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Pollution Regulations Page created: 25 Dec 2001 Extracted from Ministry of Environment website Air Pollution Control Motor vehicles are also a major source of air pollution. To control the emission of lead from motor vehicles, lead in petrol had been progressively reduced from 0.84 g/l to 0.15 g/l since 1 June 1987. In January 1991, unleaded petrol was introduced in Singapore and leaded petrol was phased out by 1 July 1998. To further reduce smoke emission from diesel vehicles, the permissible level of sulphur in diesel had been reduced from 0.3% by weight to 0.05% by weight from 1 March 1999. With effect from 1 Jan 2001, all petrol- and diesel-driven vehicles are required to comply with the EURO II exhaust emission standard as specified in the European Directive 96/69/EC for passenger cars and light duty vehicles with maximum laden weight (MLW) of 3,500 kg or less, and 91/542/EEC Stage II for heavy vehicles with MLW of more than 3,500 kg before they are allowed to be registered for use in Singapore. To comply with the emission standards, all petrol-driven vehicles are equipped with 3-way catalytic converters. With effect from 1 October 1991, all motorcycles/scooters
must comply with the US 40 CFR 86.410-80 Emission Standard before they can be registered
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