[F1 ANNEX II U.K. GENERAL DEFINITIONS, CRITERIA FOR VEHICLE CATEGORISATION, VEHICLE TYPES AND TYPES OF BODYWORK

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 678/2011 of 14 July 2011 replacing Annex II and amending Annexes IV, IX and XI to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (Framework Directive) (Text with EEA relevance).

PART B U.K. Criteria for vehicle types, variants and versions

5. Categories O ₁ and O ₂ U.K.

5.1. Vehicle type U.K.

5.1.1. A ‘ vehicle type ’ shall consist of vehicles which have all of the following features in common: U.K.

(a)

the manufacturer’s company name.

A change in the legal form of ownership of the company does not require that a new approval has to be granted;

(b)

the category;

(c)

the concept as defined in section 4 of Part C;

(d)

the following aspects of construction and design:

(i)

the design and construction of the essential constituent elements forming the chassis;

(ii)

the design and construction of the essential constituent elements forming the body structure in the case of a self-supporting body;

(e)

the number of axles;

(f)

in the case of multi-stage built vehicles, the manufacturer and the type of the previous stage vehicle.

5.1.2. A type shall consist of at least one variant and one version. U.K.

5.2. Variant U.K.

5.2.1. A ‘ variant ’ within a vehicle type shall group the vehicles which have all of the following construction features in common: U.K.

(a)

the kind of bodywork as referred to in Appendix 2 (for complete and completed vehicles);

(b)

the stage of completion (e.g. complete/incomplete/completed);

(c)

the type of braking system (e.g. unbraked/inertia/power).

5.3. Version U.K.

5.3.1. A ‘ version ’ within a variant shall group the vehicles which have all the following features in common: U.K.

(a)

the technically permissible maximum laden mass;

(b)

the concept of the suspension (air, steel or rubber suspension, torsion bar or other);

(c)

the concept of the drawbar (triangle, tube or other).]