Council Directive of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (70/156/EEC) (repealed)

[F1 ANNEX V U.K. PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED DURING VEHICLE EC TYPE-APPROVAL

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Directive 2001/116/EC of 20 December 2001 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Text with EEA relevance).

1. In the case of an application for a whole vehicle type-approval, the EC type-approval authority must: U.K.

(a)

verify that all separate Directive EC type-approvals are applicable to the appropriate standard in the relevant separate Directive;

(b)

by reference to the documentation make sure that the vehicle specification(s) and data contained in Part I of the vehicle information document are included in the data in the information packages and/or the approval certificates of the relevant separate Directive approvals; and when an item number in Part I of the information document is not included in the information package of any of the separate Directives, confirm that the relevant part or characteristic conforms to the particulars in the information folder;

(c)

on a selected sample of vehicles from the type to be approved carry out or arrange to be carried out inspections of vehicle parts and systems to verify that the vehicle(s) is/are built in accordance with the relevant data contained in the authenticated information package in respect of all separate Directive EC type-approvals;

(d)

carry out or arrange to be carried out relevant installation checks in respect of separate technical units where applicable;

(e)

carry out or arrange to be carried out necessary checks in respect of the presence of the devices provided for in footnotes ( ¹ ) and ( ² ) of Part I of Annex IV where applicable.

2. The number of vehicles to be inspected for the purposes of paragraph 1.c must be sufficient to permit the proper control of the various combinations to be type-approved according to the following criteria: U.K.

Vehicle category	M 1	M 2	M 3	N 1	N 2	N 3	O 1	O 2	O 3	O 4
Criteria
Engine	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	-	-	-
Gear box	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	-	-	-
Number of axles	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Powered axles (number, position, interconnection)	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	-	-	-
Steered axles (number and position)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Body styles	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Number of doors	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Hand of drive	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	-	-	-
Number of seats	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	-	-	-
Level of equipment	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	-	-	-

3. In the case where no approval certificates for any of the relevant separate Directives are available, the EC type-approval authority must: U.K.

(a)

arrange for the necessary tests and checks as required by each of the relevant separate Directives;

(b)

verify that the vehicle conforms to the particulars in the vehicle information folder and that it meets the technical requirements of each of the relevant separate Directives;

(c)

carry out or arrange to be carried out relevant installation checks in respect of separate technical units where applicable;

(d)

carry out or arrange to be carried out necessary checks in respect of the presence of the devices provided for in footnotes ( ¹ ) and ( ² ) of Part I of Annex IV where applicable.]