{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1222/annex-IVa/division-1",
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  "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/IVa/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "DEFINITIONS",
  "text": "For the purpose of the laboratory alignment procedure, the following definitions apply:\n(1) ‘Reference laboratory’ means a laboratory that is part of the network of laboratories the references of which have been published for the purpose of the alignment procedure in the Official Journal of the European Union , and is able to achieve the accuracy of test results determined in section 3;\n(2) ‘ Candidate laboratory ’ means a laboratory participating in the alignment procedure that is not a reference laboratory;\n(3) ‘ Alignment tyre ’ means a tyre that is tested for the purpose of performing the alignment procedure;\n(4) ‘ Alignment tyres set ’ means a set of five or more alignment tyres;\n(5) ‘ Assigned value ’ means a theoretical value of one alignment tyre as measured by a theoretical laboratory which is representative of the network of reference laboratories that is used for the alignment procedure.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted 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": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1222/annex/IVa/division/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."
}