Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

[F1 Other Special Purpose Vehicles (including special group, multi-equipment carrier and trailer Caravans) U.K.

The requirements of Annex IV shall be fulfilled to the greatest extent: Application of the exemptions is only permitted if the manufacturer demonstrates to the satisfaction of the approval authority that the vehicle, due to the special function, cannot meet all the requirements.

a Any frontal protection system supplied with the vehicle shall comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 and shall be provided with a type-approval number and shall be marked accordingly.]
Item	Subject	Reference to regulatory act	M 2	M 3	N 1	N 2	N 3	O 1	O 2	O 3	O 4
1	Permissible sound level	Directive 70/157/EEC	H	H	H	H	H
[F2 1A	Sound level	Regulation (EU) No 540/2014	H	H	H	H	H				]
2	Emissions (Euro 5 and 6) light duty vehicles/access to information	Regulation (EC) No 715/2007	Q( 1 )		Q+V 1 ( 1 )	Q+V 1 ( 1 )
[ X1 ]
3A	Prevention of fire risks (liquid fuel tanks)	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 34	F	F	F	F	F	X	X	X	X
3B	Rear underrun protective devices (RUPDs) and their installation; rear underrun protection (RUP)	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 58	X	X	A	A	A	X	X	X	X
[ X1 ]
4A	Space for mounting and fixing rear registration plates	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 Regulation (EU) No 1003/2010	A+R	A+R	A+R	A+R	A+R	A+R	A+R	A+R	A+R
[ X1 ]
5A	Steering equipment	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 79	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
[ X1 ]
6A	Vehicle access and manoeuvrability	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 Regulation (EU) No 130/2012	X	X	B	B	B
6B	Door latches and door retention components	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 11			B
[ X1 ]
7A	Audible warning devices and signals	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 28	X	X	X	X	X
[ X1 ]
8A	Devices for indirect vision and their installation	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 46	X	X	X	X	X
[ X1 ]
9A	Braking of vehicles and trailers	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 13	X ( 3 )	X ( 3 )	X ( 3 )	X+U 1 ( 3 )	X+U 1 ( 3 )	X	X	X ( 3 )	X ( 3 )
9B	Braking of passenger cars	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 13-H			X ( 4 )
[ X1 ]
10A	Electromagnetic compatibility	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 10	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
[ X1 ]
13A	Protection of motor vehicles against unauthorised use	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 18	X ( 4A )	X ( 4A )		X ( 4A )	X ( 4A )
13B	Protection of motor vehicles against unauthorised use	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 116			X
[ X1 ]
14A	Protection of the driver against the steering mechanism in the event of impact	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 12			X
[ X1 ]
15A	Seats, their anchorages and any head restraints	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 17	D ( 4B )	D ( 4B )	D	D	D
15B	Seats of large passenger vehicles	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 80	D	D
[ X1 ]
17A	Vehicle access and manoeuvrability	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 Regulation (EU) No 130/2012	X	X	X	X	X
17B	Speedometer equipment including its installation	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 39	X	X	X	X	X
[ X1 ]
18A	Manufacturer’s statutory plate and vehicle identification number	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 Regulation (EU) No 19/2011	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
[ X1 ]
19A	Safety-belt anchorages, Isofix anchorages systems and Isofix top tether anchorages	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 14	D	D	D	D	D
[ X1 ]
20A	Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on vehicles	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 48	A+N	A+N	A+N	A+N	A+N	A+N	A+N	A+N	A+N
[ X1 ]
21A	Retro-reflecting devices for power-driven vehicles and their trailers	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 3	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
[ X1 ]
22A	Front and rear position lamps, stop-lamps and end-ouline marker lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 7	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
22B	Daytime running lamps for power-driven vehicles	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 87	X	X	X	X	X
22C	Side-marker lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 91	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
[ X1 ]
23A	Direction indicators for power-driven vehicles and their trailers	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 6	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
[ X1 ]
24A	Illumination of rear-registration plates of power-driven vehicles and their trailers	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 4	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
[ X1 ]
25A	Power-driven vehicle’s sealed-beam headlamps (SB) emitting an European asymmetrical passing beam or a driving beam or both	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 31	X	X	X	X	X
25B	Filament lamps for use in approved lamp units of power-driven vehicles and their trailers	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 37	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
25C	Motor vehicle headlamps equipped with gas-discharge light sources	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 98	X	X	X	X	X
25D	Gas-discharge light sources for use in approved gas-discharge lamp units of power-driven vehicles	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 99	X	X	X	X	X
25E	Motor vehicle headlamps emitting an asymmetrical passing beam or a driving beam or both and equipped with filament lamps and/or LED modules	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 112	X	X	X	X	X
25F	Adaptive front-lighting systems (AFS) for motor vehicles	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 123	X	X	X	X	X
[ X1 ]
26A	Power-driven vehicle front fog lamps	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 19	X	X	X	X	X
[ X1 ]
27A	Towing device	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 Regulation (EU) No 1005/2010	A	A	A	A	A
[ X1 ]
28A	Rear fog lamps for power-driven vehicles and their trailers	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 38	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
[ X1 ]
29A	Reversing lights for power-driven vehicles and their trailers	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 23	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
[ X1 ]
30A	Parking lamps for power-driven vehicles	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 77	X	X	X	X	X
[ X1 ]
31A	Safety-belts, restraint systems, child restraint systems and Isofix child restraint systems	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 16	D	D	D	D	D
[ X1 ]
33A	Location and identification of hand controls, tell-tales and indicators	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 121	X	X	X	X	X
[ X1 ]
34A	Windscreen defrosting and demisting systems	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 Regulation (EU) No 672/2010	( 5 )	( 5 )	( 5 )	( 5 )	( 5 )
[ X1 ]
35A	Windscreen wiper and washer systems	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 Regulation (EU) No 1008/2010	( 6 )	( 6 )	( 6 )	( 6 )	( 6 )
[ X1 ]
36A	Heating systems	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 122	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
[ F3 ]
41	Emissions (Euro IV and V) heavy duty vehicles.	Directive 2005/55/EC	H ( 8 )	H	H ( 8 )	H ( 8 )	H
41A	Emissions (Euro VI) heavy duty vehicles/access to information	Regulation (EC) No 595/2009	H ( 9 )	H	H ( 9 )	H ( 9 )	H
[ X1 ]
42A	Lateral protection of goods vehicles	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 73				X	X			X	X
[ X1 ]
43A	Spray suppression systems	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 Regulation (EU) No 109/2011			X	X	X	X	X	X	X
[ X1 ]
45A	Safety glazing materials and their installation on vehicles	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 43	J	J	J	J	J	J	J	J	J
[ F4 ]
46A	Installation of tyres	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 Regulation (EU) No 458/2011	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
46B	Pneumatic tyres for motor vehicles and their trailers (Class C1)	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 30			X			X	X
46C	Pneumatic tyres for commercial vehicles and their trailers (Classes C2 and C3)	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 54	X	X	X	X	X			X	X
46D	Tyre rolling sound emissions, adhesion on wet surfaces and rolling resistance (Classes C1, C2 and C3)	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 117	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
46E	Temporary-use spare unit, run-flat tyres/system and tyre pressure monitoring system	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 64			X ( 9A )
[ X1 ]
47A	Speed limitation of vehicles	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 89	X	X		X	X
[ X1 ]
48A	Masses and dimensions	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
[ X1 ]
49A	Commercial vehicles with regard to their external projections forward of the cab’s rear panel	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 61			X	X	X
[ X1 ]
50A	Mechanical coupling components of combinations of vehicles	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 55	X ( 10 )	X ( 10 )	X ( 10 )	X ( 10 )	X ( 10 )	X	X	X	X
50B	Close-coupling device (CCD); fitting of an approved type of CCD	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 102				X ( 10 )	X ( 10 )			X ( 10 )	X ( 10 )
[ X1 ]
51A	Burning behaviour of materials used in the interior construction of certain categories of motor vehicles	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 118		X
[ X1 ]
52A	M 2 and M 3 vehicles	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 107	X	X
52B	Strength of the superstructure of large passenger vehicles	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 66	X	X
[ X1 ]
54A	Protection of occupants in the event of lateral collision	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 95			A
[ X1 ]
56A	Vehicles for the carriage of dangerous goods	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 105			X ( 13 )	X ( 13 )	X ( 13 )	X ( 13 )	X ( 13 )	X ( 13 )	X ( 13 )
[ X1 ]
57A	Front underrun protective devices (FUPDs) and their installation; front underrun protection (FUP)	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 93				X	X
58	Pedestrian protection	Regulation (EC) No 78/2009			N/A a
59	Recyclability	Directive 2005/64/EC			N/A		—
61	Air-conditioning systems	Directive 2006/40/EC			X ( 14 )
62	Hydrogen system	Regulation (EC) No 79/2009	X	X	X	X	X
63	General Safety	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009	X ( 15 )	X ( 15 )	X ( 15 )	X ( 15 )	X ( 15 )	X ( 15 )	X ( 15 )	X ( 15 )	X ( 15 )
65	Advanced emergency braking system	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 Regulation (EU) No 347/2012	N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A
66	Lane departure warning system	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 Regulation (EU) No 351/2012	N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A
67	Specific components for liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) and their installation on motor vehicles	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 67	X	X	X	X	X
68	Vehicle alarm systems (VAS)	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 97			X
69	Electric safety	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 100	X	X	X	X	X
70	Specific components for CNG and their installation on motor vehicules	Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 110	X	X	X	X	X

Editorial Information

X1 Deleted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor (Official Journal of the European Union L 200 of 31 July 2009).

Textual Amendments

F2 Inserted by Regulation (EU) No 540/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the sound level of motor vehicles and of replacement silencing systems, and amending Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directive 70/157/EEC (Text with EEA relevance).

F3 Deleted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1171/2014 of 31 October 2014 amending and correcting Annexes I, III, VI, IX, XI and XVII 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 (Text with EEA relevance).

F4 Deleted by Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor (Text with EEA relevance).

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 214/2014 of 25 February 2014 amending Annexes II, IV, XI, XII and XVIII 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 (Text with EEA relevance).