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

Marginal note:Non EPA-certified vehicles

• 9 (1) Heavy-duty vehicles that are imported or manufactured in Canada — other than EPA-certified heavy-duty vehicles that bear the label referred to in subparagraph 53(d)(i) — must bear a compliance label that sets out the following information:

  • (a) subject to subsection (2), the statement “THIS VEHICLE CONFORMS TO ALL APPLICABLE STANDARDS PRESCRIBED BY THE CANADIAN REGULATIONS ENTITLED Heavy-duty Vehicle and Engine Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations IN EFFECT FOR MODEL YEAR [insert model year] / CE VÉHICULE EST CONFORME AUX NORMES QUI LUI SONT APPLICABLES PRÉVUES AU RÈGLEMENT CANADIEN INTITULÉ Règlement sur les émissions de gaz à effet de serre des véhicules lourds et de leurs moteurs EN VIGUEUR POUR L’ANNÉE DE MODÈLE [inscrire l’année de modèle]”;

  • (b) the name of the vehicle’s manufacturer;

  • (c) the vehicle’s model year if a national emissions mark is applied to the vehicle;

  • (d) subject to subsection (3), the date on which the vehicle’s main assembly is completed;

  • (e) the type of vehicle, in both official languages, referred to in paragraph 18(3)(a);

  • (f) the vehicle family’s or test group’s identification code, as the case may be;

  • (g) except in the case of a vocational vehicle, incomplete vocational vehicle, tractor or incomplete tractor of the 2021 model year or a subsequent model year, the identification of the vehicle’s emission control system;

  • (h) in the case of a vocational vehicle or incomplete vocational vehicle referred to in subsection 26(3), the vehicle’s model year and a statement, in both official languages, that the vehicle is exempted under that subsection;

  • (i) in the case of a vocational tractor or vocational tractor that is an incomplete tractor, a statement, in both official languages, that the vehicle is a vocational tractor;

  • (j) in the case of a vocational vehicle, incomplete vocational vehicle, tractor or incomplete tractor that is exempted under subsection 17(1), the vehicle’s model year and a statement, in both official languages, that the vehicle is exempted under that subsection;

  • (k) in the case of a Class 2B or Class 3 heavy-duty vehicle or cab-complete vehicle — excluding those that are vocational vehicles or incomplete vocational vehicles — the engine displacement and the CO₂ emission value determined by variable A in accordance with subsection 23(1) for that vehicle configuration and if applicable, the N₂O and CH₄ family emission limits;

  • (l) in the case of a vocational vehicle, incomplete vocational vehicle, tractor or incomplete tractor referred to in subsection 12.2(2), a statement, in both official languages, that the vehicle is equipped with an engine that meets the conditions set out in that subsection 12.2(2) and conforms to the standards referred to in subsection 12.2(3);

  • (m) in the case of a hybrid vehicle referred to in subsection 12.2(4), a statement, in both official languages, that the vehicle is equipped with an engine that conforms to the applicable alternative standards referred to in that subsection; and

  • (n) in the case of a vocational vehicle or incomplete vocational vehicle in respect of which the company makes an election referred to in subsection 26(1.2), a statement to that effect, in both official languages, and the type of vocational vehicle or incomplete vocational vehicle referred to in column 1 of the table to that subsection.

• Marginal note:National emissions mark

  (2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply if a national emissions mark is applied to the vehicle or if the information referred to in paragraph (1)(h) or (j) is set out on the label.

• Marginal note:Date on which main assembly is completed

  (3) The date referred to in paragraph (1)(d) may, instead of being set out on the label, be permanently affixed, engraved or stamped on the vehicle.

Marginal note:Trailers not certified by EPA

• 9.1 (1) Every box van trailer and non-box trailer that is imported or manufactured in Canada — other than EPA-certified trailers that bear the U.S. emission control information label referred to in subparagraph 53(d)(i) — must bear a compliance label that sets out the following information:

  • (a) subject to subsection (2), the statement “THIS TRAILER CONFORMS TO ALL APPLICABLE STANDARDS PRESCRIBED BY THE CANADIAN REGULATIONS ENTITLED Heavy-duty Vehicle and Engine Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations IN EFFECT FOR MODEL YEAR [insert model year] / CETTE REMORQUE EST CONFORME AUX NORMES QUI LUI SONT APPLICABLES PRÉVUES AU RÈGLEMENT CANADIEN INTITULÉ Règlement sur les émissions de gaz à effet de serre des véhicules lourds et de leurs moteurs EN VIGUEUR POUR L’ANNÉE DE MODÈLE [inscrire l’année de modèle]”;

  • (b) the name of the trailer’s manufacturer;

  • (c) the trailer’s model year if a national emissions mark is applied to it;

  • (d) subject to subsection (3), the trailer’s date of manufacture;

  • (e) the type of trailer, in both official languages;

  • (f) the trailer family’s identification code; and

  • (g) in the case of a trailer that is exempted under section 17.1 or 17.2, a statement in both official languages that the trailer is exempted under that section and, if not already indicated under paragraph (c), the trailer’s model year.

• Marginal note:National emissions mark

  (2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply if a national emissions mark is applied to the trailer.

• Marginal note:Date of manufacture

  (3) The trailer’s date of manufacture may, instead of being set out on the label, be permanently affixed, engraved or stamped on the trailer.

Marginal note:Requirements

10 Any label that is required by these Regulations, other than a U.S. emission control information label or U.S. engine information label referred to in paragraph 53(d), must

• (a) be applied to a conspicuous and readily accessible location;

• (b) be permanently applied to the vehicle or the trailer and, in the case of an engine, be permanently applied to an engine part that is necessary for normal engine operation and does not normally require replacement during the engine’s useful life;

• (c) be resistant to or protected against any weather condition;

• (d) have lettering that is

  • (i) clear and indelible,

  • (ii) indented, embossed or in a colour that contrasts with the background colour of the label, and

  • (iii) in block capitals and numerals that are not less than 2 mm in height; and

• (e) have units that are identified by the appropriate name or symbol.

Vehicles Manufactured in Stages

Marginal note:Requirements

• 11 (1) If a company alters a heavy-duty vehicle or heavy-duty incomplete vehicle that was in conformity with these Regulations in such a manner that its stated type of vehicle referred to in paragraph 18(3)(a) is no longer accurate, or if the company alters the emission control system, alters an engine configuration in a way that might affect emissions or replaces any of the components of the vehicle that might alter the value of a parameter used in the GEM computer simulation model, the company must

  • (a) ensure that the U.S. emission control information label referred to in subparagraph 53(d)(i), the compliance label referred to in section 9 and the national emissions mark, as the case may be, remain applied to the altered vehicle;

  • (b) ensure that the vehicle, once altered, conforms to all applicable standards;

  • (c) apply to the altered vehicle an additional label that sets out the following information:

    • (i) the words “THIS VEHICLE WAS ALTERED BY / CE VÉHICULE A ÉTÉ MODIFIÉ PAR”, followed by the name of the company that altered the vehicle,

    • (ii) the month and year during which the alteration was made to the vehicle,

    • (iii) the national emissions mark, and

    • (iv) the type of vehicle referred to in paragraph 18(3)(a), if it differs from the type set out on the compliance label referred to in section 9 or if the regulatory subcategory that is set out on the U.S. emission control information label referred to in subparagraph 53(d)(i) is changed, as the case may be; and

  • (d) obtain and produce the evidence of conformity referred to in section 54 for the altered vehicle in a form and manner that is satisfactory to the Minister before the vehicle leaves its possession or control.

• Marginal note:National emissions mark

  (2) The national emissions mark referred to in subparagraph (1)(c)(iii) must be displayed on a label applied to the vehicle immediately beside any previously applied label on which the national emissions mark appears or immediately beside the U.S. emission control information label referred to in subparagraph 53(d)(i).

• Marginal note:Non-participation in credit system

  (3) A company that alters a vehicle in accordance with this section must not participate in the CO₂ emission credit system set out in sections 34 to 47 with respect to that altered vehicle.

Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards

General

Application

Marginal note:January 1, 2014

• 12 (1) Subject to subsection (2), these Regulations apply to vehicles for which the main assembly is completed on or after January 1, 2014.

• Marginal note:Election

  (2) A company may elect to comply with these Regulations with respect to its heavy-duty vehicles of the 2014 model year for which the main assembly is completed before January 1, 2014 for the purpose of participation in the CO₂ emission credit system set out in sections 34 to 47.

Marginal note:January 1, 2020

12.1 These Regulations apply to trailers whose manufacture is completed on or after January 1, 2020.

Engine Installed in Heavy-duty Vehicle

Marginal note:Vocational vehicles or tractors

• 12.2 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (4), every vocational vehicle, incomplete vocational vehicle, tractor and incomplete tractor whose main assembly is completed after the coming into force of this section must be equipped with a heavy-duty engine that conforms to the following standards:

  • (a) the standards set out in the On-Road Vehicle and Engine Emission Regulations that are applicable to heavy-duty engines as defined in subsection 1(1) of those Regulations that are of the following model year:

    • (i) in the case of a vehicle whose main assembly is completed before January 1, 2021, the model year of the engine with which the vocational vehicle, incomplete vocational vehicle, tractor or incomplete tractor is equipped, and

    • (ii) in the case of a vehicle whose main assembly is completed on or after January 1, 2021, the model year that corresponds to

      • (A) the calendar year during which the main assembly of the vocational vehicle, incomplete vocational vehicle, tractor or incomplete tractor in which the engine is installed is completed,

      • (B) the calendar year after the calendar year during which the main assembly of the vocational vehicle, incomplete vocational vehicle, tractor or incomplete tractor in which the engine is installed is completed, or

      • (C) if the conditions set out in subparagraph 4(3)(b)(i) or clause 4(3)(b)(ii)(A) or (B) are met, the calendar year before the calendar year during which the main assembly of the vocational vehicle, incomplete vocational vehicle, tractor or incomplete tractor in which the engine is installed is completed; and

  • (b) the standards set out in these Regulations that are applicable to engines that are of the following model year:

    • (i) in the case of a vehicle whose main assembly is completed before January 1, 2021, the model year of the engine with which the vocational vehicle, incomplete vocational vehicle, tractor or incomplete tractor is equipped, and

    • (ii) in the case of a vehicle whose main assembly is completed on or after January 1, 2021, the model year that corresponds to

      • (A) the calendar year during which the main assembly of the vocational vehicle, incomplete vocational vehicle, tractor or incomplete tractor in which the engine is installed is completed,

      • (B) the calendar year after the calendar year during which the main assembly of the vocational vehicle, incomplete vocational vehicle, tractor or incomplete tractor in which the engine is installed is completed, or

      • (C) if the conditions set out in subparagraph 4(3)(b)(i) or clause 4(3)(b)(ii)(A) or (B) are met, the calendar year before the calendar year during which the main assembly of the vocational vehicle, incomplete vocational vehicle, tractor or incomplete tractor in which the engine is installed is completed.

• Marginal note:Election

  (2) A company may elect not to comply with subsection (1) for a vocational vehicle, incomplete vocational vehicle, tractor or incomplete tractor if the company reports this election in its end of model year report in accordance with section 48 and the vehicle’s engine has previously been sold to a first retail purchaser and

  • (a) has not reached the end of its useful life since its original date of manufacture;

  • (b) has accumulated less than 160 935 km (100,000 miles) of operation since its original date of manufacture;

  • (c) less than three years have passed since its original date of manufacture; or

  • (d) is of the 2010 model year or a subsequent model year.

• Marginal note:Standards — engine installed in vehicle

  (3) The engine referred to in subsection (2) must conform to

  • (a) the standards set out in the On-Road Vehicle and Engine Emission Regulations that are applicable to heavy-duty engines as defined in subsection 1(1) of those Regulations that are of the model year corresponding to the engine’s original date of manufacture; and

  • (b) the standards set out in these Regulations that are applicable to engines that are of the model year corresponding to the engine’s original date of manufacture.

• Marginal note:Hybrid vehicles — alternate engine standards

  (4) In the case of vocational vehicles, incomplete vocational vehicles, tractors and incomplete tractors that are or are to become hybrid vehicles whose engine provides energy to the vehicle’s energy storage features, if there are no engines on the market that conform to the standards referred to in subsection (1) and that have the physical or performance characteristics necessary for the operation of the vehicle, a company may, for any given model year up to and including the 2027 model year, elect to equip up to 100 such vehicles with a heavy-duty engine that, instead of conforming to the standards referred to in that subsection, conforms to the alternative standards set out in section 10(g) or 11(g), as the case may be, of Title 40, chapter I, subchapter C, part 86, subpart A, of the CFR.