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To Replace Pre-Euro and Euro I Diesel Commercial Vehicles by
New Commercial Vehicles
- Incentive Scheme

   

The Incentive Scheme

Vehicles are the second largest air pollution source in Hong Kong. Among them, diesel commercial vehicles are the most polluting. Compared with their Euro IV counterparts, pre-Euro vehicles emit 30 times more respirable suspended particulates (RSP) and two times more nitrogen oxides (NOx) whereas Euro I vehicles emit 15 times more RSP and 1.5 times more NOx. To improve air quality, the Government will, with effect from 1 April 2007, offer a time-limited one-off grant to vehicle owners to replace their pre-Euro and Euro I diesel commercial vehicles with new commercial vehicles complying with the prevailing statutory emission standard for newly registered vehicles.(See Note 1)

Under this grant scheme, "commercial vehicles" include light/medium/heavy goods vehicles, private/public light buses and private/public non-franchised buses. Pre-Euro and Euro I commercial vehicles are classified by their first registration dates. Pre-Euro vehicles refer to those vehicles first registered before 1 April 1995, whereas the first registration period of Euro I vehicles are listed below:

Vehicle Class

Euro I Diesel Commercial Vehicles
First Registration Date

  • Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight over 4 tonnes
  • Non-Franchised buses

First registered between
1 April 1995
and 31 March 1997

  • Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight not exceeding 4 tonnes
  • Light Buses

First registered between
1 April 1995
and 30 September 1998

Note 1: Currently, Euro IV emission standard is the statutory standard for newly registered commercial vehicles. If it is tightened to a more stringent standard during the implementation period of the scheme, the new replacement commercial vehicles shall comply with the new standard.

Categories of Eligible Pre-Euro and Euro I Diesel Vehicles and the Application Deadlines

Application can be made between 1 April 2007 and the deadlines set out below:

(1) Pre-Euro Diesel Commercial Vehicles

Old Commercial Diesel Vehicles
Vehicle Classes
Application Deadline
  • Goods vehicles
    (Excluding diesel goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight over 4 tonnes with body types being registered as:
    - concrete mixer; or
    - gully emptier; or
    - lorry crane; or
    - pressure tanker)
  • Light buses
  • Non-franchised buses
30 September 2008
  • Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight over 4 tonnes with body types being registered as:
    - concrete mixer; or
    - gully emptier; or
    - lorry crane; or
    - pressure tanker
31 March 2010

(2) Euro I Diesel Commercial Vehicles

The application deadline for Euro I diesel commercial vehicles is 31 March 2010.

Details of the Grant Scheme

 

  Leaflet
      
Leaflet 1 

  Poster

       poster 1  poster 2

 
 

Enquiries

If you have any enquiries, please contact the Environmental Protection Department:

Details of the Programme Vehicle models in compliance with Euro IV emission standard
Tel No. : 2824 0022

Tel No.: 2594 6392

Fax No. : 2877 8690

Fax No.: 2824 9361

Address: Environmental Protection Department, Mobile Source Control Group, Room 4518, 45/F Revenue Tower, 5 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

Application methods and procedures for the one-off grant
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Enquires concerning the application methods and procedures can be made via Transport Department hotline 2804 2600.

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