# Commission Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 of 25 May 2011 implementing and amending Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with respect to emissions from heavy duty vehicles (Euro VI) and amending Annexes I and III to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance), Division 4.1: Vehicle payload

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

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 Annex 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 N 3 shall be tested, when applicable, with a semi-trailer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/582/annex/II/division/4/division/4.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-582/annex-II/division-4/division-4.1
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