Heavy-duty Vehicle and Engine Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations

Marginal note:Requirements

• 11 (1) If a company alters a heavy-duty vehicle or heavy-duty incomplete vehicle that was in conformity with these Regulations in such a manner that its stated type of vehicle referred to in paragraph 18(3)(a) is no longer accurate, or if the company alters the emission control system, alters an engine configuration in a way that might affect emissions or replaces any of the components of the vehicle that might alter the value of a parameter used in the GEM computer simulation model, the company must

  • (a) ensure that the U.S. emission control information label referred to in subparagraph 53(d)(i), the compliance label referred to in section 9 and the national emissions mark, as the case may be, remain applied to the altered vehicle;

  • (b) ensure that the vehicle, once altered, conforms to all applicable standards;

  • (c) apply to the altered vehicle an additional label that sets out the following information:

    • (i) the words “THIS VEHICLE WAS ALTERED BY / CE VÉHICULE A ÉTÉ MODIFIÉ PAR”, followed by the name of the company that altered the vehicle,

    • (ii) the month and year during which the alteration was made to the vehicle,

    • (iii) the national emissions mark, and

    • (iv) the type of vehicle referred to in paragraph 18(3)(a), if it differs from the type set out on the compliance label referred to in section 9 or if the regulatory subcategory that is set out on the U.S. emission control information label referred to in subparagraph 53(d)(i) is changed, as the case may be; and

  • (d) obtain and produce the evidence of conformity referred to in section 54 for the altered vehicle in a form and manner that is satisfactory to the Minister before the vehicle leaves its possession or control.

• Marginal note:National emissions mark

  (2) The national emissions mark referred to in subparagraph (1)(c)(iii) must be displayed on a label applied to the vehicle immediately beside any previously applied label on which the national emissions mark appears or immediately beside the U.S. emission control information label referred to in subparagraph 53(d)(i).

• Marginal note:Non-participation in credit system

  (3) A company that alters a vehicle in accordance with this section must not participate in the CO₂ emission credit system set out in sections 34 to 47 with respect to that altered vehicle.