Amendment to Notification No. 222/87-Cus. [G.E. No. 92] - 278/88 - Customs -Tariff

Amendment to Notification No. 222/87-Cus. [G.E. No. 92] Notification No. 278/88-Cus. Dated 30-9-1988 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 amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 222/87-Customs, dated the 20th May, 1987, namely :- In the said notification, after paragraph 2, for the Explanation, the following Explanation shall be substituted, namely,- " Explanation : For the purposes of this notification, "fuel efficient light commercial motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle which satisfies specific fuel consumption and kilometres or net-tonne kilometres moved per litre of diesel as specified in columns (3), (4).and (5) of the Table hereto annexed, with further upgradation of kilometres or net tonne kilometres norms from the date from which such upgraded norms shall be applicable, as specified in column (6) of the said Table, and certified accordingly by an officer not below the rank of Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Industry, Department of Industrial Development, on the basis of the tests (hereinafter referred to as 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 for the rated GVW or the payload of the vehicle as specified in the Table, regardless whether it is used for passenger transport or goods transport, (b) the vehicle shall be tested with cab and body as follows :- (i) the vehicle shall be tested with the standard cab only produced by the manufacturer; and (ii) the vehicle shall be tested with the body used by the manufacturer as standard fitment; and (iii) where the vehicle is not having standard production of body or is having more than one version of standard production of body, the following allowances shall be applied : Allowances in Weight GVW Range Body weight (i) Below 3000 kgs. 120 kgs (ii) 3000 kgs and above and upto 4000 kgs 200 kgs (iii) 4000 kgs and above but below 6000 kgs 400 kgs (c) the fuel efficiency test shall be conducted using diesel having cetane level of 42; (d) the fuel efficiency tests shall be carried out on a selected level of test track at a steady speed of 40, 50 and 60 kilometres per hour as specified in the Table annexed for a minimum stretch of one kilometre and the average of 20 runs, comprising 10 runs in each direction, shall be taken for carrying out tests and the test figures shall be corrected to sea level altitude and to +25 degree Centigrade ambient temperature; (e) the specific fuel consumption shall be taken as the minimum value at full load and full throttle in accordance with the testing conditions stipulated in IS:10000 (Part VIII) - 1980; and (f) detailed fuel efficiency testing procedures shall be as specified by the Ministry of Industry, (Department of Industrial Development)".- TABLE S. No. Description of the vehicle Specific fuel consumption per KW hour - not exceeding Kms per Ltr. of Diesel at 50 KMPH - not less then NTKMPL of diesel - Not less than Upgradation At 40 KMPH At 60 KMPH (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1. Commercial Motor Vehicle of pay load not exceeding 2500 kgms. 240 gms. 115 Not applicable Norms specified in Col. 4 shall be upgraded by 5% with effect from 1-4-1990 2. Commercial Motor Vehicle of pay load exceeding 2500 Kgms. but not exceeding 4000 Kgms. 240 gms. Not applicable 100t 3.4 + 1.53t 100t 2.7 + 2.35t Norms specified in Col. 5 shall be upgraded by 5% with effect from 1-4-1989 Note :- Where W is the GVW of the vehicle in tonnes and t is the pay load in tonnes. NTKMPL - Net Tonne Kilometre per Litre.