Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

The following sections discuss emission standards in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) for light-duty vehicles (LDVs), heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs), non-road vehicles and two and three-wheelers. The CIS region covers Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

The figure below summarizes the current exhaust emissions and regulations on fuel quality in the CIS region. The majority of countries in the region have Euro 5 exhaust emission standards. Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus and Armenia, which are state members of the Eurasian Economic Union, have already started discussions on introducing Euro 6. However, there is no defined timeline for its implementation. Azerbaijan and