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Motor vehicle wheel guards
Motor vehicle wheel guards
Motor vehicle wheel guards
This summary has been archived and will not be updated. See
'Type-approval requirements to ensure the general safety of vehicles and the protection of vulnerable road users'
for an updated information about the subject.
Motor vehicle wheel guards
SUMMARY OF:
Regulation (EU) No 1009/2010 — type-approval requirements for wheel guards of certain motor vehicles
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE REGULATION?
KEY POINTS
The regulation sets out type-approval requirements for motor vehicle wheel guards. It forms part of the implementation of Regulation (EC) 661/2009 on safe motor vehicles and trailers.
Type of vehicle concerned
This regulation applies to vehicles of category M1, i.e. vehicles designed and built to carry passengers with not more than 8 seats, in addition to the driver’s seat.
Requirements for wheel guards
Rules for EU type-approval
The vehicle manufacturer must submit an application for EU type-approval to the competent authority. The application must include:
If the competent authority considers that the vehicle satisfies all of the requirements for wheel guards, it must grant EU type-approval and issue a type-approval number in accordance with Directive 2007/46/EC on the EU type-approval of vehicles.
FROM WHEN DOES THE REGULATION APPLY?
It has applied since 30 November 2010.
BACKGROUND
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KEY TERMS
MAIN DOCUMENT
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1009/2010 of 9 November 2010 concerning type-approval requirements for wheel guards of certain motor vehicles and implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor (OJ L 292, 10.11.2010, pp. 21-29)
RELATED DOCUMENTS
Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor (OJ L 200, 31.7.2009, pp. 1-24)
Successive amendments to Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 have been incorporated into the original document. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (Framework Directive) (OJ L 263, 9.10.2007, pp. 1-160)
See consolidated version.
last update 30.04.2019