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:

    1. (i)

      a load capacity index in single formation ≤ 121 and the speed category symbol ≤ ‘M’;

    2. (ii)

      a load capacity index in single formation ≥ 122.

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.