The ecological class characterizes vehicles by the level of emissions of exhaust gases containing harmful substances (carbon monoxide CO, hydrocarbons Cm Hn, nitrogen oxides NOx and particulate matter). As a rule, it is determined at customs (for imported equipment) and indicated in the TCP. Based on the verification of the car brand with the database of the Ministry of Industry and Energy, which contains information on all cars produced in the world, the customs officer assigns an environmental class. According to Russian law, imported cars below class 3 cannot be operated.
Instructions
Step 1
EuroEuro 1 standards have limited the content of harmful substances in the exhaust of gasoline engines. In Europe, he acted in the first half of the 90s
Euro 2 in comparison with the previous class has become 3 times tougher. Introduced in Russia in the fall of 2005.
Euro 3 has tightened the standards for emissions of harmful substances by another 30-40%. It has been operating on the territory of the Russian Federation since January 2008 and prohibits the import and production of cars that do not correspond to this class.
Euro 4 has been introduced in Russia since 2010. In Europe it has been operating since 2005.
Euro 5 is planned to be introduced in 2014 throughout our country.
Step 2
To find out the ecological class of a car, you need to know its VIN number. Knowing this number, you can determine the class, according to the database of issued environmental certificates. The base is posted on the website of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology (see links). The VIN of the car number must match the base for at least 9 first characters. Also, the engine number must match. If the car is listed in the 4th or 5th class in the database, then to confirm this fact (upon receipt of the title), it is enough to present a printout from the website. If there are different environmental classes at the level of the first 9 characters, more characters should be entered. If the search result remains ambiguous, you will have to undergo vehicle certification
Step 3
How to read the certificate of conformity Certificate number. In the certificate number, the letter designation up to the first dot indicates the country that issued the certificate. The alphanumeric designation after the first dot is the abbreviation for the certification body. The next letter is the code of the certification object. Further - the internal serial number of the certificate.
Date of issue of the certificate: starting from this date, the car can be imported into Russia on any day and only once. This is followed by complete information about the certification body, the full name of the product (car), its VIN number, the type and volume of the engine and its environmental class … It is reported what documents the car meets the requirements of what documents. It also contains complete information about the applicant, about the manufacturer, about the tests and measurements carried out and about the documents presented.
