Commission Regulation (EU) No 1005/2010
of 8 November 2010
concerning type-approval requirements for motor vehicle towing devices and implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard 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, and in particular Article 14(1)(a) thereof,
OJ L 200, 31.7.2009, p. 1.
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 is a separate Regulation for the purposes of the Community type-approval procedure provided for by Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 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).
OJ L 263, 9.10.2007, p. 1.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 repeals Council Directive 77/389/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to motor vehicle towing devices. The requirements set out in that Directive should be carried over to this Regulation and, where necessary, amended in order to adapt them to the development of scientific and technical knowledge.
OJ L 154, 13.6.1977, p. 41.
(3) The scope of this Regulation is in line with that of Directive 77/389/EEC and thus limited to vehicles of category M and N.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 lays down fundamental provisions on requirements for the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to towing devices. Therefore, it is necessary to set out the specific procedures, tests and requirements for such type-approval.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Technical Committee – Motor Vehicles,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 Scope
This Regulation shall apply to motor vehicles of categories M and N, as defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858.
Words in Art. 1 substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 59(3)

Article 2 Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) ‘vehicle type with regard to the towing devices’ means vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as the characteristics of the towing devices.
(2) ‘towing device’ means a device in the shape of a hook, eye or other form, to which a connecting part, such as a towing bar or towing rope, can be fitted.

Article 3 Provisions for GB type-approval of a vehicle with regard to towing devices
1 The manufacturer or his representative shall submit to the type-approval authority the application for GB type-approval of a vehicle with regard to towing devices.
2 The application shall be drawn up in accordance with the model of the information document set out in Part 1 of Annex I.
3 If the relevant requirements set out in Annex II to this Regulation are met, the approval authority shall grant a GB type-approval and issue a type-approval number in accordance with the numbering system set out in Annex IV to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683.
The approval authority may not assign the same number to another vehicle type.
Words in Art. 3(3) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 59(4)(b)
Words in Art. 3(3) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 59(4)(a)(i)
Words in Art. 3(3) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 59(4)(a)(ii)
4 For the purposes of paragraph 3, the type-approval authority shall deliver a GB type-approval certificate established in accordance with the model set out in Part 2 of Annex I.
Words in Art. 3(4) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 59(4)(b)
Words in Regulation substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 59(2)

Article 4 Validity and extension of approvals granted under Directive 77/389/EEC
... The sale and entry into service of vehicles type-approved before the date referred to in Article 13, paragraph 2 of Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 is permitted, and the approval authority must continue to grant extension of approvals to those vehicles under the terms of Directive 77/389/EEC.
Words in Art. 4 omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 59(5)(a)
Words in Art. 4 substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 59(5)(b)

Article 5 Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
...
Words in Signature omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 59(6)
Done at Brussels, 8 November 2010.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso

ANNEX I Administrative documents for GB type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to towing devices

PART 1 Information document

MODEL
Information document No … relating to the GB type-approval of a motor vehicle with regard to towing devices.
The following information shall be supplied in triplicate and include a list of contents. Any drawings shall be supplied in appropriate scale and in sufficient detail on size A4 or on a folder of A4 format. Photographs, if any, shall show sufficient detail.
If the systems, components or separate technical units referred to in this information document have electronic controls, information concerning their performance shall be supplied.

0. GENERAL
0.1. Make (trade name of manufacturer): …
0.2. Type: …
0.2.1. Commercial name(s) (if available): …
0.3. Means of identification of type, if marked on the vehicle: …
0.3.1. Location of that marking: …
If the means of identification of type contains characters not relevant to describe the vehicle, component or separate technical unit types covered by this information document, such characters shall be represented in the documentation by the symbol ‘?’ (e.g. ABC??123??).
0.4. Category of vehicle: …
Classified according to the definitions set out in [Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858] [Editorial Note: Words in Annex 1 Pt. 1 footnote substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 59(7)(c)].
0.5. Name and address of manufacturer: …
0.8. Name(s) and address(es) of assembly plant(s): …
0.9. Name and address of the manufacturer's representative (if any): …

1. GENERAL CONSTRUCTION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VEHICLE
1.1. Photographs and/or drawings of a representative vehicle: …
1.9. Specify if the towing vehicle is intended to tow semi-trailers or other trailers and if the trailer is—
(a) a semi-trailer,
(b) a drawbar-trailer,
(c) a centre-axle-trailer, or
(d) a rigid-drawbar trailer.
Annex 1 para. 1.9 inserted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 59(7)(a)

2. MASSES AND DIMENSIONS
2.8. Technically permissible maximum laden mass stated by the manufacturer: …
Please fill in here the upper and lower values for each variant.
2.11.5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Annex 1 para. 2.11.5 omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 59(7)(b)
Where there is one version with a normal cab and another with a sleeper cab, both sets of masses and dimensions are to be stated.
Standard ISO 612: 1978 - Road vehicles - Dimensions of motor vehicles and towed vehicles - terms and definitions.

12. MISCELLANEOUS

12.3. Towing device(s)
12.3.1. Front: hook/eye/other
Delete where not applicable.
12.3.2. Rear: hook/eye/other/none
12.3.3. Drawing or photograph of the chassis/area of the vehicle body showing the position, construction and mounting of the towing device(s): …

Explanatory notes

PART 2 GB type-approval certificate

MODEL
Format: A4 (210 × 297 mm)
GB TYPE-APPROVAL CERTIFICATE
Stamp of type-approval authority
Communication concerning:
GB type-approval extension of GB type-approval refusal of GB type-approval withdrawal of GB type-approval	of a type of vehicle with regard to towing devices
with regard to Regulation (EU) No 1005/2010, as it has effect in domestic law, as last amended by S.I. …. /……,	
GB type-approval number: …	
Reason for extension: …	
Delete where not applicable.	
SECTION I 0.1. Make (trade name of manufacturer): …
0.2. Type: …
0.2.1. Commercial name(s) (if available): …
0.3. Means of identification of type, if marked on the vehicle: …
0.3.1. Location of that marking: …
If the means of identification of type contains characters not relevant to describe the vehicle, component or separate technical unit types covered by this information document, such characters shall be represented in the documentation by the symbol ‘?’ (e.g. ABC??123??).
0.4. Category of vehicle: …
As defined in [Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858] [Editorial Note: Words in Annex 1 Pt. 2 s. 1 substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 59(7)(d)(ii)].
0.5. Name and address of manufacturer: …
0.8. Name(s) and address(es) of assembly plant(s): …
0.9. Name and address of the manufacturer's representative (if any): …
SECTION II 1. Additional information: see Addendum.
2. Technical service responsible for carrying out the tests: …
3. Date of test report: …
4. Number of test report: …
5. Remarks (if any): see Addendum.
6. Place: …
7. Date: …
8. Signature: …

Attachments
Information package
Test report
Words in Annex 1 Pt. 2 substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 59(7)(d)(i)

Addendum to GB type-approval certificate No …

1. Additional information:
1.1. Brief description of the vehicle type as regards its structure, dimensions, lines and constituent materials: …
1.2. Total number and location of towing device(s): …
1.3. Method of attachment to the vehicle: …
1.4. Technically permissible maximum laden mass of the vehicle (kg): …
2. Front towing device(s): removable/not removable hook/eye/other
Delete where not applicable.
3. Rear towing device(s): removable/not removable hook/eye/other/none
4. Vehicle is/is not suitable for towing loads
5. Remarks: …

ANNEX II Requirements for towing devices

1. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

1.1. Minimum number of devices.
1.1.1. All motor vehicles must have a towing device fitted at the front.
1.1.2. Vehicles in category M1, as defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, except for those vehicles not suitable for towing any load, must also be fitted with a towing device at the rear.
Words in Annex 2 point 1.1.2 substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 59(8)
1.1.3. A rear towing device may be substituted by a mechanical coupling device, as defined in UN-ECE Regulation No 55, provided that the requirements of paragraph 1.2.1. are met.
OJ L 373, 27.12.2006, p. 50.

1.2. Load and stability
1.2.1. Each towing device fitted to the vehicle must be able to withstand a tractive and compressive static force equivalent to at least half the technically permissible maximum laden mass of the vehicle.

2. TEST PROCEDURE
2.1. Both tractive and compressive test loads are applied on each separate towing device fitted to the vehicle.
2.2. The test loads shall be applied in horizontal longitudinal direction, in relation to the vehicle.