Azerbaijan applies Euro-4 standard from today

Azerbaijan applies Euro-4 standard from today
# 01 April 2014 11:37 (UTC +04:00)

According to APA-Economics, amendments to the AZS 636-2012 state standard “Road Transport. Ecological Classes” has been confirmed under the order of the State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Patent.

The date for applying the amendments has been set for April 1. According to the order, amendment has been made to the table on conformation of harmful agents of the vehicles to the ecological classes for production year and country.

According to decision of the Cabinet of Ministers on bringing to conformity the requirements on emission of harmful agents from vehicles (imported and produced in Azerbaijan) with Euro 4 norms dated to January 14, 2014, with the view of reducing the volume of automobile emissions and improving the environmental situation, Euro 4 will be applied from April 1 on emission of harmful agents from vehicles (imported and produced in Azerbaijan). Only the vehicles in line with Euro-4 standard will be imported from April 1.

Conformity of emission of harmful agents from vehicles to the ecological classes for vehicles’ country and production years

Country of the vehicle

Production year of the vehicles

Conforming requirements of technical regulations on ecological classes

2

3

4

5

EU countries, gasoline *

1997 - 2000

2001 - 2004

2005+

01.10.2009+

EU countries diesel

1997 - 2001

2002 - 2004

2005+

01.10.2009+

US

1996 - 2000

2001 - 2003

2004+

Japan

1998 - 2004

2005 - 2010

2011+

0

China

2004 - 2007

2008+

2011+

-

Korea

2001 - 2002

2003 - 2005

2006+

-

Ukraine, M category

2006+

2010+

2014+

-

Ukraine, N category

2007+

2010+

2014+

-

Belarus

2006 - 2007

2008+

2014+

-

Uzbekistan

2007 - 2009

2010+

2012+

-

Kazakhstan

2006 - 2011

2012+

2014+

-

Russia

2006 - 2007

2008+

2013+

2014+

Turkey

-

-

2009+

-

Iran

2009+

-

-

-

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