SWEDEN: HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINES The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif. 96.71. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: Sweden. If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2): 2. Agency responsible: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification can be indicated if different from above: 3. Notified under Article 2.9.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Heavy duty vehicles equipped with compression ignition engines. 5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Regulation Concerning Durability Compliance of Heavy Duty Vehicles (A70-Regulation). 6. Description of content: The Swedish Exhaust Emission legislation for motor vehicles establish manufacturers liability for the in-use exhaust emission durability of light and heavy duty vehicles. Compliance control procedures for light duty vehicles have been regulated since 1989 but detailed test procedures for heavy duty vehicles are not in force. This regulation stipulates the selection of test vehicles, non-conformities, remedial actions, procedures for emission tests, enforcement, waiver, etc. The requirements specify criteria for representativity of test vehicles regarding compliance tests of manufacturer's liability for exhaust emission durability of heavy vehicles. Test vehicles shall have been properly serviced and maintained and recommended fuels used. Emission control components shall be in conformity with the identification given by the manufacturer in the type approval. 7. Objective and rationale: The objective is to define the procedures for in-use compliance testing of exhaust emission standards for the manufacturers of compression ignition engines for heavy duty vehicles. The in-use compliance requirements will test if the manufacturer has designed, constructed and produced compression ignition engines that at normal use comply with the emission standards. 8. Relevant documents: Vehicle Emissions Act 1986: 1386. Vehicle Emissions Ordinance 1991: 1481. 9. Proposed date of adoption: 1 September 1996. Proposed date of entry into force: 1 January 1997. 10. Final date for comments: 31 May 1996. (102)

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