Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - United States - Low emission vehicle

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6

 

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Notifying Member: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2): State of Delaware

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Agency responsible:

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Division of Air Quality, State of Delaware [2017]

Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:

Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [X], 7.2 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Low emission vehicle program; Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Air quality (ICS code(s): 13.040); Road vehicle systems (ICS code(s): 43.040)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Low Emission Vehicle Program; (12 page(s), in English)

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Description of content: Proposed rule - The purpose of this action is to amend 7 DE Admin. Code 1140, to update the adoption by reference of California's Advanced Clean Cars II low emission vehicle and greenhouse gas standards and add the requirements for zero emitting vehicles for model year 2027 and beyond.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Protection of the environment

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Relevant documents:

Vol. 26, Issue 10, Delaware Register of Regulations 1 April 2023 (pp.823-824): https://regulations.delaware.gov/register/april2023/proposed/26%20DE%20Reg%20823%2004-01-23.htm

WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders by 4pm Eastern Time on 26 May 2023 will be shared with the regulator if received within the comment period.

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined

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Final date for comments: 26 May 2023

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/23_9367_00_e.pdf