Division U Annex VIII
United Kingdom
For annex VIII the following text is substituted:
‘ Limit values for fuels and new mobile sources
Introduction
1.
Section A applies to Parties other than Canada and the United States of America, section B applies to Canada and section C applies to the United States of America.
2.
This annex specifies emission limit values for NOx, expressed as nitrogen dioxide (NO2) equivalents, for hydrocarbons, most of which are volatile organic compounds, for carbon monoxide (CO) and for particulate matter as well as environmental specifications for marketed fuels for vehicles.
3.
The timescales for applying the limit values in this annex are laid down in annex VII.
A.
Parties other than Canada and the United States of America
Passenger cars and light-duty vehicles
4.
Limit values for power-driven vehicles with at least four wheels and used for the carriage of passengers (category M) and goods (category N) are given in table 1.
Heavy-duty vehicles
5.
Limit values for engines for heavy-duty vehicles are given in tables 2 and 3 on the applicable test procedures.
Compression-ignition (CI) and spark-ignition (SI) non-road vehicles and machines
6.
Limit values for agricultural and forestry tractors and other non-road vehicle/ machine engines are listed in tables 4 to 6.
7.
Limit values for locomotives and railcars are listed in tables 7 and 8.
8.
Limit values for inland waterway vessels are listed in table 9.
9.
Limit values for recreational crafts are listed in table 10.
Motorcycles and mopeds
10.
Limit values for motorcycles and mopeds are given in tables 11 and 12.
Fuel quality
11.
Environmental quality specifications for petrol and diesel are given in tables 13 and 14.
Table 1
Limit values for passenger cars and light-duty vehicles
The registration, sale and entry into service of new vehicles that fail to comply with the respective limit values shall be refused as from the dates given in the column.
Test cycle specified by NEDC.
Except vehicles whose maximum mass exceeds 2 500 kg.
And those category M vehicles specified in note b.
Reference mass (RW) (kg) Limit values f1 Carbon monoxide Total hydrocarbons (HC) NMVOC Nitrogen oxides Hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides combined Particulate matter Number of particles (P) L1 (g/km) L2 (g/km) L3 (g/km) L4 (g/km) L2 + L4 (g/km) L5 (g/km) L6(#/km) Category Class, application date f2 Petrol Diesel Petrol Diesel Petrol Diesel Petrol Diesel Petrol Diesel Petrol Diesel Petrol Diesel Euro 5 Mf3 1.1.2014 All 1,0 0,50 0,10 — 0,068 — 0,06 0,18 — 0,23 0,0050 0,0050 — 6,0 × 1011 N1 f4 I, 1.1.2014 RW 1 305 1,0 0,50 0,10 — 0,068 — 0,06 0,18 — 0,23 0,0050 0,0050 — 6,0 × 1011 II, 1.1.2014 1 305 < RW ≤ 1 760 1,81 0,63 0,13 — 0,090 — 0,075 0,235 — 0,295 0,0050 0,0050 — 6,0 × 1011 III, 1.1.2014 1 760 < RW 2,27 0,74 0,16 — 0,108 — 0,082 0,28 — 0,35 0,0050 0,0050 — 6,0 × 1011 N2 1.1.2014 2,27 0,74 0,16 — 0,108 — 0,082 0,28 — 0,35 0,0050 0,0050 — 6,0 × 1011 Euro 6 M 1.9.2015 All 1,0 0,50 0,10 — 0,068 — 0,06 0,08 — 0,17 0,0045 0,0045 6,0 × 1011 6,0 × 1011 N1 I, 1.9.2015 RW ≤ 1 305 1,0 0,50 0,10 — 0,068 — 0,06 0,08 — 0,17 0,0045 0,0045 6,0 × 1011 6,0 × 1011 II, 1.9.2016 1 305 < RW ≤ 1 760 1,81 0,63 0,13 — 0,090 — 0,075 0,105 — 0,195 0,0045 0,0045 6,0 × 1011 6,0 × 1011 III, 1.9.2016 1 760 < RW 2,27 0,74 0,16 — 0,108 — 0,082 0,125 — 0,215 0,0045 0,0045 6,0 × 1011 6,0 × 1011 N2 1.9.2016 2,27 0,74 0,16 — 0,108 — 0,082 0,125 — 0,215 0,0045 0,0045 6,0 × 1011 6,0 × 1011 Table 2
Limit values for heavy-duty vehicles steady-state cycle load-response tests
Test cycle specified by the European steady-state cycle (ESC) and the European load-response (ELR) tests.
Test cycle specified by the world heavy duty steady state cycle (WHSC).
Application date Carbon monoxide (g/kWh) Hydrocarbons (g/kWh) Total hydrocarbons (g/kWh) Nitrogen oxides (g/kWh) Particulate matter (g/kWh) Smoke (m– 1) B2 (“EURO V”)f5 1.10.2009 1,5 0,46 — 2,0 0,02 0,5 “EURO VI”f6 31.12.2013 1,5 — 0,13 0,40 0,010 — Table 3
Limit values for heavy-duty vehicles — transient cycle tests
The registration, sale and entry into service of new vehicles that fail to comply with the respective limit values shall be refused as from the dates given in the column.
For natural gas engines only.
Not applicable to gas-fuelled engines at stage B2.
Test cycle specified by the European transient cycle (ETC) test
Test cycle specified by the world heavy duty transient cycle (WHTC).
Note: PI = Positive ignition. CI = Compression ignition.
Application date f7 Carbon monoxide (g/kWh) Total hydrocarbons (g/kWh) Non-methane hydrocarbons (g/kWh) Methane f8 (g/kWh) Nitrogen oxides (g/kWh) Particulates (g/kWh) f9 B2 “EURO V”f10 1.10.2009 4,0 — 0,55 1,1 2,0 0,030 “EURO VI” (CI)f11 31.12.2013 4,0 0,160 — — 0,46 0,010 “EURO VI” (PI) 31.12.2013 4,0 — 0,160 0,50 0,46 0,010 Table 4
Limit values for diesel engines for non-road mobile machines, agricultural and forestry tractors (stage IIIB)
With effect from the given date and with the exception of machinery and engines intended for export to countries that are not parties to the present Protocol, Parties shall permit the registration, where applicable and the placing on the market of new engines, whether or not installed in machinery, only if they meet the respective limit values set out in the table.
Editor's note: This figure represents the sum of hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides and was reflected in the final approved text by a single figure in a merged cell in the table. As this text does not include tables with dividing lines, the figure is repeated in each column for clarity.
Net power (P) (kW) Application date f12 Carbon monoxide (g/kWh) Hydrocarbons (g/kWh) Nitrogen oxides (g/kWh) Particulate matter (g/kWh) 130 ≤ P ≤ 560 31.12.2010 3,5 0,19 2,0 0,025 75 ≤ P < 130 31.12.2011 5,0 0,19 3,3 0,025 56 ≤ P < 75 31.12.2011 5,0 0,19 3,3 0,025 37 ≤ P < 56 31.12.2012 5,0 4,7f13 4,7 0,025 Table 5
Limit values for diesel engines for non-road mobile machines, agricultural and forestry tractors (stage IV)
With effect from the given date and with the exception of machinery and engines intended for export to countries that are not parties to the present Protocol, Parties shall permit the registration, where applicable and the placing on the market of new engines, whether or not installed in machinery, only if they meet the respective limit values set out in the table.
Net power (P) (kW) Application date f14 Carbon monoxide (g/kWh) Hydrocarbons (g/kWh) Nitrogen oxides (g/kWh) Particulate matter (g/kWh) 130 ≤ P ≤ 560 31.12.2013 3,5 0,19 0,4 0,025 56 ≤ P < 130 31.12.2014 5,0 0,19 0,4 0,025 Table 6
Limit values for spark-ignition engines for non-road mobile machines
The NOx emissions for all engine classes must not exceed 10 g/kWh.
Note: With the exception of machinery and engines intended for export to countries that are not Parties to the present Protocol, Parties shall permit the registration, where applicable, and the placing on the market of new engines, whether or not installed in machinery, only if they meet the respective limit values set out in the table.
Hand-held engines Displacement (cm3) Carbon monoxide (g/kWh) Sum of hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen (g/kWh) f15 Disp < 20 805 50 20 ≤ disp. < 50 805 50 Disp ≥ 50 603 72 Non-hand-held engines Displacement (cm3) Carbon monoxide (g/kWh) Sum of hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen (g/kWh) Disp < 66 610 50 66 ≤ disp. < 100 610 40 100 ≤ disp. < 225 610 16,1 Disp ≥ 225 610 12,1 Table 7
Limit values for engines used for propulsion of locomotives
Note: With the exception of machinery and engines intended for export to countries that are not Parties to the present Protocol, Parties shall permit the registration, where applicable, and the placing on the market of new engines, whether or not installed in machinery, only if they meet the respective limit values set out in the table.
Net power (P) (kW) Carbon monoxide (g/kWh) Hydrocarbons (g/kWh) Nitrogen oxides (g/kWh) Particulate matter (g/kWh) 130 < P 3,5 0,19 2,0 0,025 Table 8
Limit values for engines used for propulsion of railcars
Net power (P) (kW) Carbon monoxide (g/kWh) Sum of hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen (g/kWh) Particulate matter (g/kWh) 130 < P 3,5 4,0 0,025 Table 9
Limit values for engines for propulsion of inland waterways vessels
Note: With the exception of machinery and engines intended for export to countries that are not Parties to the present Protocol, Parties shall permit the registration, where applicable, and the placing on the market of new engines, whether or not installed in machinery, only if they meet the respective limit values set out in the table.
Displacement (liters per cylinder/kW) Carbon monoxide (g/kWh) Sum of hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen (g/kWh) Particulate matter (g/kWh) Disp. < 0,9
Power ≥ 37 kW
5,0 7,5 0,4 0,9 ≤ disp. < 1,2 5,0 7,2 0,3 1,2 ≤ disp. < 2,5 5,0 7,2 0,2 2,5 ≤ disp. < 5,0 5,0 7,2 0,2 5,0 ≤ disp. < 15 5,0 7,8 0,27 15 ≤ disp. < 20
Power < 3 300 kW
5,0 8,7 0,5 15 ≤ disp. < 20
Power > 3 300 kW
5,0 9,8 0,5 20 ≤ disp. < 25 5,0 9,8 0,5 25 ≤ disp. < 30 5,0 11,0 0,5 Table 10
Limit values for engines in recreational crafts
Where A, B and n are constants and PN is the rate engine power in kW and the emissions are measured in accordance with the harmonised standards.
Abbreviation: Not Appl. = Not Applicable.
Note: With the exception of machinery and engines intended for export to countries that are not Parties to the present Protocol, Parties shall permit the registration, where applicable, and the placing on the market of new engines, whether or not installed in machinery, only if they meet the respective limit values set out in the table.
Engine type CO (g/kWh) CO = A + B/Pn N Hydrocarbons (HC) (g/kWh) HC = A + B/Pn N f16 NOx g/kWh PM g/kWh A B n A B n 2-stroke 150 600 1 30 100 0,75 10 Not Appl. 4-stroke 150 600 1 6 50 0,75 15 Not Appl. CI 5 0 0 1,5 2 0,5 9,8 1 Table 11
Limit values for motorcycles (> 50 cm3; > 45 km/h)
Note: With the exception of vehicles intended for export to countries that are not Parties to the present Protocol, Parties shall permit the registration, where applicable, and the placing on the market only if they meet the respective limit values set out in the table.
Engine size Limit values Motorcycle < 150 cc HC = 0,8 g/km
NOx = 0,15 g/km
Motorcycle > 150 cc HC = 0,3 g/km
NOx = 0,15 g/km
Table 12
Limit values for mopeds (< 50 cm3; < 45 km/h)
For 3- and 4-wheelers, 3,5 g/km.
Note: With the exception of vehicles intended for export to countries that are not Parties to the present Protocol, Parties shall permit the registration, where applicable, and the placing on the market only if they meet the respective limit values set out in the table.
Limit values CO (g/km) HC + NOx (g/km) II 1,0f17 1,2 Table13
Environmental specifications for marketed fuels to be used for vehicles equipped with positive-ignition engines — Type: Petrol
The summer period shall begin no later than 1 May and shall not end before 30 September. For Parties with arctic conditions the summer period shall begin no later than 1 June and not end before 31 August and the Reid Vapour Pressure (RVP) is limited to 70 kPa.
Except for regular unleaded petrol (minimum motor octane number (MON) of 81 and minimum research octane number (RON) of 91), for which the maximum olefin content shall be 21 % v/v. These limits shall not preclude the introduction on the market of a Party of another unleaded petrol with lower octane numbers than set out here.
Other mono-alcohols with a final distillation point no higher than the final distillation point laid down in national specifications or, where these do not exist, in industrial specifications for motor fuels.
Parameter Unit Limits Minimum Maximum Research octane number 95 — Motor octane number 85 — Reid vapour pressure, summer periodf18 kPa — 60 Distillation: Evaporated at 100 °C % v/v 46 — Evaporated at 150 °C % v/v 75 — Hydrocarbon analysis: —
olefins
% v/v — 18,0f19 —
aromatics
— 35 —
benzene
— 1 Oxygen content % m/m — 3,7 Oxygenates: —
Methanol, stabilizing agents must be added
% v/v — 3 —
Ethanol, stabilizing agents may be necessary
% v/v — 10 —
Iso-propyl alcohol
% v/v — 12 —
Tert-butyl alcohol
% v/v — 15 —
Iso-butyl alcohol
% v/v — 15 —
Ethers containing 5 or more carbon atoms per molecule
% v/v — 22 Other oxygenatesf20 % v/v — 15 Sulphur content mg/kg — 10 Table 14
Environmental specifications for marketed fuels to be used for vehicles equipped with compression-ignition engines — Type: Diesel fuel
Parameter Unit Limits Minimum Maximum Cetane number 51 — Density at 15 °C kg/m3 — 845 Distillation point: 95 % °C — 360 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons % m/m — 8 Sulphur content mg/kg — 10 B.
Canada
12.
Limit values for controlling emissions from fuels and mobile sources will be determined, as appropriate, taking into account information on available control technologies, limit values applied in other jurisdictions, and the documents below:
- (a)
Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations, SOR/2010–201;
- (b)
Marine Spark-Ignition Engine, Vessel and Off-Road Recreational Vehicle Emission Regulations, SOR/2011–10;
- (c)
Renewable Fuels Regulations, SOR/2010–189;
- (d)
Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and for Dangerous Chemicals, SOR/2007–86;
- (e)
Off-Road Compression-Ignition Engine Emission Regulations, SOR/2005–32;
- (f)
On-Road Vehicle and Engine Emission Regulations, SOR/2003–2;
- (g)
Off-Road Small Spark-Ignition Engine Emission Regulations, SOR/2003–355;
- (h)
Sulphur in Diesel Fuel Regulations, SOR/2002–254;
- (i)
Gasoline and Gasoline Blend Dispensing Flow Rate Regulations SOR/2000–43;
- (j)
Sulphur in Gasoline Regulations, SOR/99–236;
- (k)
Benzene in Gasoline Regulations, SOR/97–493;
- (l)
Gasoline Regulations, SOR/90–247;
- (m)
Federal Mobile PCB Treatment and Destruction Regulations, SOR/90–5;
- (n)
Environmental Code of Practice for Aboveground and Underground Storage Tank Systems Containing Petroleum and Allied Petroleum Products;
- (o)
Canada-Wide Standards for Benzene, Phase 2;
- (p)
Environmental Guidelines for Controlling Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds from Aboveground Storage Tanks. PN 1180;
- (q)
Environmental Code of Practice for Vapour Recovery in Gasoline Distribution Networks. PN 1057;
- (r)
Environmental Code of Practice for Light Duty Motor Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance Programs — 2nd Edition. PN 1293;
- (s)
Joint Initial Actions to Reduce Pollutant Emissions that Contribute to Particulate Matter and Ground-level Ozone; and
- (t)
Operating and Emission Guidelines for Municipal Solid Waste Incinerators. PN 1085.
C.
United States of America
13.
Implementation of a mobile source emission control programme for light-duty vehicles, light-duty trucks, heavy-duty trucks and fuels to the extent required by sections 202 (a), 202 (g) and 202 (h) of the Clean Air Act, as implemented through:
- (a)
Registration of fuels and fuel additives — 40 C.F.R Part 79;
- (b)
Regulation of fuels and fuel additives — 40 C.F.R Part 80, including: Subpart A — general provisions; Subpart B — controls and prohibitions; Subpart D — reformulated gasoline; Subpart H — gasoline sulphur standards; Subpart I — motor vehicle diesel fuel; non-road, locomotive, and marine diesel fuel; and ECA marine fuel; Subpart L — gasoline benzene; and
- (c)
Control of emissions from new and in-use highway vehicles and engines — 40 C.F.R Part 85 and Part 86.
14.
Standards for non-road engines and vehicles are specified in the following documents:
- (a)
Fuel sulphur standards for non-road diesel engines — 40 C.F.R Part 80, Subpart I;
- (b)
Aircraft engines — 40 C.F.R Part 87;
- (c)
Exhaust emission standards for non-road diesel engines — Tier 2 and 3; 40 C.F.R Part 89;
- (d)
Non-road compression-ignition engines — 40 C.F.R Part 89 and Part 1039;
- (e)
Non-road and marine spark-ignition engines — 40 C.F.R Part 90, Part 91, Part 1045, and Part 1054;
- (f)
Locomotives — 40 C.F.R Part 92 and Part 1033;
- (g)
Marine compression-ignition engines — 40 C.F.R Part 94 and Part 1042;
- (h)
New large non-road spark-ignition engines — 40 C.F.R Part 1048;
- (i)
Recreational engines and vehicles — 40 C.F.R Part 1051;
- (j)
Control of evaporative emissions from new and in-use non-road and stationary equipment — 40 C.F.R. Part 1060;
- (k)
Engine testing procedures — 40 C.F.R Part 1065; and
- (l)
General compliance provisions for non-road programs — 40 C.F.R Part 1068.’
Annotations
Footnotes
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Test cycle specified by NEDC.
- f2
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The registration, sale and entry into service of new vehicles that fail to comply with the respective limit values shall be refused as from the dates given in the column.
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Except vehicles whose maximum mass exceeds 2 500 kg.
- f4
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And those category M vehicles specified in note b.
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Test cycle specified by the European steady-state cycle (ESC) and the European load-response (ELR) tests.
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Test cycle specified by the world heavy duty steady state cycle (WHSC).
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The registration, sale and entry into service of new vehicles that fail to comply with the respective limit values shall be refused as from the dates given in the column.
- f8
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For natural gas engines only.
- f9
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Not applicable to gas-fuelled engines at stage B2.
- f10
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Test cycle specified by the European transient cycle (ETC) test
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Test cycle specified by the world heavy duty transient cycle (WHTC).
- f12
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With effect from the given date and with the exception of machinery and engines intended for export to countries that are not parties to the present Protocol, Parties shall permit the registration, where applicable and the placing on the market of new engines, whether or not installed in machinery, only if they meet the respective limit values set out in the table.
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Editor's note: This figure represents the sum of hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides and was reflected in the final approved text by a single figure in a merged cell in the table. As this text does not include tables with dividing lines, the figure is repeated in each column for clarity.
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With effect from the given date and with the exception of machinery and engines intended for export to countries that are not parties to the present Protocol, Parties shall permit the registration, where applicable and the placing on the market of new engines, whether or not installed in machinery, only if they meet the respective limit values set out in the table.
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The NOx emissions for all engine classes must not exceed 10 g/kWh.
- f16
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Where A, B and n are constants and PN is the rate engine power in kW and the emissions are measured in accordance with the harmonised standards.
- f17
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For 3- and 4-wheelers, 3,5 g/km.
- f18
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The summer period shall begin no later than 1 May and shall not end before 30 September. For Parties with arctic conditions the summer period shall begin no later than 1 June and not end before 31 August and the Reid Vapour Pressure (RVP) is limited to 70 kPa.
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Except for regular unleaded petrol (minimum motor octane number (MON) of 81 and minimum research octane number (RON) of 91), for which the maximum olefin content shall be 21 % v/v. These limits shall not preclude the introduction on the market of a Party of another unleaded petrol with lower octane numbers than set out here.
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Other mono-alcohols with a final distillation point no higher than the final distillation point laid down in national specifications or, where these do not exist, in industrial specifications for motor fuels.