# Council Directive of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound level and the exhaust system of motor vehicles (70/157/EEC), Division 2: For the purposes of the application of the provisions referred to in point 1, the following shall apply:


(a) ‘ Unladen vehicle ’ means a vehicle the mass of which is described in point 2.6 of Appendix 1 of Annex I to this Directive, without driver;
(b) ‘ Communication form ’ shall be understood as type-approval-certificate set out in Appendix 2 of Annexes I and II;
(c) ‘ Contracting Parties to the respective regulations ’ shall be understood as Member States;
(d) references to Regulation No 51 and Regulation No 59 shall be construed as references to Directive 70/157/EEC;
(e) footnote 1 in point 2.2.6 shall be understood as follows: ‘ For definitions of the categories, see Annex II A to Directive 70/156/EEC ’ .

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