{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2007-46/annex-II/appendix-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2007-46/annex-II/appendix-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2007/46",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (Framework Directive) (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2007-46",
  "path": "annex/II/appendix/1",
  "kind": "appendix",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Procedure for checking whether a vehicle can be categorised as off-road vehicle\n0.\nGeneral\n0.1.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n1.\nTest conditions for geometric measurements\n1.1.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n1.2.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n1.3.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n2.\nMeasurement of approach, departure and ramp angles\n2.1.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n2.2.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n2.3.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n2.4.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n2.5.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3.\nMeasurement of ground clearance\n3.1.\nGround clearance between the axles\n3.1.1.\n‘Ground clearance between the axles’ means the shortest distance between the ground plane and the lowest fixed point of the vehicle.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3.1.2.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3.2.\nGround clearance beneath one axle\n3.2.1.\n‘Ground clearance beneath one axle’ means the distance beneath the highest point of the arc of a circle passing through the centre of the tyre footprint of the wheels on one axle (the inner wheels in the case of twin tyres) and touching the lowest fixed point of the vehicle between the wheels.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3.2.2.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n4.\nGradeability\n4.1.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n4.2.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n4.3.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n4.4.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n5.\nTest conditions and pass-fail criterion\n5.1.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n5.2.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Repealed by Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, amending Regulations (EC) No 715/2007 and (EC) No 595/2009 and repealing Directive 2007/46/EC (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2007/46/annex/II/appendix/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:25.418403+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."
}