This Regulation applies to vehicles of categories M2, N2, M3 and N3, as defined in [F1Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858], with the exception of the following:
semi-trailer towing vehicles of category N2 with a maximum mass exceeding 3,5 tonnes but not exceeding 8 tonnes;
categories M2 and M3 vehicles of Class A, Class I and Class II;
category M3 articulated buses of Class A, Class I and Class II;
off-road vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2 and N3 as referred to in points 4.2 and 4.3 of Part A of [F2Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2018/858];
special purpose vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2 and N3 as referred to in point 5 of Part A of [F3Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2018/858];
vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2 and N3 with more than three axles.
Textual Amendments
F1Words 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), 70(2)(a)
F2Words in Art. 1(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), 70(2)(b)
F3Words in Art. 1(5) 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), 70(2)(c)