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Vehicles; public transport passenger type – Australia

Official title

Exposure Draft—Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 114/00 - Carbon Dioxide Emissions Measurement); Draft Explanatory Statement for the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 114/00 - Carbon Dioxide Emissions Measurement); Methods of converting the type-approval CO2 emission values of light vehicles for Australia’s New Vehicle Efficiency Standard, Prepared by The International Council on Clean Transportation

Australia issued an addendum on 20 May 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/AUS/194. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 3 December 2025. The comment period closed on 12 January 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Motor vehicles for the transport of >= 10 persons, incl. driver; Road vehicles in general

HS codes
  • 87 · Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
    • 8702 Motor vehicles for the transport of >= 10 persons, incl. driver
Notifying member
Australia
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Protection of the environment
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/AUS/194Latest notice: G/TBT/N/AUS/194/Add.1

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 12 January 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

The comment period closed on 12 January 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/AUS/194/Add.1; it can take them up with Australia.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/AUS/194/Add.1⁩, 20 May 2026)

Exposure Draft—Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 114/00 - Carbon Dioxide Emissions Measurement); Draft Explanatory Statement for the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 114/00 - Carbon Dioxide Emissions Measurement); Methods of converting the type-approval CO2 emission values of light vehicles for Australia’s New Vehicle Efficiency Standard, Prepared by The International Council on Clean Transportation

The Australian Government is proposing a new vehicle standard to enable the application of the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Act to specified vehicles with a gross vehicle mass over 3,500kg and less than 3,855kg. This notification outlines the Australian Government’s intention to adopt a new Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule (ADR) 114/00 - Carbon Dioxide Emissions Measurement) to mandate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions testing requirements for specified vehicles with a gross vehicle mass (GVM or maximum laden vehicle mass) between 3,500kg and 3,855kg from 1 January 2027. This proposed rulemaking will align Australia’s CO2 testing requirements with equivalent US standards for light duty vehicles, which apply to vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating up to 8,500 pounds. This new vehicle standard is proposed as an initial step to enable vehicles with a GVM up to 4,500kg that are marketed to be driven by consumers (such as full-sized sport utility vehicles and pick-ups) to be subject to the requirements of the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Act 2024 (the NVES Act). This was foreshadowed by the Australian Government in the 'Cleaner, Cheaper to Run Cars: The Australian New Vehicle Efficiency Standard' Impact Analysis', which was notified in March 2024 (G/TBT/N/AUS/166 refers). The NVES Act sets sales weighted average carbon dioxide emissions targets for vehicle manufacturers supplying vehicles covered by the NVES Act with a GVM rating up to 4,500kg to Australia from…

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/TBT/N/AUS/194/Add.1

    Exposure Draft—Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 114/00 - Carbon Dioxide Emissions Measurement); Draft Explanatory Statement for the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 114/00 - Carbon Dioxide Emissions Measurement); Methods of converting the type-approval CO2 emission values of light vehicles for Australia’s New Vehicle Efficiency Standard, Prepared by The International Council on Clean Transportation

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (opens in a new tab)

  2. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/AUS/194

    Comment deadline: Closed on 12 January 2026

    Exposure Draft—Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 114/00 - Carbon Dioxide Emissions Measurement); Draft Explanatory Statement for the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 114/00 - Carbon Dioxide Emissions Measurement); Methods of converting the type-approval CO2 emission values of light vehicles for Australia’s New Vehicle Efficiency Standard, Prepared by The International Council on Clean Transportation

    The Australian Government is proposing a new vehicle standard to enable the application of the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Act to specified vehicles with a gross vehicle mass over 3,500kg and less than 3,855kg. This notification outlines the Australian Government’s intention to adopt a new Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule (ADR) 114/00 - Carbon Dioxide Emissions Measurement) to mandate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions testing requirements for specified vehicles with a gross vehicle mass (GVM or maximum laden vehicle mass) between 3,500kg and 3,855kg from 1 January 2027. This proposed rulemaking will align Australia’s CO2 testing requirements with equivalent US standards for light duty vehicles, which apply to vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating up to 8,500 pounds. This new vehicle standard is proposed as an initial step to enable vehicles with a GVM up to 4,500kg that are marketed to be driven by consumers (such as full-sized sport utility vehicles and pick-ups) to be subject to the requirements of the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Act 2024 (the NVES Act). This was foreshadowed by the Australian Government in the 'Cleaner, Cheaper to Run Cars: The Australian New Vehicle Efficiency Standard' Impact Analysis', which was notified in March 2024 (G/TBT/N/AUS/166 refers). The NVES Act sets sales weighted average carbon dioxide emissions targets for vehicle manufacturers supplying vehicles covered by the NVES Act with a GVM rating up to 4,500kg to Australia from…

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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