Regulation 5(1)(b)
SCHEDULE 4APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS FOR RELEVANT VEHICLES EXCEPT SCHEDULE 2 VEHICLES
(The expressions in bold type are defined in column 4)
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| Item | Subject matter | Design, construction and equipment requirements | Definitions and supplementary provisions | Exemptions and modifications | ||
(a) Date of manufacture of the vehicle | (b) Community Instrument | (c) ECE Regulation | ||||
| 3 | Protective steering | 1st July 1991 | Directive 74/297/EEC, annex 1, paragraphs 5 and 6 | ECE Regulation 12.01, paragraphs 5 and 6 | This item shall not apply to— (a) vehicles, the steering control of which has been specially constructed for the use of a person suffering from some physical defect or disability; (b) ambulances, motor caravans and hearses (in each case) having a maximum gross weight of more than 2,500 kg if the vehicle has been derived from a goods vehicle which either had a maximum gross weight of not less than 1,500 kg or was manufactured before 1st October 1997; and (c) armoured vehicles. | |
| 1st October 1996 | Directive 74/297/EEC as last amended by Directive 91/662/EEC, annex 1, paragraphs 5 and 6 | ECE Regulation 12.03, paragraphs 5 and 6 | ||||
| 4 | Exhaust emissions | 1st January 1993 | Directive 70/220/EEC as last amended by: Directive 91/441/EEC, annex 1, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8 (applies only to passenger cars) | ECE Regulation 83.01, paragraphs 5, 8 amd 13 | For the purposes of this item—
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| 1st October 1994 | Directive 93/59/EEC, annex 1, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8 (applies only to vehicles other than passenger cars) | ECE Regulation 83.01, paragraphs 5, 8 and 13 | ||||
| 1st January 1997 | Directive 94/12/EC, annex 1, paragraph 5 (applies only to passenger cars) | ECE Regulation 83.02, paragraph 5 | “Reference mass” has the same meaning as in Directive 70/220/EEC as last amended by Directive 96/69/EC. | |||
| 1st October 1997 (applies from this date to Class I vehicles) | Directive 96/69/EC, annex 1, paragraph 5 | ECE Regulation 83.03, paragraph 5 | “Class I vehicle” means a goods vehicle (category N1) which has a reference mass not exceeding 1,250 kg (1,305 kg from 1st January 2001). | |||
| 1st October 1998 (applies from this date to vehicles of category M1 other than passenger cars, Class II and Class III vehicles) | “ | “ | “Class II vehicle” means a goods vehicle (category N1) which has a reference mass exceeding 1,250 kg (1,305 kg from 2001) but not exceeding 1,700 kg (1,760 kg from 2001). | |||
| 1st October 1999 | Directive 98/77/EC, annex 1, paragraph 5 (applies to vehicles fuelled by liquid petroleum gas or compressed natural gas) | ECE Regulation 83.04, paragraph 5 | “Class III vehicle” means a goods vehicle (category N1) which has a reference mass exceeding 1,700 kg (1,760 kg from 2001). | |||
| 1st January 2001 (applies from this date to passenger cars and Class I vehicles) | Directive 98/69/EC, annex 1, paragraph 5 (Phase I limits) | Does not apply until 1st January 2002 providing the vehicle is registered before that date. | ||||
| 1st January 2002 (applies from this date to vehicles of category M1 other than passenger cars, Class II and Class III vehicles) | “ | “Diesel passenger vehicle” means a vehicle of category M1 the maximum mass of which exceeds 2,000 kg, fitted with a compression ignition engine, and which is: | Does not apply until 1st January 2003 providing the vehicle is registered before that date. | |||
| 1st January 2003 (until this date, a diesel passenger vehicle is treated as a vehicle of category N1) | “ | (a)construct-ed or adapted to carry more than 6 occupants including the driver, or (b)an off-road vehicle as defined in Annex II to the 1970 Directive. | ||||
| 1st January 2006 (applies from this date to passenger cars and Class I vehicles) 1st January 2007 (applies from this date to vehicles of category M1 other than passenger cars, Class II and Class III vehicles) | Directive 98/69/EC annex 1, paragraph 5 (Phase 2 limits) “ | |||||
| 8 | Anti-theft devices | 1st October 1998 | Directive 74/61/EEC as last amended by Directive 95/56/EC, annex V (electronic immobiliser) and annex VI (alarm system) | ECE Regulation 18.02, paragraph 7 and ECE Regulation 97.01 paragraphs 5,6 and 7 (alarm system) and paragraphs 31, 32 and 33 (immobiliser) | ||
| 10 | Seat belt anchorages | Directive 76/115/EEC as last amended by: | ||||
| 1st July 1991 | Directive 82/318/EEC, annex 1, paragraphs 4 and 5 | ECE Regulation 14.02, paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 | ||||
| 1st July 1997 | Directive 90/629/EEC, annex 1, paragraphs 4 and 5 | ECE Regulation 14.03, paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 | ||||
| 11 | Installation of seat belts | 1st July 1997 | Directive 77/541/EEC as last amended by: Directive 90/628/EEC, annex 1, paragraphs 3.1 to 3.1.9 | “disabled person’s belt” has the same meaning as in regulation 47(8) of the Construction and Use Regulations. | The requirements shall not apply in relation to a seat fitted to a disabled person’s vehicle if the vehicle is fitted with a disabled person’s belt for that seat. | |
| 1st October 1999 | Directive 96/36/EC, annex 1, paragraphs 3.1 to 3.1.10 and 3.1.11 and 3.1.12 | ECE Regulation 16.04, (Supplement 8) paragraphs 8.1 to 8.1.10.3 and 8.1.11 to 8.1.12 | ||||
| 12 | Brakes | Directive 71/320/EEC as last amended by: | ||||
1st April 1995 1st October 1999 | Directive 91/442/EEC, annex 1, paragraph 2 Directive 98/12/EC, annex 1, paragraph 2.1.1.3 (Requirements for asbestos-free brake linings only) | ECE Regulation 13.06 paragraph 5 ECE Regulation 13.09, paragraph 5.1.1.3 or ECE Regulation 13H, paragraph 5.1.1.3 (Requirements for asbestos-free brake linings only) | ||||
| 31st March 2001 | Directive 98/12/EC, annex 1, paragraph 2 (All requirements) | ECE Regulation 13.09, paragraph 5 or ECE Regulation 13H, paragraph 5 (All requirements) | ||||
| 13 | Noise and silencers | 1st July 1991 | Directive 70/157/EEC as last amended by: Directive 84/424/EEC, annex 1, paragraph 5 | ECE Regulation 51.01, paragraph 5 | ||
| 1st January 1997 | Directive 92/97/EEC or Directive 96/20/EC, annex 1, paragraph 5 | ECE Regulation 51.02, paragraph 5 | ||||
| 26 | Carbon dioxide emissions and fuel consumption | 1st January 1997 | Directive 80/1269/EEC as last amended by Directive 93/116/EC, annex 1, paragraph 5 | ECE Regulation 101, paragraph 5 | ||
| 27 | Frontal impact | 1st October 2003 | Directive 96/79/EC, annex 2, paragraph 3 | ECE Regulation 94.01, paragraph 5 | ||
| 28 | Side impact | 1st October 2003 | Directive 96/27/EC, annex 2, paragraph 3 | ECE Regulation 95.01, paragraph 5 | ||