Emission Standards and Controls

The Smoky Vehicle Control Programme

Vehicles emitting excessive black smoke may be reported by trained accredited "spotters". The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) investigates and screens the reports, then asks vehicle owners to bring their vehicles in for testing. Non-attendance at the test or repeated failures can result in the vehicle licence being cancelled. If black smoke emissions are reported by the public, the EPD sends an advisory letter to the owner requesting that the problem be rectified. The number of smoky vehicles reported and examined, advisory letters issued and licences cancelled followed a flattened trend in 2007.

Smoky Vehicle Control Programme Enforcement Statistics See Data

Emission Standards The most stringent international emission standards are applied to newly-registered vehicles. The Euro IV standard was implemented in phases starting from January 2006. As a result of this and other control measures, emissions of nitrogen oxides and particulates from vehicles have been dropping despite an increase in kilometres travelled.

Vehicle Kilometres Travelled and Emission Trend See Data

Comparison of New Vehicle Exhaust Emission Standards See Data