1. Euro 6/VI Consultation document2. DRAFT Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Exhaust Emissions Amendment 2023

Protection of human health or safety (TBT); Protection of the environment (TBT)

Light vehicles, including those under HS8703; Heavy vehicles, including those under HS8704; Motorcycles and mopeds including those under HS8711; Special Purpose Motor Vehicles HS8705; Vehicles for disabled persons, including those under HS8713

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8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars (excl. motor vehicles of heading 8702); 8704 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, incl. chassis with engine and cab; 8705 - Special purpose motor vehicles (other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods), e.g. breakdown lorries, crane lorries, fire fighting vehicles, concrete-mixer lorries, road sweeper lorries, spraying lorries, mobile workshops and mobile radiological units; 8711 - Motorcycles, incl. mopeds, and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars; side-cars; 8713 - Carriages for disabled persons, whether or not motorised or otherwise mechanically propelled (excl. specially designed motor vehicles and bicycles); 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars (excl. motor vehicles of heading 8702); 8704 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, incl. chassis with engine and cab; 8705 - Special purpose motor vehicles (other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods), e.g. breakdown lorries, crane lorries, fire fighting vehicles, concrete-mixer lorries, road sweeper lorries, spraying lorries, mobile workshops and mobile radiological units; 8711 - Motorcycles, incl. mopeds, and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars; side-cars; 8713 - Carriages for disabled persons, whether or not motorised or otherwise mechanically propelled (excl. specially designed motor vehicles and bicycles)

43.020 - Road vehicles in general; 43.020 - Road vehicles in general; 43.140 - Motorcycles and mopeds; 43.140 - Motorcycles and mopeds; 43.160 - Special purpose vehicles; 43.160 - Special purpose vehicles

This notification advises that the Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Exhaust Emissions Amendment 2023 (notified as G/TBT/N/NZL/124) was adopted on 12 October 2023. The Rule will phase-in new emissions standards for the following groups of vehicles: light vehicles, heavy vehicles, motorcycles/mopeds, and used disability vehicles.Following consultation on the Amendment Rule, the following changes to phase-in periods have been made to support industry to transition to the new requirements:For newly approved light vehicle models, Euro 6d will be required from 1 July 2027, rather than from 1 February 2025.For new existing light vehicle models, Euro 6d will be required from 1 July 2028 rather than from 1 February 2026.For light vehicle used-imports, Euro 6d will be required from 1 July 2028 rather than from 1 January 2028. For heavy vehicles, Euro VI-c will remain the exhaust emissions standard from 1 November 2026 rather than strengthening to Euro VI-e on that date.For used vehicles that have been modified for disabled people, Euro 6d will be required from 1 January 2031 rather than from 1 January 2028.For used light and heavy vehicle imports, the minimum requirement will shift from Euro 4/IV to Euro 5/V from 30 April 2024, rather than from 1 February 2024, including for vehicles that have been modified for disabled people.For mopeds and motorcycles, Euro 4 will initially be required from 30 April 2025, rather than 1 February 2025, and then Euro 5 will be required from 1 January 2027.The following proposals in the amendment Rule remain unchanged:For newly approved heavy vehicle models, Euro VI-c will be required from 1 November 2024.For all heavy vehicle imports, Euro VI-c will be required from 1 November 2025.New Zealand currently accepts the use of several international standards (European, Japanese, American, and Australian, and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) to demonstrate emissions levels. This approach will continue.The Amendment Rule also included some minor technical changes to outdated and redundant information in the principal Rule.

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