Components of fuel-efficient motor vehicles [G.E. No. 77] - 025/89 - Customs -Tariff

Components of fuel-efficient motor vehicles [G.E. No. 77] Notification No. 25/89-Cus. Dated 9-2-1989 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 210/84-Customs, dated the 1st August, 1984, namely :- In the said notification, - (i) in the opening paragraph, for the Explanation, the following Explanation shall be substituted, with effect from the 1st day of April, 1989, namely :- "Explanation :- For the purposes of this notification, "fuel-efficient two wheeled motor vehicle" means a two wheeled motor vehicle which is certified to run - (i) not less than 95 kilometres per litre of petrol in the case of a two-wheeled motor vehicle of engine capacity not exceeding 35 cubic centimetres; (ii) not less than 87 kilometres per litre of petrol for variable transmission or 83 kilometres per litre of petrol for fixed transmission, in the case of a two-wheeled motor vehicle of engine capacity exceeding 35 cubic centimetres but not exceeding 75 cubic centimetres. (iii) not less than 60 kilometres per litre of petrol in the case of a two-wheeled motor vehicle of engine capacity exceeding 75 cubic centimetres but not exceeding 200 cubic centimetres; (iv) not less than 55 kilometres per litre of petrol in the case of a two wheeled motor vehicle of engine capacity exceeding 200 cubic centimetres, by an officer not below the rank of Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Industry (Department of Industrial Development) on the basis of the tests (hereafter referred to as the fuel efficiency test) carried out by the Vehicle Research Development Establishment of the Ministry of Defence, Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) or the Automotive Research Association of India, Pune (Maharashtra), having regard to the following, namely :- (a) the fuel efficiency test shall be conducted - (i) with a payload of 70 kilograms in the case of a two-wheeled motor vehicle of engine capacity not exceeding 35 cubic centimetres; (ii) with a payload of 120 kilograms in the case of a two-wheeled motor vehicle of engine capacity exceeding 35 cubic centimetres but not ex ceeding 75 cubic centimetres; (iii) with a payload of 130 kilograms in the case of a two-wheeled motor vehicle of engine capacity exceeding 75 cubic centimetres; (b) for the purpose of measuring the engine capacity of a two-wheeled motor vehicle, the cubic centimetre of the engine shall be rounded of to the nearest multiple of 5 (as per IS : 2); (c) the fuel efficiency test shall be conducted using petrol having an octane level not exceeding 87; (d) the fuel efficiency test shall be carried out on a selected level test track at a steady speed of - (i) 20 kilometres per hour in the case of two-wheeled motor vehicle of engine capacity not exceeding 35 cubic centimetres; (ii) 30 kilometres per hour in the case of two-wheeled motor vehicle of engine capacity exceeding 35 cubic centimetres but not exceeding 75 cubic centimetres; (iii) 40 kilometres per hour in the case of two-wheeled motor vehicle of engine capacity exceeding 75 cubic centimetres but not exceeding 200 cubic centimetres; (iv) 50 kilometres per hour in the case of two-wheeled motor vehicle of engine capacity exceeding 200 cubic centimetres; for a minimum stretch of one kilometre and the average of 20 runs comprising of 10 runs in each track, shall be taken for carrying out the tests and the test figures shall be corrected to sea level altitude and to +25°C ambient temperature."; (ii) In paragraph 2, for the figures and words "31st day of March, 1989", the figures and words "31st day of March, 1990" shall be substituted.