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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012Show full title
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 of 12 December 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to type-approval requirements for masses and dimensions of motor vehicles and their trailers and amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
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Article 4U.K.Provisions for [F1GB type-approval] of a type of vehicle with regard to its masses and dimensions
1.The manufacturer or his representative shall submit to the type-approval authority the application for [F2GB type-approval] of a type of vehicle as regard its masses and dimensions.
2.The application shall be drawn up in accordance with the model information document set out in Part A of Annex V.
3.For the purposes of mass distribution calculations, the manufacturer shall provide the type-approval authority, for each technical configuration within the vehicle type as determined by the set of values of the relevant points in Annex V, with the information necessary to identify the following masses:
(a)the technically permissible maximum laden mass;
(b)the technically permissible maximum mass on the axles or group of axles;
(c)the technically permissible maximum towable mass;
(d)the technically permissible maximum mass at the coupling point(s);
(e)the technically permissible maximum laden mass of the combination.
The information shall be provided in tabular or any other appropriate format, in agreement with the type-approval authority.
4.Where the optional equipment significantly affects the masses and dimensions of the vehicle, the manufacturer shall provide the technical service with the location, mass and geometrical position of the gravity centre with respect to the axles of the optional equipment that can be fitted to the vehicle.
5.By way of derogation from paragraph 4, where the optional equipment is made up of several parts located in various spaces in the vehicle, the manufacturer may provide the technical service with the distribution of the mass of the optional equipment on the axles only.
6.For groups of axles, the manufacturer shall indicate the load distribution among the axles of the total mass applied to the group.
Where necessary, the manufacturer shall state the distribution formulae or produce the relevant distribution graphs.
7.Where the approval authority or the technical service deems it necessary, they may request the manufacturer to make available a vehicle representative of the type to be approved for the purposes of inspection.
8.The vehicle manufacturer may submit an application for recognition of the equivalence of a suspension to air suspension to the type-approval authority.
The type-approval authority shall recognise the equivalence of a suspension to air suspension where the requirements of Annex III are fulfilled.
Where the technical service has recognised the equivalence, it shall issue a test report. The type-approval authority shall attach the test report and a technical description of the suspension to the [F3GB type-approval] certificate.
9.Where the requirements set out in Annexes I to IV, of this Regulation are met, the approval authority shall grant a [F4GB] type-approval in accordance with the numbering system set out in [F5Annex IV to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683].
[F6The approval authority] shall not assign the same number to another vehicle type.
10.For the purposes of paragraph 9, the type-approval authority shall deliver [F7a GB type-approval] certificate established in accordance with the model set out in Part B of Annex V.
11.The permissible deviations referred to in Appendix 2 to Annex I shall apply for the purposes of [F8Article 31(3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 4 heading 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), 71(4)(a)
F2Words in Art. 4(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), 71(4)(a)
F3Words in Art. 4(8) 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), 71(4)(a)
F4Word in Art. 4(9) inserted (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), 71(4)(b)(i)(aa)
F5Words in Art. 4(9) 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), 71(4)(b)(i)(bb)
F6Words in Art. 4(9) 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), 71(4)(b)(ii)
F7Words in Art. 4(10) 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), 71(4)(c)
F8Words in Art. 4(11) 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), 71(4)(d)
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