{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1222/annex-I/part-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1222/annex-I/part-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/1222",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1222/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the labelling of tyres with respect to fuel efficiency and other essential parameters (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1222",
  "path": "annex/I/part/1",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "A: Fuel efficiency classes",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The fuel efficiency class must be determined on the basis of the rolling resistance coefficient ( RRC ) according to the ‘A’ to ‘G’ scale specified below and measured in accordance with Annex 6 of UNECE Regulation No 117 and its subsequent amendments and aligned according to the procedure laid down in Annex IVa.\nIf a tyre type is approved for more than one tyre class (e.g. C1 and C2), the grading scale used to determine the fuel efficiency class of this tyre type should be that which is applicable to the highest tyre class (e.g. C2, not C1).\nC1 tyres\nC2 tyres\nC3 tyres\nRRC in kg/t\nEnergy efficiency class\nRRC in kg/t\nEnergy efficiency class\nRRC in kg/t\nEnergy efficiency class\nRRC ≤ 6,5\nA\nRRC ≤ 5,5\nA\nRRC ≤ 4,0\nA\n6,6 ≤ RRC ≤ 7,7\nB\n5,6 ≤ RRC ≤ 6,7\nB\n4,1 ≤ RRC ≤ 5,0\nB\n7,8 ≤ RRC ≤ 9,0\nC\n6,8 ≤ RRC ≤ 8,0\nC\n5,1 ≤ RRC ≤ 6,0\nC\nEmpty\nD\nEmpty\nD\n6,1 ≤ RRC ≤ 7,0\nD\n9,1 ≤ RRC ≤ 10,5\nE\n8,1 ≤ RRC ≤ 9,2\nE\n7,1 ≤ RRC ≤ 8,0\nE\n10,6 ≤ RRC ≤ 12,0\nF\n9,3 ≤ RRC ≤ 10,5\nF\nRRC ≥ 8,1\nF\nRRC ≥ 12,1\nG\nRRC ≥ 10,6\nG\nEmpty\nG",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1235/2011 of 29 November 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 1222/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the wet grip grading of tyres, the measurement of rolling resistance and the verification procedure (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1222/annex/I/part/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:03.606681+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."
}