What changed, Regulation (EU) No 168/2013

− ## CHAPTER I / **SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS**
− 1. This Regulation establishes the administrative and technical requirements for the type-approval of all new vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units referred to in Article 2(1).
− 2. This Regulation establishes the requirements for the market surveillance of vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units which are subject to approval in accordance with this Regulation. This Regulation also establishes the requirements for the market surveillance of parts and equip…
− 3. This Regulation is without prejudice to the application of legislation on road safety.
− 1. This Regulation shall apply to all two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles as categorised in Article 4 and Annex I (‘L-category vehicles’), that are intended to travel on public roads, including those designed and constructed in one or more stages, and to systems, components and separate te…
− 2. This Regulation does not apply to the following vehicles:
− (a) vehicles with a maximum design speed not exceeding 6 km/h;
− (b) vehicles exclusively intended for use by the physically handicapped;
− (c) vehicles exclusively intended for pedestrian control;
− (d) vehicles exclusively intended for use in competition;
− (e) vehicles designed and constructed for use by the armed services, civil defence, fire services, forces responsible for maintaining public order and emergency medical services;
− (f) agricultural or forestry vehicles subject to Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles (1), machines subject to Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of th…
− (g) vehicles primarily intended for off-road use and designed to travel on unpaved surfaces;
− (h) pedal cycles with pedal assistance which are equipped with an auxiliary electric motor having a maximum continuous rated power of less than or equal to 250 W, where the output of the motor is cut off when the cyclist stops pedalling and is otherwise progressively reduced and finally cut off befo…
− (i) self-balancing vehicles;
− (j) vehicles not equipped with at least one seating position;
− (k) vehicles equipped with any seating position of the driver or rider having an R-point height ≤ 540 mm in case of categories L1e, L3e and L4e or ≤ 400 mm in case of categories L2e, L5e, L6e and L7e.
− (25) ‘combined brake system’ means:
− (a) for vehicle categories L1e and L3e: a service brake system where at least two brakes on different wheels are operated by actuation of a single control;
− (b) for vehicle category L4e: a service brake system where the brakes on at least the front and rear wheels are operated by actuation of a single control (if the rear wheel and sidecar wheel are braked by the same brake system, this is regarded as the rear brake);
− (c) for vehicle categories L2e, L5e, L6e and L7e: a service brake system where the brakes on all wheels are operated by actuation of a single control;
− (29) ‘seating position’ means:
− (a) a saddle accommodating either the driver or a passenger, which is used by sitting in an astride position; or
− (b) any seat which can accommodate at the minimum a person with the size of a anthropomorphic manikin of a 50th percentile adult male, in the case of the driver;
− (33) ‘hybrid electric vehicle’ means a vehicle that, for the purpose of mechanical propulsion, draws energy from both of the following on-vehicle sources of stored energy/power:
− (a) a consumable fuel;
− (b) a battery, capacitor, flywheel/generator or other electrical energy or power storage device.
− This definition also includes vehicles which draw energy from a consumable fuel only for the purpose of re-charging the electrical energy/power storage device;
− (39) ‘engine capacity’ means:
− (a) for reciprocating piston engines, the nominal engine swept volume;
+ ## CHAPTER I — SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
+ **1.** This Regulation establishes the administrative and technical requirements for the type-approval of all new vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units referred to in Article 2(1).
+ **2.** This Regulation establishes the requirements for the market surveillance of vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units which are subject to approval in accordance with this Regulation. This Regulation also establishes the requirements for the market surveillance of parts and e…
+ **3.** This Regulation is without prejudice to the application of legislation on road safety.
+ **1.** This Regulation shall apply to all two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles as categorised in Article 4 and Annex I (‘L-category vehicles’), that are intended to travel on public roads, including those designed and constructed in one or more stages, and to systems, components and separat…
+ **2.** This Regulation does not apply to the following vehicles:(a) vehicles with a maximum design speed not exceeding 6 km/h;(b) vehicles exclusively intended for use by the physically handicapped;(c) vehicles exclusively intended for pedestrian control;(d) vehicles exclusively intended for use in …
+ (25) ‘combined brake system’ means: (a) for vehicle categories L1e and L3e: a service brake system where at least two brakes on different wheels are operated by actuation of a single control; (b) for vehicle category L4e: a service brake system where the brakes on at least the front and rear wheels …
+ (29) ‘seating position’ means: (a) a saddle accommodating either the driver or a passenger, which is used by sitting in an astride position; or (b) any seat which can accommodate at the minimum a person with the size of a anthropomorphic manikin of a 50th percentile adult male, in the case of the dr…
+ (33) ‘hybrid electric vehicle’ means a vehicle that, for the purpose of mechanical propulsion, draws energy from both of the following on-vehicle sources of stored energy/power: (a) a consumable fuel; (b) a battery, capacitor, flywheel/generator or other electrical energy or power storage device. Th…
+ (39) ‘engine capacity’ means: (a) for reciprocating piston engines, the nominal engine swept volume; (b) for rotary-piston (Wankel) engines, double the nominal engine swept volume;
+ (73) ‘vehicle type’ means a group of vehicles, including variants and versions of a particular category that do not differ in at least the following essential respects: (a) category and subcategory; (b) manufacturer; (c) chassis, frame, sub-frame, floor pan or structure to which major components are…
+ (74) ‘variant’ means a vehicle of the same type where: (a) the basic characteristics of the bodywork shape are the same; (b) the propulsion and propulsion configuration are the same; (c) if a combustion engine is part of the propulsion, the engine operating cycle is the same; (d) the number and arra…
+ (94) ‘pure electric vehicle’ means a vehicle powered by: (a) a system consisting of one or more electric energy storage devices, one or more electric power conditioning devices and one or more electric machines that convert stored electric energy to mechanical energy delivered at the wheels for prop…
+ **1.** L-category vehicles comprise powered two-, three- and four-wheel vehicles as categorised in this Article and Annex I, including powered cycles, two- and three-wheel mopeds, two- and three-wheel motorcycles, motorcycles with side-cars, light and heavy on-road quads, and light and heavy quadri-…
+ **2.** For the purposes of this Regulation, the following vehicle categories and subcategories shall apply, as described in Annex I:(a) category L1e vehicle (light two-wheel powered vehicle), sub-categorised into:(i) L1e-A vehicle (powered cycle);(ii) L1e-B vehicle (two-wheel moped);(b) category L2e…
+ **3.** The L-category vehicles listed in paragraph 2 are further classified according to the propulsion of the vehicle:(a) propelled with an internal combustion engine:— compression ignition (CI),— positive ignition (PI);(b) propelled with an external combustion engine, a turbine or a rotary piston …
+ **4.** As regards the classification of L-category vehicles in paragraph 2, a vehicle that does not come under a certain category because it exceeds at least one of the criteria stipulated for that category falls into the next category whose criteria it meets. This applies to the following groups of…
+ **5.** Notwithstanding the (sub-)classification criteria set out in paragraphs 1 to 4 of this Article and in Annex I, additional subcategories shall apply as set out in Annex V, in order to harmonise ►C1 environmental performance test procedures** ◄ ** at the international level by referring to UNEC…
+ **1.** The mass in running order of an L-category vehicle shall be determined by measuring the mass of the unladen vehicle ready for normal use and shall include the mass of:(a) liquids;(b) standard equipment in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications;(c) ‘fuel’ in the fuel tanks that shal…
+ **2.** The mass in running order of an L-category vehicle shall exclude the mass of:(a) the driver (75 kg) and passenger (65 kg);(b) the machines or equipment installed on the load platform area;(c) in the case of a hybrid or pure electric vehicle, the propulsion batteries;(d) in the case of mono-fu…
+ ## CHAPTER II — GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
+ **1.** Member States shall establish or appoint the approval authorities competent in matters concerning approval and the market surveillance authorities competent in matters concerning market surveillance in accordance with this Regulation. Member States shall notify the Commission of the establish…
+ **2.** Member States shall permit the placing on the market, registration or entry into service of only such vehicles, components and separate technical units that satisfy the requirements of this Regulation.
+ **3.** Member States shall not prohibit, restrict or impede the placing on the market, registration or entry into service of vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units on grounds related to aspects of their construction and functioning covered by this Regulation, if they satisfy its r…
+ **4.** Member States shall organise and carry out market surveillance and controls of vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units entering the market in accordance with Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008.
+ **1.** Approval authorities shall ensure that manufacturers applying for type-approval comply with their obligations under this Regulation.
+ **2.** Approval authorities shall approve only such vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units that satisfy the requirements of this Regulation.
+ **1.** For type-approved vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units, market surveillance authorities shall perform, on an adequate scale, appropriate documentary checks, taking into account established principles of risk assessment, complaints and other information.
+ **2.** For parts and equipment other than those covered in paragraph 1 of this Article, Article 19(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 shall apply in its entirety.
+ **1.** Manufacturers shall ensure that when their vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units are placed on the market or are entering into service, they are manufactured and approved in accordance with the requirements set out in this Regulation and the delegated and implementing acts…