Circular No. 59/2018/TT-BGTVT dated December 17, 2018 of the Ministry of Transport on guiding the energy labeling for domestically manufactured, assembled or imported motorcycles and motorbikes

THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT

Circular No. 59/2018/TT-BGTVT dated December 17, 2018 of the Ministry of Transport on guiding the energy labeling for domestically manufactured, assembled or imported motorcycles and motorbikes^[1]

Pursuant to June 17, 2010 Law on Economical and Efficient Use of Energy;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 21/2011/ND-CP of March 29, 2011, detailing the Law on Economical and Efficient Use of Energy and measures for its implementation;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 12/2017/ND-CP of February 10, 2017, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Transport;

Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 04/2017/QD-TTg of March 9, 2017, promulgating the list of appliances and equipment subject to energy labeling and application of minimum energy efficiency rates and implementation roadmap;

At the proposal of the Director of the Environment Department and General Director of the Vietnam Register;

The Minister of Transport promulgates the Circular guiding the energy labeling for domestically manufactured, assembled or imported motorcycles and motorbikes.

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of regulation

1. This Circular guides the energy labeling for brand-new motorcycles and motorbikes (below referred to as vehicles) that are domestically manufactured, assembled or imported.

2. This Circular does not apply to:

a/ Domestically manufactured, assembled or imported vehicles for direct use for national defense and security purposes by the Ministry of National Defense and Ministry of Public Security;

b/ Vehicles temporarily imported for re-export; vehicles in transit or border-gate transfer; vehicles of diplomatic missions and consulates;

c/ Vehicles imported not for trading purposes;

dd/ Vehicles imported under the Prime Minister’s specific regulations;

e/ Vehicles using fuels other than petrol, diesel oil, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and natural gas (NG).

Article 2. Subjects of application

This Circular applies to organizations engaged in the domestic manufacture, assembly or import of, and trading in, vehicles; and organizations engaged in the testing of fuel consumption rates and examination and supervision of energy labelling for vehicles.

Article 3. Interpretation of terms

In this Circular, the terms below are constructed as follows:

1. Energy label of a vehicle (below referred to as energy label) means a label used to provide information on type of used fuel and the vehicle’s fuel consumption rate.

2. Fuel consumption rate of vehicle type (fuel consumption rate) means the consumed fuel volume of the vehicle on a road distance in proportion to given testing conditions and cycle. Fuel consumption rate measuring unit is liter (l) per 100 kilometers (km) (for petrol, LPG and diesel oil) or cubic meter (m³) per 100 kilometers (km) (for NG).

3. Motorcycles and motorbikes are defined in Sections 1.3.1 and 1.3.2 of the national technical regulation - QCVN 14:2015/BGTVT on quality, technical safety and environmental protection of motorcycles and motorbikes promulgated by the Minister of Transport.

4. Types of vehicles are defined in the following documents:

a/ Section 1.3.3 of the national technical regulation - QCVN 04:2009/BGTVT on emission of gaseous pollutants from brand-new motorcycles and motorbikes domestically manufactured, assembled or imported, issued by the Minister of Transport (below referred to as QCVN 04:2009/BGTVT);

b/ Section 1.3.2 of the national technical regulation - QCVN 77:2014/BGTVT on third level of gaseous pollutant emission for brand-new two-wheeled motorcycles domestically manufactured, assembled or imported, issued by the Minister of Transport (below referred to as QCVN 77:2014/BGTVT).

5. Quality management agency is the Vietnam Register of the Ministry of Transport.