{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1991-671/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1991-671/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1991/671",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 16 December 1991 relating to the compulsory use of safety belts and child-restraint systems in vehicles (91/671/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1991-671",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. This Directive shall apply to all motor vehicles in categories M1, M2, M3, N1, N2 and N3 as defined in Annex II to Directive 70/156/EEC , intended for use on the road, having at least four wheels and a maximum design speed exceeding 25 km/h.\n2. For the purposes of this Directive:\nthe definitions of safety systems, including safety belts and child restraints, with regard to vehicles in categories M1 and N1, and of the components thereof shall be those appearing in Annex I to Directive 77/541/EEC ,\n‘ rearward-facing ’ shall mean facing in the direction opposite to the normal direction of travel of the vehicle.\n3. Child restraints shall be classified in five ‘ mass groups ’ :\n(a) group 0 for children of a mass of less than 10 kg;\n(b) group 0+ for children of a mass of less than 13 kg;\n(c) group I for children of a mass of from 9 kg to 18 kg;\n(d) group II for children of a mass of from 15 kg to 25 kg;\n(e) group III for children of a mass of from 22 kg to 36 kg.\n4. Child restraints shall be subdivided into two classes:\n(a) an integral class comprising a combination of straps or flexible components with a securing buckle, adjusting device, attachments and in some cases a supplementary chair and/or impact shield, capable of being anchored by means of its own integral strap or straps;\n(b) a non-integral class that may comprise a partial restraint which, when used in conjunction with an adult belt which passes around the body of the child or restrains the device in which the child is placed, forms a complete child-restraint system.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Directive 2003/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 April 2003 amending Council Directive 91/671/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to compulsory use of safety belts in vehicles of less than 3,5 tonnes."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers ( OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1 ). Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2001/116/EC ( OJ L 18, 21.1.2002, p. 1 )."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Council Directive 77/541/EEC of 28 June 1977 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to safety belts and restraint systems of motor vehicles ( OJ L 220, 29.8.1977, p. 95 ). Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2000/3/EC ( OJ L 53, 25.2.2000, p. 1 )."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}