Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and come into force on 23rd March 2010.

Amendment of Regulations

2.  The Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979(2) are amended as follows.

Amendment to Schedule 2 (Approval marks required by ECE Regulations – List)

3.  In Schedule 2 after item 30A insert—

Amendment to Schedule 3 (Approval marks required by ECE Regulations – Requirements and permitted variations)

4.  After paragraph 19, add—

“20.  In relation to the marking prescribed at item 30B, the suffix “S” shall be added to the number mentioned in paragraph 2 above to show that the tyre complies with the requirements on tyre rolling noise sound emissions in the ECE Regulation referred to in column (5) of Schedule 2.”.

Amendment to Schedule 4 (Approval marks required by Community Instruments List)

5.—(1) In Schedule 4 is amended as follows.

(2) In item 33—

(a)In column 5(a), add at the end “as amended by Directive 2001/43/EC of 27 June 2001”; and

(b)In column 5(b), at the end insert “and O.J. L211, 4.8.2001, p.25”.

Amendment to Schedule 5 (Approval marks required by Community Instruments Requirements and variations)

6.  At the end of paragraph 15 of Schedule 5, insert—

“The suffix “-s” shall be added to the number to show that the tyre complies with the noise emission requirements in Annex V of the Community Instrument referred to in column (5) of Schedule 4.”

These Regulations are designating marks provided for in UNECE Regulation 117 and Council Directive 92/23/EEC of 31 March 1992 (OJ No. L129, 14.5.1992, p.95) as amended by Directive 2001/43/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 27 June 2001 (OJ No. L211, 4.8.2001, p.25).

Regulation 3 inserts item 30B, a new approval mark, into Schedule 2. Regulation 4 adds paragraph 20 to Schedule 3, which allows for a new permitted variation in respect of item 30B. Regulation 5 amends item 33 of Schedule 4 by updating the description and Official Journal reference of the Community Instrument. Regulation 6 amends paragraph 15 of Schedule 5 by inserting an additional variation.

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The Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside this instrument on the OPSI website (www.opsi.gov.uk). An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.