This Regulation applies to vehicles of categories M2, N2, M3 and N3, as defined in Annex II to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(1), with the exception of the following:
semi-trailer towing vehicles of category N2 with a maximum mass exceeding 3,5 tonnes but not exceeding 8 tonnes;
categories M2 and M3 vehicles of Class A, Class I and Class II;
category M3 articulated buses of Class A, Class I and Class II;
off-road vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2 and N3 as referred to in points 4.2 and 4.3 of Part A of Annex II to Directive 2007/46/EC;
special purpose vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2 and N3 as referred to in point 5 of Part A of Annex II to Directive 2007/46/EC;
vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2 and N3 with more than three axles.
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply in addition to the definitions set out in Regulation (EC) No 661/2009:
‘vehicle type with regard to its Lane Departure Warning System’ means a category of vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as:
the manufacturer’s trade name or mark;
vehicle features which significantly influence the performances of the Lane Departure Warning System;
the type and design of the Lane Departure Warning System;
‘lane’ means one of the longitudinal strips into which a roadway is divided (as shown in the Appendix to Annex II);
‘visible lane marking’ means delineators intentionally placed on the borderline of the lane that are directly visible by the driver while driving;
‘rate of departure’ means the subject vehicle’s approach velocity at a right angle to the visible lane marking at the warning issue point;
‘common space’ means an area on which two or more information functions may be displayed, but not simultaneously.
1.The manufacturer or his representative shall submit to the type-approval authority the application for EC type-approval of a vehicle with regard to lane departure warning systems.
2.The application shall be drawn up in accordance with the model of the information document set out in Part 1 of Annex I.
3.If the relevant requirements set out in Annex II to this Regulation are met, the approval authority shall grant an EC type-approval and issue a type-approval number in accordance with the numbering system set out in Annex VII to Directive 2007/46/EC.
A Member State may not assign the same number to another vehicle type.
4.For the purposes of paragraph 3, the type-approval authority shall issue an EC type-approval certificate established in accordance with the model set out in Part 2 of Annex I.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 April 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso