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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 of 12 December 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to type-approval requirements for masses and dimensions of motor vehicles and their trailers and amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
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Length: 12,00 m.
Width:
2,55 m for any vehicle;
[F12,60 m for vehicles fitted with a bodywork with insulated walls of at least 45 mm thick, having bodywork code 04 or 05 of Appendix 2 to Annex II to Directive 2007/46/EC.]
Height: 4,00 m
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1892 of 31 October 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 as regards type-approval requirements for certain motor vehicles fitted with elongated cabs and for aerodynamic devices and equipment for motor vehicles and their trailers (Text with EEA relevance).
Textual Amendments
F2 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1892 of 31 October 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 as regards type-approval requirements for certain motor vehicles fitted with elongated cabs and for aerodynamic devices and equipment for motor vehicles and their trailers (Text with EEA relevance).
By way of derogation concerning the applicable requirements relating to front underrun protection, the horizontal distances between the foremost part of the vehicle as fitted with aerodynamic devices and equipment and its front underrun protective device as well as the rear of the rear underrun protection device and the rear extremity of the vehicle as fitted with aerodynamic devices and equipment may be measured without taking the devices and equipment into account on condition that at the rear they exceed 200 mm in length and they are in the in-use condition and that at the front and rear the fundamental sections of the elements placed at a height ≤ 2,0 m above the ground measured in unladen condition are made of material having a hardness of < 60 Shore (A). Narrow ribs, tubing and metal wire forming a frame or substrate to support the fundamental sections of the elements shall not be taken into account when determining the hardness. However, in order to eliminate the risk of injuries and penetration of other vehicles in the event of a collision, any ends of such ribs, tubing and metal wire shall not be directed forward at the front and rearward at the rear of the vehicle, with the device and equipment both in the retracted or folded and the in-use positions.
As alternative to the derogation concerning the rear underrun protection device referred to in the previous paragraph, the horizontal distances between the rear of the rear underrun protection device and the rear extremity of the vehicle as fitted with aerodynamic devices and equipment may be measured without taking the aerodynamic devices and equipment into account provided that they exceed 200 mm in length, they are in the in-use condition and those devices or equipment comply with the test provisions set out in Appendix 4.
The horizontal distances between the rear of the rear underrun protection device and the rear extremity of the vehicle shall however be measured with the aerodynamic devices and equipment positioned in the retracted or folded position or take into account the resulting projection length in accordance with point 1.6.1 of Appendix 4, if this length exceeds that of the retracted or folded position.
‘ 96/53/EC ARTICLE 9A COMPLIANT ’
The height of the symbol’s characters shall not be less than 4 mm. The text ‘ 96/53/EC ARTICLE 9A COMPLIANT ’ shall also be added to the ‘ remarks ’ in the Certificate of Conformity as to allow inclusion of this information in on-board vehicle registration papers.]
Notations:
technically permissible maximum laden mass;
technically permissible maximum towable mass;
technically permissible maximum laden mass of the combination;
the technically permissible maximum mass on the solo axle designated ‘i’, where i varies from 1 to the total number of axles of the vehicle;
technically permissible maximum mass at the coupling point;
the technically permissible maximum mass on the group of axles designated ‘j’, where j varies from 1 to the total number of groups of axles.
‘ 96/53/EC ARTICLE 10B COMPLIANT – XXXX KG ’
The height of the symbol’s characters and stated value shall not be less than 4 mm.
In addition, until the introduction of a dedicated entry in the Certificate of Conformity, the value of the additional weight shall be stated under ‘ remarks ’ in the Certificate of Conformity as to allow inclusion of this information in on-board vehicle registration papers.]
In addition, each of the masses mi shall not be less than the part of μj applying on the axle ‘i’ as determined by the mass distribution for that group of axles.
Uniform distribution of the pay-mass:
the vehicle shall be at its mass in running order plus the mass of the optional equipment plus the mass of the passengers located at the seating reference points, plus the mass of the coupling (if not included in the mass in running order), plus the maximum permissible mass at the coupling point, plus the pay-mass being distributed uniformly on the cargo area.
Non-uniform distribution of pay-mass:
the vehicle shall be at its mass in running order plus the mass of the optional equipment plus the mass of the passengers located at the seating reference points, plus the mass of the coupling (if not included in the mass in running order), plus the maximum permissible mass at the coupling point, plus the pay-mass located in accordance with the manufacturers specifications.
For such purposes the manufacturer shall state the extreme permissible possible positions of the centre of gravity of the pay-mass and/or body and/or equipment or interior fittings (for instance: from 0,50 m to 1,30 m in front of the first rear axle).
Combination of uniform and non-uniform distribution:
The requirements of points 2.3.3.1 and 2.3.3.2 shall be fulfilled simultaneously.
Example, a tipper lorry (distributed load) equipped with an additional crane (localised load).
Mass transferred by the fifth wheel coupling (tractor unit for semi-trailer):
the vehicle shall be at its mass in running order plus the mass of the optional equipment plus the mass of the passengers located at the seating reference points, plus the mass of the coupling if not included in the mass in running order, plus the maximum permissible mass at the fifth wheel coupling point located in accordance with the manufacturers’ specifications (minimum and maximum fifth-wheel lead).
The requirements of points 2.3.3.1 shall always be fulfilled where the vehicle is fitted with a flat cargo area.
The vehicle shall manoeuvre inside an area defined by two concentric circles, the outer circle having a radius of 12,50 m and the inner circle having a radius of 5,30 m
The outermost front point of the motor vehicle shall be guided along the contour of the outer circle (see Figure 1 of Appendix 3 to this Annex)
A vertical plane tangential to the side of the vehicle and facing outwards from the circle shall be established by marking a line on the ground.
The vehicle shall move forward such as the front outermost point follows the contour of the outer circle of 12,50 m radius.
0,80 m;
1,00 m where the vehicle if fitted with an axle-lift device and the axle is cleared off the ground;
1,00 m where the rearmost axle is a steered axle.
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