Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - China - Energy consumption limits for electric vehicles

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6

 

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Notifying Member: CHINA

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

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Agency responsible:

State Administration for Market Regulation (Standardization Administration of the P.R.C.)

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:

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 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): M1 category battery electric vehicles with a maximum design total mass not exceeding 3500 kg (HS code(s): 87); (ICS code(s): 43.020)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: National Standard of the P.R.C., Energy consumption limits for electric vehicles—Part 1: Passenger cars; (11 page(s), in Chinese)

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Description of content: This document specifies the limits for energy consumption, application and determination of type approval, conformity of production, same type judgment for battery electric passenger cars. The main contents of this revision include: adding application and determination of type approval, changing the energy consumption limits, adding conformity of production, adding criteria for same type judgment, adding energy consumption type approval report and type approval application report.

This document applies to M1 category battery electric vehicles with a maximum design total mass not exceeding 3500 kg.

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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:

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: The implementation date of this document is January 1, 2026. For products newly applied for type approval, it will be implemented from the implementation date of this document. For products that have obtained the type approval, the implementation will start from the 25th month from the implementation date of this document.

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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

WTO/TBT National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China

Tel+86 10 57954633/ 57954627

E_mail: tbt@customs.gov.cn