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Notifying Member: AUSTRALIA

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

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Agency responsible:

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

Cleaner Cars Policy Section

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

CleanerCars@infrastructure.gov.au

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:

Australian TBT Enquiry Point

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Ph +61 2 6261 1111

tbt.enquiry@dfat.gov.au

www.dfat.gov.au

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other [X]: Early notice of upcoming measure. An addendum notification will be issued in the near future to provide further detail on the proposed legislation to implement this measure, once it is introduced in the Australian Parliament.

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars (excl. motor vehicles of heading 8702) (HS code(s): 8703); Road vehicles in general (ICS code(s): 43.020)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Cleaner, Cheaper to Run Cars: The Australian New Vehicle Efficiency Standard—Consultation Impact Analysis; (86 page(s), in English)

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Description of content: The Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, is consulting on a 'New Vehicle Efficiency Standard' for light passenger and commercial vehicles supplied by manufacturers to Australia from 2025. This standard is intended to set a sales weighted average CO2 target for vehicle manufacturers supplying vehicles to Australia, along similar lines to standards adopted by the United States, European Union and New Zealand. The consultation Impact Analysis evaluates the costs and benefits of three possible approaches with varying levels of stringency.

This notification is to provide early notice of this upcoming measure and provide the opportunity for Members to make comments on the consultation Impact Analysis. An addendum notification will be issued in the near future to provide further detail on the proposed legislation to implement this measure, once it is introduced in the Australian Parliament. A full comment period will be provided with this future notification and there will be the opportunity for those comments to be taken into consideration in finalisation of the measure.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: The transport sector currently accounts for 21 per cent of Australia's domestic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with light passenger and commercial vehicles accounting for the majority of these emissions. The proposed measure is intended to support the achievement of Australia's updated Nationally Determined Contribution under Article 4 of the Paris Agreement.; Protection of the environment

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Relevant documents:

Cleaner, Cheaper to Run Cars: The Australian New Vehicle Efficiency Standard—Consultation Impact Analysis | Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

PDF version - Cleaner, Cheaper to Run Cars: The Australian New Vehicle Efficiency Standard—Consultation Impact Analysis (infrastructure.gov.au)

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Proposed date of adoption: 30 June 2024

Proposed date of entry into force: 1 January 2025

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Final date for comments: 30 April 2024

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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://www.infrastructure.gov.au/department/media/publications/cleaner-cheaper-run-cars-australian-new-vehicle-efficiency-standard-consultation-impact-analysis