{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2008-74/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2008-74/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2008/74",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive 2008/74/EC of 18 July 2008 amending, as regards the type approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and access to vehicle repair and maintenance information, Directive 2005/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2005/78/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2008-74",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Directive 2005/55/EC is amended as follows:\n1.. Article 1 is replaced by the following:\n‘Article 1 For the purposes of this Directive the following definitions shall apply:\n(a) “vehicle” means any motor vehicle as defined in Article 2 of Directive 70/156/EEC with a reference mass exceeding 2 610 kg;\n(b) “engine” means the motive propulsion source of a vehicle for which type approval as a separate technical unit, as defined in Article 2 of Directive 70/156/EEC, may be granted;\n(c) “enhanced environment-friendly vehicle (EEV)” means a vehicle propelled by an engine which complies with the permissive emission limit values set out in row C of the tables in Section 6.2.1 of Annex I.’\n2.. Annexes I, II, III and VI to Directive 2005/55/EC are amended in accordance with Annex I to this Directive.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2008/74/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:19.392950+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."
}