Vehicle Emissions Reduction

Thailand

Regulatory agencies

• Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
• Pollution Control Department
• Department of Land Transport

Regulatory framework

• Enhancement and Conservation of National Environment Quality Act of 1975, established the Office of the National Environment Board (ONEB)
• Announcement of the Revolutionary Party No. 16 of 1971
• Liquid Fuel Act of 1978
• Enhancement and Conservation of National Environmental Quality Act of 1992 repealed the Act of 1975 and established three new offices under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment:
  • Office of Environmental Policy and Planning
  • Pollution Control Department
  • Department of Environmental Quality Promotion
• Land Transport Act of 1992
• Motor Vehicle Act of 1979
• Traffic Act of 1992

  Source: Supat Wangwongwatana & Panya Warapetcharayut, Pollution Control Department, MOSTE

Related links

• Thailand Environment Monitor 2003
• Pollution Control Department (PCD)
• National Energy Policy Office (NEPO)
• Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)
• Department of Health
• Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)
• Air Quality and Noise Information System - Thailand

ADB documents

• Thailand and ADB - Fact Sheet
• Country Report 2001
• Country Strategy and Program Update 2002-2004
• Country Economic Review (CER)