Submission requirements for evidence of conformity for on-road motorcycles

Official title: Submission requirements for evidence of conformity for on-road motorcycles in relation to the On-road Vehicle and Engine Emission Regulations made under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 : guidance document

May 2020

Table of contents

• 1.0 Purpose
• 2.0 Evidence of conformity
  • 2.1 Covered by an EPA certificate
    • 2.1.1 Vehicle covered by an EPA certificate and sold concurrently in Canada and in the United States – subsection 35(1)
    • 2.1.2 Vehicle covered by an EPA certificate and affixed with the NEM – subsection 35(1)
    • 2.1.3 Vehicle covered by an EPA certificate and not sold concurrently in Canada and the United States or not affixed with a NEM – subsection 35(1.1)
  • 2.2 Equivalent vehicle – section 35.1
  • 2.3 Canada-unique vehicle – section 36
    • 2.3.1 Statement of compliance Letter
    • 2.3.2 Technical information
    • 2.3.3 Vehicle emission control information (VECI) label
• 3.0 Battery powered fully electric motorcycles
• 4.0 Incomplete motorcycles
• 5.0 Using an EPA motorcycle engine certification
• 6.0 Administrative information
  • 6.1 Maintenance of records
  • 6.2 Suspension/revocation of an EPA certificate
  • 6.3 Who should submit evidence of conformity
  • 6.4 How to submit evidence of conformity
    • 6.4.1 Confidential information
  • 6.5 Response from Environment and Climate Change Canada
  • 6.6 Contact information
• 7.0 References

List of appendices

• Appendix A – Example of an EPA certificate
• Appendix B – Example of a statement that the NEM is affixed
• Appendix C – Example of a statement of compliance letter (equivalent)
• Appendix D – Example of a comparison table for equivalent motorcycles
• Appendix E – Example of a statement of compliance letter
• Appendix F – Technical information requirements
• Appendix G – VECI label
• Appendix H – Example of a statement of compliance letter (electric)
• Appendix I – Technical Information requirements (electric)
• Appendix J – VECI label (electric)
• Appendix K – EPA guidance letter: Certification procedure for highway motorcycle engines