{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-661/article-8",
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  "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": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Classification of tyres",
  "text": "1. Tyres shall be classified as follows:\n(a) class C1 tyrestyres designed primarily for vehicles of categories M1, N1, O1 and O2;\n(b) class C2 tyrestyres designed primarily for vehicles of categories M2, M3, N, O3 and O4 with a load capacity index in single formation ≤ 121 and the speed category symbol ≥ ‘N’;\n(c) class C3 tyrestyres designed primarily for vehicles of categories M2, M3, N, O3 and O4 with one of the following load capacity indices:\n(i)a load capacity index in single formation ≤ 121 and the speed category symbol ≤ ‘M’;\n(ii)a load capacity index in single formation ≥ 122.\nA tyre may be classified in more than one class provided that it meets all the relevant requirements of each class in which it is classified.\n2. The list of load-capacity indices and their corresponding masses contained in UNECE Regulations 30 and 54 shall apply.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/661/article/8",
    "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."
}