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Division 3 CONTENTS AND METHODS OF TESTING; ASSESSMENT OF DEFICIENCIES OF VEHICLES

United Kingdom

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The test shall cover at least the items, and use the minimum standards and the recommended methods, listed in the following table.

For each vehicle system and component subject to testing, the assessment of deficiencies shall be carried out in accordance with the criteria set out in that table, on a case-by-case basis.

Deficiencies not listed in this Annex shall be assessed in terms of the risks that they pose to road safety.

X1Item Method Reasons for failure Assessment of deficiencies
Minor Major Dangerous
  1. 0IDENTIFICATION OF THE VEHICLE
  2. 1BRAKING EQUIPMENT
  3. 2STEERING
  4. 3VISIBILITY
  5. 4LAMPS, REFLECTORS AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
  6. 5AXLES, WHEELS, TYRES AND SUSPENSION
  7. 6CHASSIS AND CHASSIS ATTACHMENTS
  8. 7OTHER EQUIPMENT
  9. 8NUISANCE
  10. 9SUPPLEMENTARY TESTS FOR PASSENGER-CARRYING VEHICLES CATEGORIES M 2 , M 3

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Editorial notes

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Substituted by Corrigendum to Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and repealing Directive 2009/40/EC (Official Journal of the European Union L 127 of 29 April 2014).