[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

7. Common requirements for all vehicle categories U.K.

7.1. When a vehicle falls into several categories because of its maximum mass or the number of seating positions or both, the manufacturer may select to use the criteria of one or the other vehicle category for the definition of the variants and the versions. U.K.

7.1.1. Examples: U.K.

(a)

a vehicle ‘A’ may be type-approved as N ₁ (3,5 tonnes) and N ₂ (4,2 tonnes) in relation to its maximum mass. In such a case, the parameters mentioned in category N ₁ may be used also for the vehicle that falls into category N ₂ (or vice-versa);

(b)

A vehicle ‘B’ may be type-approved as M ₁ and M ₂ in relation to the number of seating positions (7 + 1 or 10 + 1), the parameters mentioned in category M ₁ may be used also for the vehicle that falls into category M ₂ (or vice-versa).]