On-Road Vehicle and Engine Emission Regulations

35.1 (1) In the case of an equivalent vehicle referred to in section 19.1, evidence of conformity for the purpose of paragraph 153(1)(b) of the Act in respect of a company shall consist of

• (a) a written statement that the vehicle has the same emission control features as the vehicle tested to obtain the EPA certificate and has no features that could cause it to have a higher level of emissions than that certified vehicle;

• (b) a copy of the EPA certificate covering the vehicle to which it is equivalent;

• (c) a copy of the records submitted to the EPA in support of the application for the EPA certificate in respect of the vehicle to which it is equivalent and any application for an amendment to that EPA certificate;

• (d) an emission control information label that is permanently affixed to the vehicle in a readily accessible location and that contains information that is equivalent to the information required under

  • (i) section 1807(a), subpart S, of the CFR for the applicable model year of the light-duty vehicle, light-duty truck, medium-duty passenger vehicle or complete heavy-duty vehicle, other than the statement of compliance referred to in section 1807(a)(3)(v), subpart S, of the CFR,

  • (ii) section 413, subpart E, of the CFR for the applicable model year of the motorcycle, other than the statement of compliance referred to in section 413(a)(4)(viii), subpart E, of the CFR, or

  • (iii) section 35, subpart A, of the CFR for the applicable model year of the heavy-duty vehicle, other than the statements of compliance referred to in sections 35(a)(2)(iii)(E)(2), 35(a)(3)(iii)(H), 35(a)(4)(iii)(E) and 35(d)(2), subpart A, of the CFR; and

• (e) additional evidence, obtained and produced in a form and manner satisfactory to the Minister, establishing that the vehicle and the vehicle covered by the EPA certificate are equivalent in that they share all the features described in the CFR that are used by the EPA to classify vehicles into test groups or engine families and, as applicable, families based on evaporative emissions, refueling emissions or permeation emissions.

(2) A company shall submit the evidence of conformity referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) to the Minister before importing a vehicle or applying a national emissions mark to it.