Submission requirements for evidence of conformity for several types of vehicles: guidance document

Official title: Guidance document - Submission requirements for evidence of conformity for light-duty vehicles, light-duty trucks, medium-duty passenger vehicles and heavy-duty class 2b and 3 vehicles in relation to the On-road Vehicle and Engine Emission Regulations and the Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations made under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

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 Advanced technology vehicles
• 4.0 Incomplete vehicles
• 5.0 Administrative information
  • 5.1 Maintenance of records
  • 5.2 Suspension/revocation of an EPA certificate
  • 5.3 Who should submit evidence of conformity
  • 5.4 How to submit evidence of conformity
    • 5.4.1 Confidential information
  • 5.5 Response from Environment and Climate Change Canada
  • 5.6 Contact information
• 6.0 References

List of appendices

• Appendix A - Example of an EPA certificate
• Appendix B - Example of a letter demonstrating that the NEM is affixed
• Appendix C - Example of a statement of compliance letter (for vehicles equivalent to a vehicle covered by an EPA certificate as per Section 35.1)
• Appendix D - Example of a comparison table for equivalent vehicles
• Appendix E - Example of a statement of compliance letter (for vehicles not covered by an EPA certificate or not sold concurrently in Canada and the United States)
• Appendix F - Technical information requirements
• Appendix G - VECI label requirements
• Appendix H - Consolidated naming convention for durability groups, test groups and evaporative/refueling family names
• Appendix I - Example of a statement of compliance letter for Canada unique advanced technology vehicles