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270 THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 RULE 115H
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[(4) Every manufacturer or importer of M2, M3 and N2 vehicle category, except
Tippers and armoured vehicles, which are type approved under rule 126, with gross
vehicle weight between three and a half tonnes (3,500 kilograms) and twelve tonnes
(12,000 kilograms), manufactured or imported for sale in India, shall, on and from the
1st day of April, 2023, be tested for Constant Speed Fuel Consumption standard and
comply with the Fuel consumption target, notified under the Energy Conservation Act,
2001 vide notification of Government of India in the Ministry of Power number S.O.
2540(E), dated the 16th July, 2019 and number S.O. 1464(E), dated the 29th March, 2022,
as amended from time to time.
(5) Every manufacturer or importer of M3 and N2 vehicle category, except Tippers
and armoured vehicles, which are type approved under rule 126, with gross vehicle
weight of twelve tones (12,000 kilograms) and above, manufactured or imported for sale
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in India, shall on and from the 1st day of April, 2023, shall be tested for Constant Speed
Fuel Consumption standard and comply with the Fuel consumption target, notified
under the Energy Conservation Act, 2001 vide notification of the Government of India
in the Ministry of Power number S.O. 2670(E), dated the 16th August, 2017, amended
by number S.O. 3215(E), dated the 21st September, 2020 and number S.O. 1465(E), dated
the 29th March, 2022, as amended from time to time.
(6) For the purposes of sub-rules (4) and (5),—
(i) the procedure for Conformity of Production for verifying compliance to
Constant Speed Fuel Consumption Norms shall be as laid down in AIS: 149,
as amended from time to time; and
(ii) the agency referred to in sub-rule (3) shall collect, examine and report the
data submitted by the vehicle manufacturers annually to the Central
Government.]
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[115H. Mass emission standards for flex-fuel Methanol [M15 or M100 or M85 and

Methanol MD 95] vehicles
115H
(1) The newly manufactured gasoline vehicles fitted with spark ignition engine
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compatible to run on [gasoline or a mixture of fifteen per cent methanol in gasoline
(M15) or up to eighty-five per cent methanol blend (M85) or hundred per cent methanol
(M100)], (hereinafter referred to as flex-fuel methanol vehicle), shall be the type
approved as per the prevailing gasoline emission norms.
(2) The newly manufactured methanol vehicle with Gross Vehicle Weight above
3,500 kilograms compatible to run on methanol fuel (MD95), shall be the type approved
as per the prevailing diesel emission norms, as applicable for that category.
(3) The compatibility of vehicle to level of methanol blend
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( [M15/M85/M100/MD95]) shall be defined by the vehicle manufacturer and the same
shall be displayed on the vehicle by affixing a clearly visible sticker.
(4) Test requirements for the type approval for different classes of vehicles are
specified in Table 1, Table 2 and Table 3, respectively:

1 Inserted vide GSR 844(E), dt. 22-11-2022, w.e.f. 23-11-2022.
2 Here word “shall” has been wrongly printed in the Official Gazette.
3 Inserted vide GSR 490(E), dt. 24-5-2018, w.e.f. 25-5-2018.
4 Substituted for “M15 or M100 and Methanol MD 95” vide GSR 37(E), dt. 17-1-2020, w.e.f. 17-1-2020.
5 Substituted for “gasoline or a mixture of fifteen percent methanol in gasoline (M15) or one hundred per
cent methanol (M100)”, ibid.
6 Substituted for “M15/M100/MD95”, ibid.

1 Substituted for “On both Gasoline and M15 or M100 fuel” vide GSR 37(E), dt. 17-1-2020, w.e.f. 17-1-2020.