Thailand - Draft Ministerial Regulation on Heavy Motor Vehicle Equipped with Compression Ignition Engines: Safety Requirements; Emission from Engine, Level 7 (TIS 3047–2563)

​This draft Ministerial Regulation mandates engine vehicles to conform with the standard for Heavy motor vehicle equipped with compression ignition engines: safety requirements; emission from engine, level 7 (TIS 3047–2563). This standard shall apply to motor vehicles of categories M1, M2, N1 and N2 with compression ignition engines and a reference mass exceeding 2,610 kg and to all motor vehicles of categories M3 and N3. This standard specifies safety requirements for pollutants, durability of pollution control devices and on-board diagnostic (OBD) system. The type approval of a completed vehicle given under this standard shall be extended to its incomplete vehicle with a reference mass below 2,610 kg. Type approvals shall be extended if the manufacturer can demonstrate  that all bodywork combinations expected to be built onto the incomplete vehicle increase the reference mass of the vehicle to above 2,610 kg. The type approval of a vehicle granted under this standard shall be extended to its variants and versions with a reference mass above 2,380 kg provided that it also meets the requirements relating to the measurement of greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption in accordance with paragraph 4.2 of UN Regulation No. 49 Revision 7.

*Vehicles of categories M1, M2, M3, N1, N2 and N3 are as defined in TIS 2390-2563.