Emission limits and type-approval rules for non-road mobile machinery Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 — requirements for gaseous and particulate pollutant emission limits for internal combustion engines It defines pollutant emission limits for engines of different power ranges and applications for non-road mobile machinery (see below) with the aim of gradually reducing emissions and phasing out equipment with the most polluting engines. Key Points Non- road mobile […]
Protection of pedestrians and vulnerable road users Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to the protection of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users To reduce the number and severity of injuries arising from road accidents involving the fronts of motor vehicles, it introduces requirements and measures to ensure the better protection of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users*. The […]
Type-approval and market surveillance requirements for motorbikes/mopeds and quads in the EU Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 – the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles It aims to upgrade the EU’s functional safety and environmental requirements for L-category vehicles as a prerequisite for vehicle registration. It also applies to enduro motorcycles, trial motorcycles and heavy all-terrain quads that may be used […]
Testing to ensure the safety of vehicles and trailers It aims to improve road safety by setting minimum requirements for periodic roadworthiness tests of vehicles and trailers in the European Union (EU). Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and repealing Directive 2009/40/EC. It aims to improve road […]
Safe agricultural and forestry vehicles Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 on the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles The regulation lays down rules on safety and environmental protection as well as administrative procedures for the type-approval* of tractors* and other agricultural and forestry vehicles. The specific vehicle categories (R = trailers, S = interchangeable towed equipment, T = wheeled tractors, and C = […]
Motor vehicles — EU type-approval system Directive 2007/46/EC — approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles It provides EU countries with a common set of rules for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for these vehicles. It makes type approval compulsory for […]
Global technical harmonisation of vehicles Decision 97/836/EC — accession by the European Community to the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted to and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions (‘Revised 1958 […]
Authorised dimensions and maximum weights for trucks, buses and coaches Directive 96/53/EC – authorised dimensions and weights for trucks, buses and coaches involved in international traffic The weights and dimensions directive seeks to improve the functioning of the European Union’s (EU) internal market and to ensure the free movement of goods in the EU by setting maximum limits for heavy goods vehicles, buses and coaches […]
Type-approval requirements to ensure the general safety of vehicles and the protection of vulnerable road users Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 on type-approval requirements for motor vehicles and their trailers, and systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, as regards their general safety and the protection of vehicle occupants and vulnerable road users It aims to significantly reduce deaths and serious injuries on European […]