From January 1, 2018, passenger cars with 7 to 9 seats must have energy labels.

According to a circular recently issued by the Ministry of Transport, from January 1, 2018, passenger cars with 7 to 9 seats, manufactured and assembled from separate components, completely new or imported and unused, will have to have energy labels.

Specifically, the subjects to which Circular No. 40/2017/TT-BGTVT applies are organizations and individuals involved in vehicle manufacturing, assembly, import, trading, fuel consumption testing and vehicle energy label certification.

The Circular does not apply to vehicles manufactured, assembled, imported for direct use for defense and security purposes of the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security; temporarily imported and re-exported vehicles; transit vehicles; diplomatic and consular vehicles; single imported vehicles and not for business purposes; vehicles imported under separate regulations of the Prime Minister; vehicles using fuel other than gasoline, diesel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), natural gas (NG).

From January 1, 2018, passenger cars with 7 to 9 seats will have to have energy labels.

Accordingly, vehicles subject to this circular must be labeled with energy according to regulations before being put on the market.

In particular, manufacturing, assembling and importing facilities are allowed to self-declare fuel consumption levels and affix energy labels if the manufactured and assembled vehicles are of a type that has been granted a certificate of technical safety and environmental protection; or if the imported vehicles are of a type that has been granted a certificate of technical safety and environmental protection before January 1, 2018.

This self-declaration of fuel consumption and energy labeling will be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Clause 2, Article 5 of Joint Circular No. 43/2014.

The specific roadmap for implementing energy labeling is as follows: vehicles manufactured, assembled, and imported from January 1, 2018 must have energy labels. Cases of self-declaration of fuel consumption and energy labeling as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 5 of this Circular shall be implemented until December 31, 2018.

According to VNN