{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1008/annex-III/division-2/division-2.2/division-2.2.3/division-2.2.3.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1008/annex-III/division-2/division-2.2/division-2.2.3/division-2.2.3.1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2010/1008",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 1008/2010 of 9 November 2010 concerning type-approval requirements for windscreen wiper and washer systems of certain motor vehicles 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-2010-1008",
  "path": "annex/III/division/2/division/2.2/division/2.2.3/division/2.2.3.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.2.3.1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The windscreen washer system shall be filled with water, fully primed, and placed in an ambient temperature of – 18 ± 3 °C for a minimum of four hours so that the total mass of the water in the washer system is frozen. The system shall then be placed in an ambient temperature of 20 ± 2 °C until the ice has completely thawed, but in any case no longer than four hours. This freeze/thaw cycle shall be repeated six times. Finally, when the windscreen washer system is placed in the ambient temperature of 20 ± 2 °C and the ice has completely thawed, although the water does not have to be stabilized at this temperature, the performance of the windscreen washer system shall be verified by actuating the system in accordance with paragraph 2.2.1.1. to 2.2.1.2.",
  "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/2010/1008/annex/III/division/2/division/2.2/division/2.2.3/division/2.2.3.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:32.832452+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."
}