Division 4.1 Vehicle payloadF1

United Kingdom

Normal payload is a payload between 10 and 100 % of the maximum payload.

The maximum payload is the difference between technically permissible maximum laden mass of the vehicle and the mass of the vehicle in running order as specified in accordance to F2Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683.

For the purpose of in-service conformity testing, the payload may be reproduced and an artificial load may be used.

Approval authorities may request to test the vehicle with any payload between 10 and 100 % of the maximum vehicle payload. In case the mass of the PEMS equipment needed for operation exceeds 10 % of the maximum vehicle payload this mass may be considered as minimum payload.

Vehicles of category N₃ shall be tested, when applicable, with a semi-trailer.

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Textual amendments

F1: Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1718 of 20 September 2016 amending Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 with respect to emissions from heavy-duty vehicles as regards the provisions on testing by means of portable emission measurement systems (PEMS) and the procedure for the testing of the durability of replacement pollution control devices (Text with EEA relevance).
F2: Words in Annex 2 point 4.1 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), 66(10)(b)