CHAPTER I

SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

Scope
Article 2
1
This Regulation shall apply to the following:
a
motor vehicles of category M1 as defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, subject to paragraph 2 of this Article;
b
motor vehicles of category N1 as defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, subject to paragraph 2 of this Article;
c
frontal protection systems fitted as original equipment to the vehicles referred to in points (a) and (b) or supplied as separate technical units intended for fitting to such vehicles.
2
Sections 2 and 3 of Annex I to this Regulation shall not apply to:
a
vehicles of category N1; and
b
vehicles of category M1 derived from N1 and of maximum mass exceeding 2 500 kg;
where the driver position ‘R-point’ is either forward of the front axle or longitudinally rearwards of the front axle transverse centreline by a maximum of 1 100 mm.
Words in Art. 2(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), 50(2)