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Commission Regulation (EU) No 347/2012Show full title
Commission Regulation (EU) No 347/2012 of 16 April 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with respect to type-approval requirements for certain categories of motor vehicles with regard to advanced emergency braking systems
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[F1Appendix 2
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F1Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/562 of 8 April 2015 amending Regulation (EU) No 347/2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with respect to type-approval requirements for certain categories of motor vehicles with regard to advanced emergency braking systems.
Approval level 2: warning and activation test requirements — pass/fail values U.K.
a Vehicles of category M 3 with hydraulic braking system are subject to the requirements of row 2. | ||||||||
b Vehicles with pneumatic braking system are subject to the requirements of row 1. | ||||||||
c Values shall be specified by the vehicle manufacturer at the time of type-approval (see Annex I, Part 2, Addendum, point 4.4). | ||||||||
d Manufacturers of vehicle categories covered by row 2 may elect to gain vehicle type-approval in accordance with the values specified in row 1; in this instance compliance with all the values specified in row 1 shall be demonstrated. | ||||||||
e F2...] | ||||||||
| Row | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Vehicle category | Stationary target | Moving target | |||||
| Timing of warning modes | Speed reduction of subject vehicle | Timing of warning modes | Speed reduction of subject vehicle | Target speed | ||||
| At least 1 | At least 2 | At least 1 | At least 2 | |||||
| (ref. point 2.4.2.1) | (ref. point 2.4.2.2) | (ref. point 2.4.5) | (ref. point 2.5.2.1) | (ref. point 2.5.2.2) | (ref. point 2.5.3) | (ref. point 2.5.1) | ||
| 1 | M 3 a, N 3 and N 2 > 8t | Not later than 1,4 s. before the start of the emergency braking phase | Not later than 0,8 s. before the start of the emergency braking phase | Not less than 20 km/h | Not later than 1,4 s. before the start of the emergency braking phase | Not later than 0,8 s. before the start of the emergency braking phase | Subject vehicle shall not impact with the moving target | 12 ± 2 km/h |
| 2 | and | Not later than 0,8 s. before the start of the emergency braking phase | Before the start of the emergency braking phase c | Not less than 10 km/h | Not later than 0,8 s. before the start of the emergency braking phase | Before the start of the emergency braking phase c | Subject vehicle shall not impact with the moving target | 67 ± 2 km/h e |
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F2Annex 2 Appendix 2 footnote (5) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of 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), 69(9)(h)
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