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New Zealand Emission Regulation Chart

Below is the latest emission law update from the New Zealand LTSA. Please make sure you are aware of the new regluations when selecting/bidding on vehicles from Japan. The frontal impact regulations for all Class MA vehicles will still apply to all imports from outside of New Zealand [View here], however, some of these vehicles do NOT meet the emission regulations as per below. Please contact us should you have any questions.

Acceptable character sets on Japanese deregistration export certificates or completion inspection certificates
Regulation		Fuel Type
Regulation		Petrol, CNG or LPG	Diesel
Japan 98	Those complying to the 98 standard or the 98 Idling standard	GF, HK, GG, HL, GC, HD, GD, HH, GE, HJ, BA, BB	Not applicable
Japan 00/02	Those complying to the 2000 regulations	GH, GJ, HN, HP, LA, LB, LN, LP, LQ, LR, LS, TA, TB, TN, TP, TQ, TS, TR, UA, UB, UN, UP, UQ, US, UR, XA, XB, YA, YB, ZA, ZB	Not applicable
	Those complying to the 2001 regulations	GK, GL, HQ, HR, LC, LD, TC, TD, UC, UD, XC, XD, YC, YD, ZC, ZD	Not applicable
	Those complying to the 2002 regulations	GM, HS, LE, TE, UE, XE, YE, ZE	Not applicable
Japan 02/04	Those complying to the 2002 regulations	Not applicable	HT, HU, HW, KM, KN, KP, LF, LG, LH, TF, TG, TH, UF, UG, UH, XF, XG, XH, YF, YG, YH, ZF, ZG, ZH
	Those complying to the 2003 regulations	Not applicable	HX, HY, KQ, KR, LJ, LK, LL, PA, PB, PC, PD, PE, PF, PG, PH, SA, SB, SC, SD, TJ, TK, TL, UJ, UK, UL, VA, VB, VC, VD, VE, VF, VG, VH, XJ, XK, XL, YJ, YK, YL, ZJ, ZK, ZL
	Those complying to the 2004 regulations	Not applicable	HZ, KS, LM, PJ, PK, PL, PM, PN, PP, PQ, PR, TM, UM, VJ, VK, VL, VM, VN, VP, VQ, VR, XM, YM, ZM
Japan 05	Those complying to the 2005 regulations	Those displaying a 3-digit emissions code (eg. 'AAA', 'ABA', 'DAA')

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