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170 THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 RULE 115

7. The Conformity of Production (COP) testing procedure shall be as described
in section 9 of Annexure I of EEC Directive 88/77/EEC last amended by
1999/96/EC
8. The COP frequency and samples:
(i) The COP period for each engine model including its variants shall be
once in a year.
(ii) For production volume of less than 250 for six months, the method as
prescribed in the provisos to rule 126A shall apply.
9. For diesel engine vehicles, the emission of visible pollutants (smoke) shall
not exceed the limit value of smoke density, as per Annexure I to rule 115(9).
These smoke limits are without correction factor and engines are to be tested
with conditioned air supplied to the engine to maintain atmospheric factor
of 0.98 to 1.02.
10. The vehicles meeting the above norms shall use commercial fuel as per BIS
specification IS:1460-2000 (Amendment No. I January, 2003) (Fourth
Revision) for Diesel.
11. In case of diesel vehicles, the engine power shall be measured on engine
dynamometer and the measured power shall meet the requirements as
given below:
(i) For Type approval: ± 2% at maximum power point and + 6% and -2%
at other measurement points.
(ii) For conformity of production: -5%/+8% at maximum power point.
(iii) Testing procedures shall be in accordance with Chapter 6 of Part IV of
the reference document MOST/CMVR/TAP-115/116 as amended
from time to time by the Government of India in the Ministry of
Shipping, Road Transport and Highways.
12. The vehicles mentioned in clause (E) shall also comply with rule 115 (2).]
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[(F) [(i) The Mass Emission Standards (Bharat Stage-III) as specified in sub-clause
(iii), shall be applicable in the National Capital Region and the cities of Mumbai, Kolkata,
Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad including Secunderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune, Surat,
Kanpur, Agra, Sholapur and Lucknow in respect of two and three wheeler vehicles
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manufactured on or after [1st April, 2010 and quadricycles manufactured on or after
1-10-2014].
(ii) the Mass Emission Standards (Bharat Stage-III) as specified in sub-clause (iii),
shall be applicable in all the States and the Union Territories except National Capital
Region and the cities of Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad including
Secunderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune, Surat, Kanpur, Agra, Sholapur and Lucknow in
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respect of two and three wheeler vehicles manufactured on or after [1st October, 2010
and quadricycles manufactured on or after 1-10-2014].
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(iii) the Mass Emission Standards (Bharat Stage-III) for [two wheelers, three
wheelers and quadricycles] shall be as under:—]

1 Inserted vide GSR 84(E), dt. 9-2-2009, w.e.f. 1-4-2010.
2 Substituted for “(F) Mass Emission Standards (Bharat Stage III) for two and three wheelers manufactured
on and from 1st April 2010 shall be as under :—” vide GSR 443(E), dt. 21-5-2010, w.e.f. 21-5-2010.
3 Substituted for “1-4-2010” vide GSR 99(E), dt. 19-2-2014, w.e.f. 1-4-2014.
4 Substituted for “1st October 2010” vide GSR 99(E), dt. 19-2-2014, w.e.f. 1-4-2014.
5 Substituted for “two and three wheeler vehicles”, ibid.