"As of August 1, 2013 the two-wheeled vehicle emissions standard for Indonesia is EURO 3," Balthasar said.
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Minister of Environment, Balthasar Kambuaya, has officially announced the enactment of the new emissions standard for two-wheeled vehicles which is equivalent to the European Emission Standard (EURO) 3, effective as of in August 1, 2013.

"As of August 1, 2013 the two-wheeled vehicle emissions standard for Indonesia is EURO 3," Balthasar said in the presentation of urban air quality evaluation results here Monday.

With the implementation of the emission standard, it is expected motorcycles would use fuel according to the standard, the minister said.

"Actually, this standard has already been implemented but it has not been based on EURO 3," he added.

Later, if the standard is fully implemented consumers must use fuel with an octane level of 91, and which is unleaded.

Balthasar said, the implementation of the new standard could encourage industry to produce competitive motorcycles at the ASEAN level.

The head of road transport of the ministry of environment, M Zakaria, said the implementation of the Euro 3 standard would reduce emissions coming out from motor vehicles.

"All the two-wheeled vehicles will be tested by the Center for Engineering Thermodynamics and Propulsion (BTMP)-BPPT (agency for the assessment and application of technology)," Zakaria added.

The planned implementation of the EURO 3 standard is also put the regulation of the minister of environment Number 23/2012 on amendment to the ordinance of the Minister of the Environment number 10/2012 concerning the raw exhaust emissions of motor vehicles of new type L3 category.

EURO is the motor vehicle emission standard in Europe, which is adopted by several countries in the world. EURO requires new vehicles to have a grade of flue gas such as nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, and carbon monoxide under a certain threshold.

In EURO 3, a two-wheeled vehicles with a cylinder capacity of less than 50 cubic cm may only produce 0.8 grams/kilometer of hydrocarbons (HC), 0.15 grams/kilometer of nitrogen oxides (NOx), and only 2 grams/kilometer of carbon monoxide (CO).

As for the two-wheeled vehicles with a cylinder capacity of more than 50 cubic cm may only produce 0.3 grams/kilometer of hydrocarbons (HC), 0.15 grams/kilometer of nitrogen oxides (NOx), and only 2 grams/kilometer of carbon monoxide (CO).(*)

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