{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-79/annex-II/appendix-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-79/annex-II/appendix-2.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1996/79",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 96/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 on the protection of occupants of motor vehicles in the event of a frontal impact and amending Directive 70/156/EEC (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-79",
  "path": "annex/II/appendix/2",
  "kind": "appendix",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "DETERMINATION OF PERFORMANCE CRITERIA",
  "text": "1.\nHEAD PERFORMANCE CRITERION (HPC)\n1.1.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n1.2.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n1.2.1.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n1.2.2.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n1.2.3.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n1.2.4.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n1.3.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n2.\nNECK INJURY CRITERIA (NIC)\n2.1.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n2.2.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n2.3.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3.\nTHORAX COMPRESSION CRITERION (ThCC) AND VISCOUS CRITERION (V*C)\n3.1.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3.2.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n4.\nFEMUR FORCE CRITERION (FFC)\n4.1.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n5.\nTIBIA COMPRESSIVE FORCE CRITERION (TCFC) AND TIBIA INDEX (TI)\n5.1.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n5.2.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n6.\nPROCEDURE FOR CALCULATING THE VISCOUS CRITERION (V*C) FOR HYBRID III DUMMY\n6.1.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n6.2.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Repealed by Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1996/79/annex/II/appendix/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:11.778136+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}