Amendment to the Fuel Economy Standards and Regulations on Vehicle Inspection and Administration Article 12

12.1 To apply for a certificate license and become an Accredited Agency as mentioned in the proceeding article, a test agency or vehicle manufacturer should provide and submit the following application documents to the Competent Authority. The application procedure for certificate license renewal is the same.12.1.1 The education and work experience papers for test personnel,12.1.2 A quality control plan,12.1.3 A test equipment layout,12.1.4 The original drawings and specifications of the test equipment, and12.1.5 Correlated test results conducted within the past six months.12.2 If the application documentations stated in Paragraph 12.1 do not conform to the rules or incur deficiencies in the contents, the Competent Authority shall notify the applicant to make corrections by a specified deadline; if the requested corrections are not made by the deadline, the application shall be rejected.12.3 The Competent Authority shall issue certificate licenses with a valid period of no more than three years to those applicants who pass the review. Anyone who has obtained a certificate and applied for an extension needs to submit the documents required by Paragraph 12.1 180 days prior to the expiration date; the extension period is three years. The applicant must reapply for certification if he was not able to apply for an extension by the time specified above.12.4 To review the certificate application procedures stated in Paragraph 12.1 and the certificate extension procedures stated in Paragraph 12.3, the Competent Authority may invite relevant experts to form a review group. The review group may examine the testing equipment as well as the status of personnel allocation and operation on site, and request the applicant to conduct a vehicle fuel economy test on a chassis dynamometer if and when the review group deems necessary.