DENR Administrative Order No. 004-15

March 24, 2015

DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 004-15

SUBJECT : Implementation of Vehicle Emission Limits for Euro 4/IV, and In-Use Vehicle Emission Standards

Pursuant to Article 4 Section 21 of

Type of Vehicles	Emission Limits/Standards
a.1) New passenger vehicles, M and light duty, N1 with Euro 2/Euro 3 engines	Category/ Class of Vehicle		Reference Mass RW (kg)	CO (g/km)		HC + NOx (g/km)		Particulate (PM), (g/km)
	Category	Class		Petrol	Diesel	Petrol	Diesel	Petrol	Diesel
	M (1)	-	all	2.0	0.9	0.3	0.6	-	0.05
	N1 (2)	I	RW < 1,250	2.0	0.9	0.3	0.6	-	0.05
		II	1,250 < RW < 1,700	3.0	1.2	0.4	0.8	-	0.10
		III	1,700 < RW	4.0	1.4	0.5	1.0	-	0.15
a.2) New passenger vehicles, M and light duty, N1 with Euro 4 engines	Euro 4
b.1) New heavy duty vehicles with Euro II/Euro III engines	CO (g/kWh)		HC (g/kWh)		NOx (g/kWh)		PM (g/kWh)
	2.45		0.73		6.9		0.14
b.2) New heavy duty vehicles with Euro IV engines	Euro IV
c.1) New motorcycles, tricycles and mopeds with Euro 2 engines	Class (cc)		CO (g/km)		HC (g/km)		NOx (g/km)
	< 150 cc. (L3)		4.5 (5.0)		0.80 (1.1)		0.20 (.29)
	> 150 cc. (L3)		4.5 (5.0)		0.70 (.9)		0.20 (.29)
	All (L4)		6.5		1.0		.39
c.2) New motorcycles, tricycles and mopeds with Euro 3 engines	Euro 3
	CO (% by vol.) At idling			HC (ppm) At idling			Light Absorption Coefficient, m-1 At free acceleration
d) In-use, rebuilt and imported used passenger cars light duty and heavy duty vehicles	- 0.25 [registered for the first time on or after July 1, 2017] - 0.5 [registered for the first time after December 31, 2007] - 3.5 [registered for the first time on or before December 31, 2007]			- 100 [registered for the first time on or after July 1, 2017] - 250 [registered for the first time after December 31, 2007] - 600 [registered for the first time on or before December 31, 2007]			- 1.0 [registered for the first time on or after July 1, 2017] - 2.0 [registered for the first time after December 31, 2015] - 2.5 [registered for the first time on or before December 31, 2015]
e) In-use motorcycles, tricycles and mopeds	- 2.5 [registered for the first time on or after July 1, 2017] - 3.5 [registered for the first time on or after January 1, 2012] - 4.5 [registered for the first time before January 1, 2012]			- 1,000 [registered for the first time on or after July 1, 2017] - 4,500 [registered for the first time on or after January 1, 2012] - 6,000 [registered for the first time before January 1, 2012]			20% smoke opacity
				30% smoke opacity
				30% smoke opacity

All new vehicles to be used or introduced into the Philippine market by January 2016 shall be equipped with Euro 4/IV engine and compliant with Euro 4/IV limits/emission standards. By then, the EMB shall issue Certificates of Conformity (COC) for such vehicles only.

Further, pursuant to the authority provided to the Department under Section 34 of

The comparative quality of Euro IV fuel and Euro II fuel is provided as follows:

		Fuel type	Euro IV fuel	Euro II fuel

1.	Diesel
	-	Sulfur	50 ppm	500 ppm

2.	Gasoline

	-	Sulfur	50 ppm	500 ppm
	-	Benzene (% by volume, max.)	1	5
	-	Aromatics (% by volume, max.)	35	No limit

All Orders, Circulars and Instructions inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.

(SGD.) RAMON J.P. PAJE
Secretary
Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Recommending Approval:

(SGD.) ATTY. JONAS R. LEONES
DENR Undersecretary and Concurrent EMB Director

Published in The Philippine Daily Inquirer on March 25, 2015.