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World Trade Organization G/TBT/N/USA/183 3 April 2006 (06-1522) Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: English NOTIFICATION The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: UNITED STATES美國 If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2): 2. Agency responsible: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (189) Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above: 3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [?X?], 2.10.1 [??], 5.6.2 [??], 5.7.1 [??], other: 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Motor vehicles and engines (HS: Chapter 8703 ) (ICS: 43). 機動車與引擎 5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles: Amendments to the Tier 2 Motor Vehicle Emission Regulations; Proposed Rule (4 pages, English). 6. Description of content: EPA is proposing to make minor amendments to the existing Tier 2 motor vehicle regulations (65 FR 6698, 10 February 2000, hereinafter referred to as the Tier 2 rule). These proposed minor amendments are consistent with our intention, under the original Tier 2 rule, to provide interim compliance flexibilities for clean diesels in the passenger car market. While the automotive industry has made rapid advancements in light-duty diesel emissions control technologies and will, as a result, be able to produce diesel vehicles that can comply with the primary regulatory requirements of the Tier 2 program, diesel vehicles still face some very limited technological challenges in meeting the full suite of Tier 2 requirements. This action would provide two voluntary, interim alternative compliance opt