The World Assembly,
Aware that many land vehicles and automobiles in some member-nations are still powered via internal combustion engines, or other gasoline-powered fueling sources,
Believing that these engines, if not properly regulated, may expel many harmful gases and substances into the atmosphere, which may cause adverse health and environmental risks,
Knowing that this risk can be significantly reduced by simply fitting automobiles with the catalytic converter,
Therefore enacts the following policies in all member-nations:
- For the purposes of this resolution, "catalytic converter" and any linguistic variations thereof refers to a device used to control exhaust emissions through the transformation of harmful gas, pollutants, and other harmful substances that would be emitted by an internal combustion engine into less harmful substances, by means of redox reaction.
- All combustion-powered vehicles manufactured, imported, or otherwise bought and sold following the passage of this resolution, or following a nation's entry into the World Assembly, shall be equipped with a catalytic converter. These catalytic converters must be regularly inspected (at least as often as the converter's expected lifespan) to ensure their continued operation. Failure to equip a catalytic converter properly such that the catalytic converter is not actually used shall be considered non-compliance with this clause. This clause may be waived for vehicles which cannot reliably have a catalytic converter installed, and were owned within a member nation prior to this resolution being enacted in that member.
- The removal of any catalytic converters is strictly forbidden, unless it is for the express purpose of installing a new catalytic converter or other technology as stipulated in clause four, or the vehicle it is used in is otherwise ceasing to be in operation.
- It is the responsibility of members to institute regulations surrounding catalytic converters that have to do with the most efficient technological innovation surrounding them as practicable given the circumstances of the nation. In the event that a nation has access to more efficient or advanced technology that reduces harmful exhaust emissions, they shall be permitted to install combustion-powered vehicles with that technology as opposed to a catalytic converter, given that said technology is equivalent or more effective in reducing these emissions.
