KUALA LUMPUR: The Government will introduce the Euro 4 standards for RON97 nationwide in September. However, motorists will have to wait until 2018 to fill up on Euro 4 RON95 petrol.
Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said the sale of Euro 5 diesel, which was now confined to 12 petrol stations in Johor, would be introduced to other states this year.
Mustapa also announced that an automotive council would be set up within two months to provide a platform for policy makers to interact with industry players.
Chaired by himself, the council would consist of representatives from the government and business community, as well as non-government organisations representing consumers.
"The council will provide a platform for policy makers to interact so that we can have inputs from the industry and have clear directions as to which way the automotive industry will move," Mustapa told reporters during the National Automotive Policy (NAP) 2014 update here today.
Saying that the council is likely to hold its first meeting end of march, he added that the automotive sector was important to the economy as more than 500,000 people are employed and involved in the industry.
"It is in many ways, the pulse of the nation's economy," he said.
In 2013, the automotive sector contributed RM30 billion to the country's Gross Domestic Product.
