Commission Regulation (EU) No 351/2012Show full title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 351/2012 of 23 April 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards type-approval requirements for the installation of lane departure warning systems in motor vehicles

Article 1U.K.Scope

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:

(1)

semi-trailer towing vehicles of category N2 with a maximum mass exceeding 3,5 tonnes but not exceeding 8 tonnes;

(2)

categories M2 and M3 vehicles of Class A, Class I and Class II;

(3)

category M3 articulated buses of Class A, Class I and Class II;

(4)

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];

(5)

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];

(6)

vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2 and N3 with more than three axles.

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Article 2U.K.Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply in addition to the definitions set out in Regulation (EC) No 661/2009:

(1)

‘vehicle type with regard to its Lane Departure Warning System’ means a category of vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as:

(a)

the manufacturer’s trade name or mark;

(b)

vehicle features which significantly influence the performances of the Lane Departure Warning System;

(c)

the type and design of the Lane Departure Warning System;

(2)

‘lane’ means one of the longitudinal strips into which a roadway is divided (as shown in the Appendix to Annex II);

(3)

‘visible lane marking’ means delineators intentionally placed on the borderline of the lane that are directly visible by the driver while driving;

(4)

‘rate of departure’ means the subject vehicle’s approach velocity at a right angle to the visible lane marking at the warning issue point;

(5)

‘common space’ means an area on which two or more information functions may be displayed, but not simultaneously.

Article 3U.K. [F4GB] type-approval of a type of vehicle with regard to LDWS

1.The manufacturer or his representative shall submit to the type-approval authority the application for [F5GB] type-approval of a vehicle with regard to lane departure warning systems.

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 [F6a GB] type-approval and issue a type-approval number in accordance with the numbering system set out in [F7Annex IV to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683].

[F8The approval authority] may not assign the same number to another vehicle type.

4.For the purposes of paragraph 3, the type-approval authority shall issue [F9a GB] type-approval certificate established in accordance with the model set out in Part 2 of Annex I.

[F105.Where an application for approval is made before 31st December 2026 under paragraph 1 in respect of a vehicle type which has been approved by the approval authority of a member State under Commission Regulation (EU) 351/2012, as that Regulation has effect in EU law, by way of derogation to point 2.2.3.1 of Annex II to this Regulation, the visible lane markings used in the lane departure tests of point 2.6 may be any one of those identified in the Appendix to Annex II, provided that the approval authority has been presented with documentary evidence in accordance with point 2.2.3.2 of Annex II demonstrating compliance with the UK lane markings specified in table 1 in the Appendix to Annex II.]

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Article 4U.K.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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