1.This Regulation applies to motor vehicles of categories M and N and their trailers of category O, that are intended to be used on public roads, including those designed and constructed in one or more stages, and to systems, components and separate technical units, as well as to parts and equipment, designed and constructed for such vehicles and their trailers.
2.This Regulation does not apply to the following vehicles:
(a)agricultural or forestry vehicles, as defined in Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1);
(b)two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles, as defined in Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2);
(c)track-laying vehicles;
(d)vehicles designed and constructed or adapted for use by the armed services only.
3.For the following vehicles, the manufacturer may apply for type-approval or individual vehicle approval under this Regulation, provided that those vehicles fulfil the requirements of this Regulation:
(a)vehicles designed and constructed for use principally on construction sites or in quarries, port or airport facilities;
(b)vehicles designed and constructed or adapted for use by civil protection, fire services and forces responsible for maintaining public order;
(c)any self-propelled vehicle designed and constructed specifically to perform work and that, because of its construction characteristics, is not suitable for carrying passengers or for transporting goods, and that is not machinery mounted on a motor vehicle chassis.
Such approvals shall be without prejudice to the application of [F1the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008].
4.For the following vehicles, the manufacturer may apply for individual vehicle approval under this Regulation:
(a)vehicles intended exclusively for racing on roads;
(b)prototypes of vehicles used on the road under the responsibility of a manufacturer to perform a specific test programme provided they have been specifically designed and constructed for that purpose.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 2(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), 23(1)
Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of agricultural or forestry vehicles (OJ L 60, 2.3.2013, p. 1).
Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (OJ L 60, 2.3.2013, p. 52).