Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations (SOR/2010-201)

Marginal note:Non application of the standards respecting CO₂ equivalent emissions

• 14 (1) A company that manufactured or imported at least one passenger automobile or light truck but in total not more than 749 passenger automobiles and light trucks of either the 2008 or 2009 model years for sale in Canada is not subject to sections 13 and 17 to 20 for vehicles of the 2012 model year or a subsequent model year if

  • (a) the average number of passenger automobiles and light trucks that were manufactured or imported by the company for sale in Canada is less than 750 for the three consecutive model years preceding the model year that is one year before the model year in question; and

  • (b) the company submits a declaration as set out in section 35.

• Marginal note:New companies — 2017 model year and subsequent model years

  (1.1) A company that did not manufacture or import any passenger automobiles or light trucks of the 2011 to 2016 model years for sale in Canada during the 2010 to 2016 calendar years is not subject to sections 13 and 17 to 20 for vehicles of the 2017 model year or a subsequent model year if the company submits a declaration as set out in section 35 and

  • (a) in the case of the first model year for which the company manufactures or imports passenger automobiles or light trucks for sale in Canada, the company manufactures or imports in total less than 750 passenger automobiles and light trucks;

  • (b) in the case of the second model year for which the company manufactures or imports passenger automobiles or light trucks for sale in Canada, the company manufactures or imports in total less than 750 passenger automobiles and light trucks;

  • (c) in the case of the third model year for which the company manufactures or imports passenger automobiles or light trucks for sale in Canada, the company manufactures or imports in total less than 750 passenger automobiles and light trucks; and

  • (d) in the case of any subsequent model year, the average number of passenger automobiles and light trucks that are or were manufactured or imported by the company for sale in Canada for that model year and for the two preceding model years is less than 750.

• Marginal note:Conditions

  (2) If, for the three consecutive model years preceding the model year in question, the average number of passenger automobiles and light trucks that were manufactured or imported by a company for sale in Canada is equal to or greater than 750 — other than by reason of the company purchasing another company — the company becomes subject to sections 13, 17 to 20 and 33 for its passenger automobiles and light trucks of the following model year:

  • (a) if that average number is less than 7,500, that of the second model year after the last model year used to establish the average number; or

  • (b) if that average number is equal to or greater than 7,500, that of the model year after the last model year used to establish the average number.

Marginal note:Rounding — general

• 15 (1) If any of the calculations in these Regulations, except for those in paragraphs 17(4)(b) and (5)(b), subsections 17(6) and (7) and 18.1(1), (5) and (10), sections 18.2 and 18.3 and subsections 18.4(1), 30.13(1), 30.14(3) and 30.21(2) and (3), results in a number that is not a whole number, the number must be rounded to the nearest whole number in accordance with section 6 of the ASTM International method ASTM E29-93a, entitled Standard Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications.

• Marginal note:Rounding — nearest tenth of a unit

  (2) If any of the calculations in paragraphs 17(4)(b) and (5)(b), subsections 17(6) and (7) and 18.1(1), (5) and (10), sections 18.2 and 18.3 and subsection 18.4(1) results in a number that is not a whole number, the number must be rounded to the nearest tenth of a unit in accordance with section 6 of that method.

• Marginal note:Rounding — nearest ten-thousandth of a unit

  (3) If any of the calculations in subsections 30.13(1), 30.14(3) and 30.21(2) and (3) results in a number that is not a whole number, the number must be rounded to the nearest ten-thousandth of a unit in accordance with section 6 of that method.

Fleet Average CO₂ Equivalent Emission Standards

Marginal note:Calculation of fleet average CO₂ equivalent emission standard for the 2011 model year

• 16 (1) A company must calculate the fleet average CO₂ equivalent emission standard, expressed in grams of CO₂ equivalent per mile, in respect of its fleet of passenger automobiles and its fleet of light trucks of the 2011 model year, by dividing 8,887 by the following:

  • (a) in the case of passenger automobiles, the manufacturer specific passenger automobile fuel economy level for the 2011 model year determined in accordance with section 5(b) of Title 49, subtitle B, chapter V, part 531, of the CFR, applicable to that model year; and

  • (b) in the case of light trucks, the manufacturer specific light truck fuel economy level for the 2011 model year determined in accordance with section 5(a) of Title 49, subtitle B, chapter V, part 533, of the CFR, applicable to that model year.

• Marginal note:Modification

  (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the equation in Figure 1 set out in section 5 of parts 531 and 533 of Title 49, subtitle B, chapter V, of the CFR, is modified as follows:

  • (a) “N” is the total number of passenger automobiles or light trucks in the fleet;

  • (b) “N_i” is the number of passenger automobiles or light trucks in each group “i” in the fleet; and

  • (c) “i” is a group of passenger automobiles or light trucks of the same model type and that have the same footprint.

Marginal note:Group

• 17 (1) For the purposes of this section, passenger automobiles or light trucks of the same model type and that have the same footprint constitute a group.

• (2) [Repealed, SOR/2014-207, s. 9]

• Marginal note:Calculation of fleet average CO₂ equivalent emission standard for 2012 and subsequent model years

  (3) Subject to sections 24 and 28.1, a company must calculate the fleet average CO₂ equivalent emission standard for its fleet of passenger automobiles and its fleet of light trucks of the 2012 model year and subsequent model years in accordance with the following formula:

  (Σ (A × B)) ÷ C

  where

  A

  is the CO₂ emission target value for each group of passenger automobiles or light trucks, determined in accordance with subsection (4), (5), (6) or (7), as the case may be, and expressed in grams of CO₂ per mile;

  B

  is the number of passenger automobiles or light trucks in the group in question; and

  C

  is the total number of passenger automobiles or light trucks in the fleet.

• Marginal note:Targets — passenger automobiles of the 2012 to 2016 model years

  (4) For fleets of the 2012 to 2016 models years, the CO₂ emission target value applicable to a group of passenger automobiles of a given model year corresponds to the following:

  • (a) in the case of each group with a footprint that is less than or equal to 3.8 m² (41 square feet), the CO₂ emission target value is as set out in the following table for the model year in question:

    Item	Column 1	Column 2
    	Model Year	CO2 Emission Target Value (grams/mile)
    1	2012	244.0
    2	2013	237.0
    3	2014	228.0
    4	2015	217.0
    5	2016	206.0

  • (b) in the case of each group with a footprint that is greater than 3.8 m² (41 square feet) and less than or equal to 5.2 m² (56 square feet), the CO₂ emission target value is to be calculated using the following formula:

    (4.72 × f) + b

    where

    f

    is the footprint of the group, expressed in square feet, and

    b

    is the value set out in the following table for the model year in question:

    Item	Column 1	Column 2
    	Model Year	b
    1	2012	50.5
    2	2013	43.3
    3	2014	34.8
    4	2015	23.4
    5	2016	12.7

  • (c) in the case of each group with a footprint that is greater than 5.2 m² (56 square feet), the CO₂ emission target value is as set out in the following table for the model year in question:

    Item	Column 1	Column 2
    	Model Year	CO2 Emission Target Value (grams/mile)
    1	2012	315.0
    2	2013	307.0
    3	2014	299.0
    4	2015	288.0
    5	2016	277.0

• Marginal note:Targets — light trucks of the 2012 to 2016 model years

  (5) For fleets of the 2012 to 2016 model years, the CO₂ emission target value applicable to a group of light trucks of a given model year corresponds to the following:

  • (a) in the case of each group with a footprint that is less than or equal to 3.8 m² (41 square feet), the CO₂ emission target value is as set out in the following table for the model year in question:

    Item	Column 1	Column 2
    	Model Year	CO2 Emission Target Value (grams/mile)
    1	2012	294.0
    2	2013	284.0
    3	2014	275.0
    4	2015	261.0
    5	2016	247.0

  • (b) in the case of each group with a footprint that is greater than 3.8 m² (41 square feet) and less than or equal to 6.1 m² (66 square feet), the CO₂ emission target value is to be calculated using the following formula:

    (4.04 × f) + b

    where

    f

    is the footprint of the group, expressed in square feet, and

    b

    is the value set out in the following table for the model year in question:

    Item	Column 1	Column 2
    	Model Year	b
    1	2012	128.6
    2	2013	118.7
    3	2014	109.4
    4	2015	95.1
    5	2016	81.1

  • (c) in the case of each group with a footprint that is greater than 6.1 m² (66 square feet), the CO₂ emission target value is as set out in the following table for the model year in question:

    Item	Column 1	Column 2
    	Model Year	CO2 Emission Target Value (grams/mile)
    1	2012	395.0
    2	2013	385.0
    3	2014	376.0
    4	2015	362.0
    5	2016	348.0

• Marginal note:Targets — passenger automobiles of the 2017 model year and subsequent model years

  (6) The CO₂ emission target value applicable to a given group of passenger automobiles of the 2017 model year and subsequent model years corresponds to the value determined for that group in accordance with section 1818(c)(2)(i) of Title 40, chapter I, subchapter C, part 86, subpart S, of the CFR.

• Marginal note:Targets — light trucks of the 2017 model year and subsequent model years

  (7) The CO₂ emission target value applicable to a given group of light trucks of the 2017 model year and subsequent model years corresponds to the value determined for that group in accordance with section 1818(c)(3)(i) of Title 40, chapter I, subchapter C, part 86, subpart S, of the CFR.

• Marginal note:CFR version — subsections (6) and (7)

  (8) Despite the definition CFR in subsection 1(1), the provisions of the CFR referred to in subsections (6) and (7) are as they read on February 28, 2022.