{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1008/article-2",
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  "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": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:\n(1)‘vehicle type with regard to the windscreen wiper and washer system’ means vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as: the characteristics of the wiper and washer system or the shape, size and characteristics of the windscreen and its mounting;\n(2)‘type of windscreen washer system’ means a group of windscreen washer systems which do not differ in such essential respects as the pump performance, materials used, storage capacity, number of nozzles, sizes, wall thicknesses or shape of the washer system;\n(3)‘engine’ means a combustion engine running on either liquid or gaseous fuel;\n(4)‘windscreen wiper system’ means the system consisting of a device for wiping the outer face of the windscreen, together with the accessories and controls necessary for starting and stopping the device;\n(5)‘wiper field’ means the area(s) on the windscreen which is wiped by the wiper blade(s) when the wiper system is operating under normal conditions.\n(6)‘intermittent operation of the wiper system’ means an automatic non-continuous mode of operation of the wiper system, where after each full cycle there is a period during which the wipers are stationary in one specific designated halting position;\n(7)‘windscreen washer system’ means the system consisting of devices for storing, transferring and aiming fluid towards the outer face of the windscreen, together with the controls necessary for starting and stopping the device;\n(8)‘washer control’ means the device by which the washer system is manually activated and deactivated;\n(9)‘washer pump’ means a device for transferring fluid from the washer system storage reservoir to the outer face of the windscreen;\n(10)‘nozzle’ means a device which serves to direct fluid onto the windscreen;\n(11)‘fully primed system’ means a system which has been activated normally for a period of time and where fluid has been transferred through the pump, tubing and has exited the nozzle(s);\n(12)‘cleaned area’ means the previously soiled area which does not have any traces of drops and remaining dirt after it has dried completely;\n(13)‘vision area A’ means test area A as defined in paragraph 2.2. of Annex 18 to UNECE Regulation No 43;\n(14)‘vision area B’ means reduced test area B as defined in paragraph 2.4. of Annex 18 to UNECE Regulation No 43, without the exclusion of the area defined in paragraph 2.4.1. thereof;\n(15)‘design torso angle’ means the angle measured between a vertical line through the R-point or seating reference point and the torso line in a position which corresponds to the design position of the seat-back as declared by the vehicle manufacturer;\n(16)‘R-point’ or seating reference point means the design point defined by the vehicle manufacturer for each seating position with respect to the three-dimensional reference system;\n(17)‘three-dimensional reference system’ means a reference grid which consists of a vertical longitudinal plane X-Z, a horizontal plane X-Y and a vertical transverse plane Y-Z in accordance with the provisions of Appendix 2 of Annex III to this Regulation;\n(18)‘primary reference marks’ means holes, surfaces, marks or other identification signs on the vehicle body or chassis of which the X, Y and Z coordinates within the three-dimensional reference grid are specified by the vehicle manufacturer;\n(19)‘vehicle master control switch’ means the device by which the vehicle's on-board electronics system is brought from being switched off, as is the case when a vehicle is parked without the driver being present, to normal operation mode;",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 230, 31.8.2010, p. 119."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/1008/article/2",
    "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."
}