# Council Decision of 26 June 2001 on the accession of the European Community to Regulation 108 of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the approval for the production of retreaded pneumatic tyres for motor vehicles and their trailers (2001/509/EC), Division 3.2.7.1: Up to 31 December 1999 ; either as prescribed in paragraph 3.2.7.2 or in the form of a group of three digits, the first two showing the week number and the third, the year of the decade of manufacture. The date code can cover a period of production from the week indicated by the week number up to and including the week number plus three. For example, the marking ‘253’ could indicate a tyre which was retreaded in weeks 25, 26, 27 or 28 of the year 1993.


The date code may be marked on one sidewall only.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2001/509/attachment/1/division/3./division/3.2.7.1. (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2001-509/attachment-1/division-3./division-3.2.7.1.
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