This project includes three major tasks: (1) Granting 800 certifications, performing 100 sample tests of vehicle noise control. (2) Reviewing current vehicle noise control regulations and scheme. (3) Developing and proposing the draft of vehicle noise control scheme of R.O.C. (1) During 2009( from 1-Jan. to 14-Dec.), we granted 757 vehicle type approval certifications; performed 177 vehicle noise sample tests; and follow up the certification holders’ quality control. This project also published the database of vehicle certification which was issued in 2008 and continued to update the certification database in the website of Automotive Research & Testing Center (ARTC). (2) ARTC attended the road-side inspection for 16 times and assisted 137 inspections. 14 EPBs totally performed 638 inspections during 2009. These results indentified 205 incompliance vehicles. The efficiency of in-use vehicle inspection is increased than 2008. While co-operate with the scheme of citizen inform against vehicle noise, the efficiency of vehicle noise control will be improved in the future. (3) Surveying the status of vehicle noise control regulations homologation, “additional sound emission provisions” based on latest UN ECE regulations’ draft. This will help Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) to harmonize vehicle noise control regulations with international regulations. There are 5 achievements and suggestions which are listed below: (1) In order to improve the efficient of issuing the certification, we held a “vehicle type approval proceeding conference” to coach certification applicants be familiar with the vehicle type approval tasks. (2) We developed a program to transform and upload the certification documents to the vehicle approval database. Through which we may coordinate the task of E-stamping process and improve the efficiency of document processing in the future. (3) To coach Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB) of cities or counties in Taiwan in the task of in-use vehicle noise inspection, we held an “in-use vehicle noise test technique demonstration lecture” and an “in-use vehicle noise control task conference” for EPBs’ members. In these meetings, we shared the in-use vehicle noise inspection experiences and examined the noise control scheme with EPBs’ members. (4) To convene a technical interaction meeting between the two appointed vehicle noise test Labs. And these 2 Labs discussed the technique issue with government officers to identify the processing principle in the meeting. (5) This project followed latest UN ECE R041-04 draft to perform 18 motorcycles “Additional Sound Emission Provisions” (ASEP) in ARTC proving ground. These results will help EPA to decide to include ASEP in the vehicle noise control regulations of Taiwan or not.

Type approval of vehicle noise,In-use Vehicle Noise Control,Harmonization of Regulations