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Windscreen defrosting and demisting systems for motor vehicles
SUMMARY OF:
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE REGULATION?
KEY POINTS
Requirements for windscreen defrosting and demisting systems
Every M1 category vehicle must be equipped with:
The efficiency of windscreen defrosting and demisting systems must be verified by tests carried out on the vehicle at a temperature of -8 °C or -18 °C to defrost the ice that has formed on the outside of the windscreen, and a temperature of -3 °C for mist that has formed on the interior of the windscreen.
Rules for EU type-approval
The vehicle manufacturer must submit an application for EU type-approval to the competent authority. The application must contain certain information, including:
If the competent authority considers that the vehicle satisfies all the requirements for windscreen demisting and defrosting systems, it shall grant an EC type-approval and issue a type-approval number in accordance with the numbering system set out in Directive 2007/46/EC.
FROM WHEN DOES THE REGULATION APPLY?
It has applied since 17 August 2010.
BACKGROUND
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KEY TERMS
MAIN DOCUMENT
Commission Regulation (EU) No 672/2010 of 27 July 2010 concerning type-approval requirements for windscreen defrosting and demisting systems 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 196, 28.7.2010, pp. 5-20)
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 02.05.2019