Argentina: Heavy-duty: Emissions

Overview

 * Standard type: Conventional pollutant emission limits
 * Regulating body: Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable - Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
 * Current standard: Euro IV (Resolución 1448/2012)
 * Applicability: Vehicles with GVWR (gross vehicle weight rating) above 3,500 kg

History
When emissions regulations for both light- and heavy-duty vehicles in Argentina first became effective in 1994, they were loosely based on European regulations. Since 2006 (Resolution 731/2005 [2766]), Argentinian emission regulations for heavy-duty vehicles have incorporated European emission limits and test methods by reference (i.e., the emission limits are those of the referenced EU regulations, as opposed to limits that are the numerical equivalent).

The implementation of Euro IV and Euro V emission standards were set to take place in 2009 and 2012, respectively, by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development through Resolution No 35. However, subsequent resolutions (Resolution No 1800/2011 and Resolution No 1434/2011) delayed the implementation of these standards.

In 2012, Resolution No 1448 established that, beginning 1 January 2013, heavy-duty engines of all fuel types must comply with Euro IV (European Directive 2005/55); new models of heavy vehicles, armored vehicles, and the engines that equip either type of vehicle, were allowed to be certified as Euro III until 30 June 2013.

Technical Standards
The standards reflected below are based on European heavy-duty engine emission regulations.

Regulatory Documents

 * Resolution No 1448/2012 (Euro IV implementation)


 * Resolution No 1800/2011 (Euro IV/V delay)


 * Resolution No 1434/2011 (Euro IV/V delay)


 * Resolution No 35/2009 (original Euro IV/V timeline)

Regulatory Agencies


 * Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable - Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development


 * Comision Nacional de Regulacion del Transporte (CNRT) - National Commission for Transport Regulation