Directive 1999/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Article 2 U.K.

For the purposes of this Directive:

1.

‘passenger car’ means any motor vehicle of category M1, as defined in Annex II to Directive 70/156/EEC(1) and which falls under the scope of Directive 80/1268/EEC. It does not include vehicles falling under the scope of Directive 92/61/EEC(2) and special purpose vehicles as defined in the second indent of Article 4(1)(a) of Directive 70/156/EEC;

2.

‘new passenger car’ means any passenger car which has not previously been sold to a person who bought it for a purpose other than that of selling or supplying it;

3.

‘certificate of conformity’ means the certificate referred to in Article 6 of Directive 70/156/EEC;

4.

‘point of sale’ means a location, such as a car showroom or forecourt, where new passenger cars are displayed or offered for sale or lease to potential customers. Trade fairs where new passenger cars are presented to the public are included in this definition;

5.

‘official fuel consumption’ means the fuel consumption type-approved by the approval authority in accordance with the provisions of Directive 80/1268/EEC and mentioned in Annex VIII of Directive 70/156/EEC and attached to the EC vehicle type-approval certificate or in the certificate of conformity. Where several variants and/or versions are grouped under one model, the value to be given for fuel consumption of that model shall be based on the variant and/or version with the highest official fuel consumption within that group;

6.

‘official specific emissions of CO₂’ for a given passenger car means those measured in accordance with the provisions of Directive 80/1268/EEC and mentioned in Annex VIII of Directive 70/156/EEC and attached to the EC vehicle type-approval certificate or in the certificate of conformity. Where several variants and/or versions are grouped under one model, the values to be given for CO₂ of that model shall be based on the variant and/or version with the highest official CO₂ emissions within that group;

7.

‘fuel economy label’ means a label which contains consumer information regarding the official fuel consumption and the official specific emissions of CO₂ of the car to which the label is attached;

8.

‘fuel economy guide’ means a compilation of the official fuel consumption data and official specific emissions of CO₂ for each motel available on the new car market;

9.

‘promotional literature’ means all printed matter used in the marketing, advertising and promotion of vehicles to the general public. It includes, as a minimum, technical manuals, brochures, advertisements in newspapers, magazines and trade press and posters;

10.

‘make’ means the trade name of the manufacturer and is that which appears on the certificate of conformity and the type-approval documentation;

11.

‘model’ means the commercial description of the make, type, and, if available and appropriate, variant and version of a passenger car;

12.

‘type’, ‘variant’ and ‘version’ mean the differentiated vehicles of a given make that are declared by the manufacturer, as described in Annex II.B to Directive 70/156/EEC, and uniquely identified by type, variant and version alphanumeric characters.

(1)

Council Directive 70/156/EEC 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 (OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1). Directive as last amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 98/91/EC (OJ L 11, 16.1.1999, p. 25).

(2)

Council Directive 92/61/EEC of 30 June 1992 relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles (OJ L 225, 10.8.1992, p. 72). Directive as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession.