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Heavy-Duty Vehicle and Engine Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations (SOR/2013-24).

Country/Territory
Canada
Document type
Regulation
Date
2013 (2015)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Air & atmosphere
Keyword
Air quality/air pollution Emissions Ozone layer Data collection/reporting Enforcement/compliance Environmental standards Pollution control Standards Protection of environment
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

The present Regulations are made under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. The purpose of these Regulations is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from heavy-duty vehicles and engines by establishing emission standards and test procedures that are aligned with the federal requirements of the United States. The text – consisting of 64 sections – deals, inter alia, with the following aspects: prescribed classes of vehicles and engines, national emissions mark, labelling, greenhouse gas emission standard, instructions, records, application for exemption.

Full text
English
Website
www.gc.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999 (S.C. 1999, c. 33).

Legislation | Canada | 1999 (2019)

Keyword: Air quality/air pollution, Pollution control, Framework law, Environmental planning, Marine pollution, Institution, Public participation, EIA, Indigenous peoples, Policy/planning, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Waste disposal, Waste management, Freshwater resources management, Freshwater pollution, Sustainable use

Source: FAO, FAOLEX