Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and repealing Directive 2009/40/EC (Text with EEA relevance)Text with EEA relevance
Coming into Force | 27 September 2022 |
Published date | 27 September 2022 |
Celex Number | 02014L0045-20220927 |
Date | 27 September 2022 |
02014L0045 — EN — 27.09.2022 — 001.001
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►B | DIRECTIVE 2014/45/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 3 April 2014 on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and repealing Directive 2009/40/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (OJ L 127 29.4.2014, p. 51) |
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►M1 | COMMISSION DELEGATED DIRECTIVE (EU) 2021/1717 of 9 July 2021 | L 342 | 48 | 27.9.2021 |
Corrected by:
►C1 | Corrigendum, OJ L 219, 22.8.2019, p. 25 (2014/45/EU) |
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DIRECTIVE 2014/45/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 3 April 2014
on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and repealing Directive 2009/40/EC
(Text with EEA relevance)
CHAPTER I
SUBJECT MATTER, DEFINITIONS AND SCOPE
Article 1
Subject matter
This Directive establishes minimum requirements for a regime of periodic roadworthiness tests of vehicles used on public roads.
Article 2
Scope
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This Directive shall apply to vehicles with a design speed exceeding 25km/h of the following categories, as referred to in Regulations (EU) No 167/2013 ( 1 ), (EU) No 168/2013 ( 2 ), and (EU) 2018/858 ( 3 ) of the European Parliament and of the Council:
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Member States may exclude the following vehicles registered in their territory from the scope of application of this Directive:
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Article 3
Definitions
The following definitions shall only apply for the purposes of this Directive:
‘vehicle’ means any not rail-borne motor vehicle or its trailer;
‘motor vehicle’ means any power-driven vehicle on wheels which is moved by its own means with a maximum design speed exceeding 25 km/h;
‘trailer’ means any non-self propelled vehicle on wheels which is designed and constructed to be towed by a motor vehicle;
‘semi-trailer’ means any trailer designed to be coupled to a motor vehicle in such a way that part of it rests on the motor vehicle and a substantial part of its mass and the mass of its load is borne by the motor vehicle;
‘two- or three-wheel vehicle’ means any power-driven vehicle on two wheels, with or without a sidecar, and any tricycle or quadricycle;
‘vehicle registered in a Member State’ means a vehicle which is registered or put into service in a Member State;
‘vehicle of historical interest’ means any vehicle which is considered to be historical by the Member State of registration or one of its appointed authorising bodies and which fulfils all the following conditions:
‘holder of a registration certificate’ means the legal or natural person in whose name the vehicle is registered;
‘roadworthiness test’ means an inspection in accordance with Annex I designed to ensure that a vehicle is safe to be used on public roads and that it complies with required and mandatory safety and environmental characteristics;
‘approval’ means a procedure whereby a Member State certifies that a vehicle satisfies the relevant administrative provisions and technical requirements referred to in Directive 2002/24/EC, Directive 2003/37/EC and Directive 2007/46/EC;
‘deficiencies’ means technical defects and other instances of non-compliance found during a roadworthiness test;
‘roadworthiness certificate’ means a roadworthiness test report issued by the competent authority or a testing centre containing the result of the roadworthiness test;
‘inspector’ means a person authorised by a Member State or by its competent authority to carry out roadworthiness tests in a testing centre or, where appropriate, on behalf of a competent authority;
‘competent authority’ means an authority or public body entrusted by a Member State with responsibility for managing the system of roadworthiness testing, including, where appropriate, the carrying-out of roadworthiness tests;
‘testing centre’ means a public or private body or establishment authorised by a Member State to carry out roadworthiness tests;
‘supervising body’ means a body or bodies set up by a Member State, responsible for the supervision of testing centres. A supervising body can be part of the competent authority or competent authorities;
‘small island’ means an island with fewer than 5 000 inhabitants which is not linked to the other parts of territory by road bridges or road tunnels;
‘sparsely populated area’ means a predefined area with a population density of fewer than five persons per square kilometre;
‘public road’ means a road that is of general public utility, such as a local, regional or national road, highway, expressway or motorway.
CHAPTER II
GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
Article 4
Responsibilities
In accordance with the principles laid down by Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 4 ) and by Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 5 ), the Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, and before 20 May 2018, adopt:
a set of technical information on braking equipment, steering, visibility, lamps, reflectors, electrical equipment, axles, wheels, tyres, suspension, chassis, chassis attachments, other equipment and nuisance necessary for roadworthiness testing of the items...
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