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Commission Regulation (EU) No 458/2011 of 12 May 2011 concerning type-approval requirements for motor vehicles and their trailers with regard to the installation of their tyres 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)
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Information document No … relating to the EC type-approval of a vehicle with regard to the installation of its tyres.
The following information, if applicable, 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.
etc.
Stamp of type-approval authority
Communication concerning:
:
Information package.
Test report
Brief description of the vehicle type as regards its structure, dimensions, lines and constituent materials:
Tyre/wheel combination(s) (including tyre size, rim size and wheel off-set):
The minimum speed category symbol compatible with the maximum vehicle design speed (of each variant) (for tyres marked with the inscription ZR before the rim diameter code, intended to be fitted on vehicles whose maximum vehicle design speed exceeds 300 km/h, equivalent information shall be provided)
The minimum load-capacity index compatible with the technically permissible maximum mass on each axle (of each variant) (if applicable adjusted according to paragraph 3.2.2 of Annex II)
Tyre/wheel combination(s) (including tyre size, rim size and wheel off-set) to be used with the snow traction device(s):
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/166 of 3 February 2015 supplementing and amending Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the inclusion of specific procedures, assessment methods and technical requirements, and amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Commission Regulations (EU) No 1003/2010, (EU) No 109/2011 and (EU) No 458/2011 (Text with EEA relevance).
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??).
Classified according to the definitions set out in Directive 2007/46/EC Part A of Annex II.
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.
For trailers or semi-trailers, and for vehicles coupled with a trailer or a semi-trailer, which exert a significant vertical load on the coupling device or the fifth wheel, this load, divided by standard acceleration of gravity, is included in the maximum technically permissible mass.
Please fill in here the upper and lower values for each variant.
Delete where not applicable.
With respect to motor vehicles, if the vehicle manufacturer permits that certain controller functions are modified (e.g. by means of software, hardware, upgrading, selection, enabling, disabling) before or after the vehicle has been put into service, resulting in the vehicle having an increased maximum speed, the maximum possible speed achievable by means of adjustment of these controller functions is declared. With respect to trailers, the maximum speed as permitted by the vehicle manufacturer is declared.
For tyres marked with the inscription ZR before the rim diameter code, intended to be fitted on vehicles whose maximum vehicle design speed exceeds 300 km/h, equivalent information shall be provided.
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??).
As defined in Directive 2007/46/EC, Annex II, Section A.
Delete where not applicable.
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