Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

CHAPTER I U.K. SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

Article 1 U.K. Subject matter

This Regulation lays down requirements for the construction and functioning of motor vehicles and frontal protection systems in order to reduce the number and severity of injuries to pedestrians and other vulnerable road users who are hit by the fronts of vehicles and in order to avoid such collisions.

Article 2 U.K. Scope

1. This Regulation shall apply to the following:

(a) motor vehicles of category M₁ as defined in [F1 Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858], subject to paragraph 2 of this Article;

(b) motor vehicles of category N₁ as defined in [F1 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.

Textual Amendments

F1 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)

Article 3 U.K. Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation:

1.

‘A-pillar’ means the foremost and outermost roof support extending from the chassis to the roof of the vehicle;

2.

‘brake assist system’ means a function of the braking system that deduces an emergency braking event from a characteristic of the driver’s brake demand and, under such conditions:

(a)

assists the driver to deliver the maximum achievable braking rate; or

(b)

is sufficient to cause full cycling of the Anti-lock Braking System;

3.

‘bumper’ means any front, lower, outer structures of a vehicle, including attachments thereto, which are intended to give protection to a vehicle when involved in a low speed frontal collision with another vehicle; it does not include, however, any frontal protection system;

4.

‘frontal protection system’ means a separate structure or structures, such as a bull bar, or a supplementary bumper which, in addition to the original-equipment bumper, is intended to protect the external surface of the vehicle from damage in the event of a collision with an object, with the exception of structures having a mass of less than 0,5 kg, intended to protect only the vehicle’s lights;

5.

‘maximum mass’ means the technically permissible maximum laden mass stated by the manufacturer pursuant to point 2.8 of Annex I to [F2 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683];

6.

‘vehicles of category N₁’ derived from M₁’ means those vehicles of N₁ category which, forward of the A-pillars, have the same general structure and shape as a pre-existing M₁ category vehicle;

7.

‘vehicles of category M₁’ derived from N₁’ means those vehicles of M₁ category which, forward of the A-pillars, have the same general structure and shape as a pre-existing N₁ category vehicle.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Art. 3(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), 50(3)