# Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 January 2009 on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to the protection of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users, amending Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directives 2003/102/EC and 2005/66/EC (Text with EEA relevance), Article 2: Scope

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. This Regulation shall apply to the following:
(a) motor vehicles of category M1 as defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, subject to paragraph 2 of this Article;
(b) motor vehicles of category N1 as defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, subject to paragraph 2 of this Article;
(c) frontal protection systems fitted as original equipment to the vehicles referred to in points (a) and (b) or supplied as separate technical units intended for fitting to such vehicles.
2. Sections 2 and 3 of Annex I to this Regulation shall not apply to:
(a) vehicles of category N1; and
(b) vehicles of category M1 derived from N1 and of maximum mass exceeding 2 500 kg;
where the driver position ‘R-point’ is either forward of the front axle or longitudinally rearwards of the front axle transverse centreline by a maximum of 1 100 mm.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/78/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-78/article-2
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