May of 2016, Chamber of Deputies has proposed a law to allow the sale of diesel fuel for passenger cars, thereby opening up the diesel passenger car market. 2) In February 2013 IBAMA published its regulatory instruction No 5 which defined new OBD Br-D standards for light duty diesel vehicles (up to 3,856 kg GVW) which are effective from 1 January 2015.
April 13, 2016	Fuel Economy/ CO2	Canada	1) For light duty vehicle greenhouse gas emissions, revised legislation will be effective from the 2017 model yea. 2) New standards are planned for the 2018 model year onwards, which will also be generally aligned with those of the United States.
April 7, 2016	Emission Standards	Indonesia	In August 2015, it was reported that the state owned Petrol company (Pertamina) was reluctant to adopt Euro4 and Euro IV standards.