{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1003/annex-II/division-1/division-1.2/division-1.2.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1003/annex-II/division-1/division-1.2/division-1.2.3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2010/1003",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 1003/2010 of 8 November 2010 concerning type-approval requirements for the space for mounting and the fixing of rear registration plates on motor vehicles and their trailers and implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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-2010-1003",
  "path": "annex/II/division/1/division/1.2/division/1.2.3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.2.3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Whenever it is declared by the vehicle manufacturer that a vehicle is suitable for towing loads (point 1.9 of Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683) and if the space for mounting the rear registration plate may as a result be (partly) obscured within the planes of geometrical visibility due to the permitted and/or recommended installation of any mechanical coupling device, this shall be noted in the test report and stated on the GB type-approval certificate. Furthermore, vehicle type-approval shall not be granted unless measures are taken to ensure that such mechanical coupling device, if installed and not in use, can be removed or repositioned only without the use of any tools, including release keys.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/166 of 3 February 2015 supplementing and amending Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the inclusion of specific procedures, assessment methods and technical requirements, and amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Commission Regulations (EU) No 1003/2010, (EU) No 109/2011 and (EU) No 458/2011 (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 point 1.2.3 substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 58(6)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 point 1.2.3 substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 58(6)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/1003/annex/II/division/1/division/1.2/division/1.2.3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:33.044399+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."
}