CHAPTER IIOBLIGATIONS OF MANUFACTURERS
Article 8Classification of tyres
1.
Tyres shall be classified as follows:
- (a) class C1 tyres
tyres designed primarily for vehicles of categories M1, N1, O1 and O2;
- (b) class C2 tyres
tyres designed primarily for vehicles of categories M2, M3, N, O3 and O4 with a load capacity index in single formation ≤ 121 and the speed category symbol ≥ ‘N’;
- (c) class C3 tyres
tyres designed primarily for vehicles of categories M2, M3, N, O3 and O4 with one of the following load capacity indices:
- (i)
a load capacity index in single formation ≤ 121 and the speed category symbol ≤ ‘M’;
- (ii)
a load capacity index in single formation ≥ 122.
- (i)
A tyre may be classified in more than one class provided that it meets all the relevant requirements of each class in which it is classified.
2.
The list of load-capacity indices and their corresponding masses contained in UNECE Regulations 30 and 54 shall apply.