Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2400 of 12 December 2017 implementing Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the determination of the CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of heavy-duty vehicles and amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 2400)

ANNEX I U.K. CLASSIFICATION OF VEHICLES IN VEHICLE GROUPS

1. Classification of the vehicles for the purpose of this Regulation U.K.

1.1 Classification of vehicles of category N U.K.

[F1 Table 1

Vehicle groups for vehicles of category N

a In these vehicle classes tractors are treated as rigid lorries but with specific curb weight of tractor.
b Sub-group ‘ v ’ of vehicle groups 4, 5, 9 and 10: these mission profiles are exclusively applicable to vocational vehicles.
(*) EMS — European Modular System
T = Tractor R = Rigid lorry & standard body T1, T2 = Standard trailers ST = Standard semitrailer D = Standard dolly]
Description of elements relevant to the classification in vehicle groups			Vehicle group	Allocation of mission profile and vehicle configuration
Axle configuration	Chassis configuration	Technically permissible maximum laden mass (tons)		Long haul	Long haul (EMS)	Regional delivery	Regional delivery (EMS)	Urban delivery	Municipal utility	Construction
4 × 2	Rigid lorry	> 3,5 –7,5	(0)
	Rigid lorry (or tractor) a	> 7,5 – 10	1			R		R
	Rigid lorry (or tractor) a	> 10 – 12	2	R+T1		R		R
	Rigid lorry (or tractor) a	> 12 – 16	3			R		R
	Rigid lorry	> 16	4	R+T2		R		R	R
	Tractor	> 16	5	T+ST	T+ST+T2	T+ST	T+ST+T2	T+ST
	Rigid lorry	> 16	4v b						R	R
	Tractor	> 16	5v b							T+ST
4 × 4	Rigid lorry	> 7,5 – 16	(6)
	Rigid lorry	> 16	(7)
	Tractor	> 16	(8)
6 × 2	Rigid lorry	all weights	9	R+T2	R+D+ST	R	R+D+ST		R
	Tractor	all weights	10	T+ST	T+ST+T2	T+ST	T+ST+T2
	Rigid lorry	all weights	9v b						R	R
	Tractor	all weights	10v b							T+ST
6 × 4	Rigid lorry	all weights	11	R+T2	R+D+ST	R	R+D+ST		R	R
	Tractor	all weights	12	T+ST	T+ST+T2	T+ST	T+ST+T2			T+ST
6 × 6	Rigid lorry	all weights	(13)
	Tractor	all weights	(14)
8 × 2	Rigid lorry	all weights	(15)
8 × 4	Rigid lorry	all weights	16							R
8 × 6 8 × 8	Rigid lorry	all weights	(17)

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/318 of 19 February 2019 amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2400 and Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the determination of the CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of heavy-duty vehicles (Text with EEA relevance).