# Directive 2007/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on the retrofitting of mirrors to heavy goods vehicles registered in the Community, Article 2

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. This Directive shall apply to vehicles of categories N2 and N3 which are not type-approved or approved as a single vehicle under Directive 2003/97/EC.
2. This Directive shall not apply to any of the following:
(a) Vehicles of categories N2 and N3 registered before 1 January 2000;
(b) Vehicles of category N2 having a maximum total permissible mass not exceeding 7,5 tons, where it is impossible to mount a class V mirror in a way that ensures that the following conditions are fulfilled:
(i) no part of the mirror is less than 2 m (a tolerance of + 10 cm may be applied) from the ground, regardless of the adjustment position, when the vehicle is under a load corresponding to its maximum technically permissible weight; and
(ii) the mirror is fully visible from the driving position;
(c) Vehicles of categories N2 and N3 that are subject to national measures which entered into force before the dates for transposition of Directive 2003/97/EC and which require fitment, on the passenger side, of other means of indirect vision covering not less than 95 % of the total field of vision at ground level of class IV and class V mirrors under that Directive.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2007/38/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2007-38/article-2
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