{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-661/annex-V",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-661/annex-V.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/661",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-661",
  "path": "annex/V",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "V",
  "heading": "Implementation dates of the requirements for electronic stability control systems on vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2, N3, O3 and O4",
  "text": "Table 1 —\nImplementation dates for new types of vehicle\nVehicle category\nImplementation date\nM2\n11 July 2013\nM3 (Class III)\n1 November 2011\nM3 < 16 tonnes (pneumatic transmission)\n1 November 2011\nM3 (Class II and B) (hydraulic transmission)\n11 July 2013\nM3 (Class III) (hydraulic transmission)\n11 July 2013\nM3 (Class III) (pneumatic control transmission and hydraulic energy transmission)\n11 July 2014\nM3 (Class II) (pneumatic control transmission and hydraulic energy transmission)\n11 July 2014\nM3 (other than above)\n1 November 2011\nN2 (hydraulic transmission)\n11 July 2013\nN2 (pneumatic control transmission and hydraulic energy transmission)\n11 July 2014\nN2 (other than above)\n11 July 2012\nN3 (2 axle tractors for semi-trailers)\n1 November 2011\nN3 (2 axle tractors for semi-trailers with pneumatic control transmission (ABS))\n1 November 2011\nN3 (3 axles with electric control transmission (EBS))\n1 November 2011\nN3 (2 and 3 axles with pneumatic control transmission (ABS))\n11 July 2012\nN3 (other than above)\n1 November 2011\nO3 (combined axle load between 3.5 and 7.5 tonnes)\n11 July 2012\nO3 (other than above)\n1 November 2011\nO4\n1 November 2011\nTable 2 —\nImplementation dates for new vehicles\nVehicle category\nImplementation date\nM2\n11 July 2015\nM3 (Class III)\n1 November 2014\nM3 < 16 tonnes (pneumatic transmission)\n1 November 2014\nM3 (Class II and B) (hydraulic transmission)\n11 July 2015\nM3 (Class III) (hydraulic transmission)\n11 July 2015\nM3 (Class III) (pneumatic control transmission and hydraulic energy transmission)\n11 July 2016\nM3 (Class II) (pneumatic control transmission and hydraulic energy transmission)\n11 July 2016\nM3 (other than above)\n1 November 2014\nN2 (hydraulic transmission)\n11 July 2015\nN2 (pneumatic control transmission and hydraulic energy transmission)\n11 July 2016\nN2 (other than above)\n1 November 2014\nN3 (2 axle tractors for semi-trailers)\n1 November 2014\nN3 (2 axle tractors for semi-trailers with pneumatic control transmission (ABS))\n1 November 2014\nN3 (3 axles with electric control transmission (EBS))\n1 November 2014\nN3 (2 and 3 axles with pneumatic control transmission (ABS))\n1 November 2014\nN3 (other than above)\n1 November 2014\nO3 (combined axle load between 3.5 and 7.5 tonnes)\n1 November 2014\nO3 (other than above)\n1 November 2014\nO4\n1 November 2014",
  "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/eur/2009/661/annex/V",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:22.908271+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."
}