MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 11th October, 2002

G.S.R. 702(E).—The following draft of certaio rules further to amend the Central Motor

Vehicles Rules, 1989, which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise the

powers conferred by clause (a) of section 64 and clause (g) of sub-section (1) of section 110

of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1989 (59 of 1988), is hereby published as required by sub-section

(1) of section 212 of the said Act for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby;

and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules will be taken into consideration after the

expiry of forty five days from the date on which the copies of this notification, as published in

the Gazette of India, are made available to the public;

Objections or suggestions to these draft rules, If any, may be sent to the Joint

Secretary (Transport), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport Bhawan, New

Delhi;

The objections or •uflflMtlort^ wWch may be received from any person with respect

to the said 1r» ^l rutea before the e p*ry of the period so specified will be considered by the

Central Govtfftfinent;

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY

[PART n—SEC. 3(i)l

DRAFT RULES

(1) These rules may be called the Central Motor Vehicles ( — Amendment)

Rules, 2002.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the

Official Gazette, save as otherwise provided in these rules.

In the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 , -

(1) in rule 47, in sub-rule (1), for clause (h), the following clause shall be substituted,

namely:-

"(h) Custom's clearance certificate in the case of imported vehicles along with the

licence and bond, if any:

Provided that in the case of imported vehicles other than those imported under

the Baggage Rules, 1998, the procedure followed by the registering authority

shall be same as those procedure followed for' registering of vehicles

manufactured in India, and";

(2) in rule 115A,-

(i) in sub-rule (4), for the words, "agriculture tractor and constuctlon equipment

vehicles", the words "construction equipment vehicles" shall be substituted;

This provision shall come Into force on 1^rt June, 2003.

(ii) after sub-rule (4), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:-

"(5)

Every diesel driven agriculture tractor shall be so manufactured and produced

by the manufacturer that it complies with the following standards of gaseous

pollutants emitted by them in addition to those of visible pollutants as

provided in sub-rule (2) when tested as per the procedure described in ISO

8178-4 'C1' 8 mode cycle, namely:-

The weighted average Mass of Carbon Monoxide (CO), Hydrocarbon (HC)

and oxides of nitrogen (NOx), and Particulate Matters (PM) in gram per kilo

watt hour emitted during the test shall not exceed the limits given below in the

Table for Type Approval (TA) and Conformity of Production (COP) tests,

namely:-

TABLE

(1)

Mass

of carbon

monoxide (CO)

Mass

hydro

carbonsJHC)^

Mass of oxides of

nitrogen ^NOx)

Mass of Particulate

Matter (PM)

Bharat (Trem) Stage II

norms

(2)

9.0

2.0

13.0

1.0

COP

9.9

2.2

14.3

1.1

Bharat (Trem) Stage

III norms

(3)

TA=COP

6.6

9.6

0.8

(i)

The norms mentioned in column (2) of the said Table shall be

applicable with effect from 1^st June, 2003;

(li)

The norms mentioned in column (3) of the said Table shall be

applicable with effect from 1 " April, 2005.

Note:

Tolerance limit of 10 per cent for Conformity of Production allowed for Bharat

(Trem) Stage-ll norms".

|F. No. RT-11011/J l/2002-MVL]

ALOK RAWAT.Jt. Secy,

Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India vide Notification No. G.S.R.

590 (E) dated the 2^nd June, 1989 and were last amended yjde Gazette Notification No.

G.S.R. 400 (E), dated the 31^st May, 2002.

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