About the Implementation of the National System of Labeling of Road Vehicles Regarding Level of Environmental Hazard

Abstract

Key aspects, problematic issues, and the proposals for implementation of possible variant of an efficient system of labeling of road vehicles regarding an actual level of environmental hazard (LEH) in the unified system of coordinates are considered. It is taking into account vehicle age, technical condition and other factors, and based on available data on vehicle`s design and indicators, defined not only by the standards of the European Union (environmental standards “Euro”) but also by the standards of other regions of the world, in particular, the North American market. The proposed system can serve as a fundamental element in promoting the development of international trade and improving the quality of vehicle fleet upgrades in Ukraine, reducing the tax burden on citizens during the acquisition of vehicles (which makes it possible to invest in more modern and environmentally friendly vehicles), due to the introduction in Ukraine, similarly with the practice of EU Member States, of a differentiated and fair fiscal policy using the “polluter pays” principle, and other instruments to encourage the use of more environmentally friendly vehicles, differentiated restrictions and preferences for access to infrastructure, including the establishment by local communities of a flexible system of differentiated ecological zones for transport. The proposed universal, convenient and efficient LEH system, and appropriate labeling of vehicles of all major categories, will also stimulate the creation of a system of restoration of the ecological properties of vehicles in the country by the planned replacement of the replacement elements of the exhaust gas after-treatment systems, stimulate the “retrofitting” with the improvement of the ecological properties vehicles being in operation, and include in the same system both “traditional” internal combustion engines and technology of electric vehicles as well. Keywords: road vehicles, adduced pollutant`s emissions, labeling of environmental hazard (LEH).

The concept for an implementation of state policy in the field of labeling and regulation of essential environmental properties of wheeled vehicles

“…The labeling of vehicles according to the hazard level of ingredient pollution, as the main negative factor of influence, is carried out according to the unified international system, as suggested in [12,13].…”

“…It is assumed 5 levels of ecological zones, depending on the level of requirements for ingredient pollution, are established by local executive authorities within certain limits, as described in [13].…”

“…-method of systems analysis in the preliminary study of world experience in the introduction of marking and regulation of the essential environmental properties of wheeled vehicles; -analysis of positive and negative experiences directly on the ground, relevant determinants and driving factors, as well as other related issues in a particular area; -method of classification, in particular when establishing the essential ecological properties of wheeled vehicles; -method of synthesis in the development of proposals for policy in a particular area, taking into account the author's experience in the development of draft legal acts on technical regulation in the areas of standardization of energy efficiency indicators and specific emissions of pollutants by road transport; -conceptual framework for the data structure of vehicle eco-labels needed to support technical regulation, environmental marketing and the management of vehicle access to infrastructure. Proposals to introduce the level of environmental hazard of vehicles by the level of ingredient pollution, their respective differentiation and the establishment of ecological zones are based on the results of studies published by the author in [12,13].…”

Requirements for a unified system of road vehicles environmental labelling and low emission zones

“…In [70,71], a unified classification of environment zones (EZ) and a unified classification of the environment hazard level (EHL) were developed. This classification takes into account the emissions of 64 known pollutants, establishing the cumulative toxicity compliance of petrol-powered and diesel-powered passenger cars (PC), light commercial vehicles (LDV) and heavy-duty vehicles (HDV).…”

“…The approach described in [70,71] can be proposed as a basis for the development of a unified system of environmental labelling of vehicles in terms of ingredient pollution.…”