# Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 of 12 December 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to type-approval requirements for masses and dimensions of motor vehicles and their trailers and amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance), Appendix 1

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

List of devices and equipment that are not required to be taken into account for the determination of the outermost dimensions
1.
Subject to the additional restrictions provided in the following tables, the devices and equipment listed in Tables I, II and III are not required to be taken into account for the determination and calculation of the outermost dimensions where the following requirements are fulfilled:
(a) where devices are fitted at the front, with the exception of aerodynamic devices and equipment of cabs, the total protrusion of those devices shall not exceed 250 mm;
(b) the total protrusion of devices and equipment added to the length of the vehicle, with the exception of aerodynamic devices and equipment, shall not exceed 750 mm;
(c) the total protrusion of devices and equipment added to the width of the vehicle shall not exceed 100 mm.
2.
The requirements set out in points (a), (b) and (c) of point 1 shall not apply to devices for indirect vision.
Table I
Vehicle length
OJ L 177, 10.7.2010, p. 211.
OJ L 35, 4.2.2009, p. 1.
OJ L 135, 23.5.2008, p. 1.
Item
Vehicles categories
M1
M2
M3
N1
N2
N3
O1
O2
O3
O4
1.
Devices for indirect vision as defined in point 2.1 of UNECE Regulation No 46
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
2.
Wiper and washer devices
x
x
x
x
x
x
3.
External sun visors
—
—
—
—
x
x
—
—
—
—
4.
Frontal protection system type-approved in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council
x
x
5.
Access steps and hand-holds
—
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
6.
Mechanical couplings
X
X
X
X
X
X
-
-
-
-
7.
Additional coupling at the rear of a trailer (when removable)
—
—
—
—
—
—
x
x
x
x
8.
Bike carrier (when removable or retractable)
x
x
—
—
—
—
—
—
9.
Lift platforms, access ramps or similar equipment (when they are in undeployed position and do not protrude by more than 300 mm) provided that the loading capacity of the vehicle is not increased.
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
10.
Watching and detection aids including radars
—
x
x
—
x
x
x
x
x
x
11.
Resilient buffers and similar equipment
—
—
—
—
x
x
x
x
x
x
12.
Custom sealing devices and their protections
—
—
—
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
13.
Devices for securing the tarpaulin and their protection
—
—
—
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
14.
Length stops for demountable bodies
—
—
—
—
x
x
x
x
x
x
15.
Trolley booms of electrically-propelled vehicles
—
—
x
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
16.
Front or rear marking plates
—
x
x
—
x
x
x
x
x
X
17.
Optional lamps as defined in Section 2 of UNECE Regulation No 48.
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
18.
Aerodynamic devices and equipment
-
X
X
-
X
X
-
-
X
X
19.
Antennas used for vehicle to vehicle or vehicle-to-infrastructure communication
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Table II
Vehicle width
OJ L 34, 9.2.2011, p. 2.
Item
Vehicles categories
M1
M2
M3
N1
N2
N3
O1
O2
O3
O4
1.
Devices for indirect vision as defined in point 2.1 of UNECE Regulation No 46
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
2.
The deflected part of the tyre walls at the point of contact with the road surface
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
3.
Tyre failure tell-tale devices
—
—
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
4.
Tyre-pressure indicators
—
—
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
5.
Side-marker lamps
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
6.
Lighting equipment
6.1.
End-outline marker lamps
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
6.2.
Side-retro-reflectors
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
6.3.
Direction-indicator lamps
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
6.4.
Rear position lamps
—
—
—
—
x
x
x
x
x
x
6.5.
Service-door lighting systems
—
x
x
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7.
Access ramps, lift platforms and similar equipment (when undeployed and provided that they do not exceed 10 mm from the side of the vehicle and the corners of the ramps facing forwards or rearwards are rounded to a radius of not less than 5 mm; the edges must be rounded to a radius of not less than 2,5 mm
—
x
x
—
x
x
x
x
x
x
8.
Retractable lateral guidance devices intended for use on guided bus system, if not retracted.
—
—
x
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
9.
Retractable steps when deployed and the vehicle is in stand-still position
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
10.
Watching and detection aids including radars
—
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
11.
Aerodynamic devices and equipment
The vehicle width, including that of conditioned body with insulated walls, shall not exceed 2 600 mm including the measured projections, with the devices and equipement fixed in both the retracted or folded and the in-use positions.
-
X
X
-
X
X
-
-
X
X
12.
Customs sealing devices and their protection
—
—
—
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
13.
Devices for securing the tarpaulin and their protection not projecting by more than 20 mm where they are no more than 2,0 m from the ground level and no more than 50 mm where they are more than 2,0 m from the ground level. The edges shall be rounded to a radius of not less than 2,5 mm.
—
—
—
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
14.
Protruding flexible parts of a spray-suppression system referred to in Commission Regulation (EU) No 109/2011.
—
—
—
—
x
x
—
—
x
x
15.
Flexible mudguards not covered under entry 14.
—
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
16.
Snow chains
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
17.
Safety railings on vehicle transporters.
Only for vehicles designed and constructed to transport at least two other vehicles and for which the safety railings are more than 2,0 m but not more than 3,70 m from the ground and do not project by more than 50 mm from the outermost side of the vehicle.
The vehicle width shall not exceed 2 650 mm.
—
—
—
—
x
x
—
—
x
x
18.
Antennas used for vehicle-to-vehicle or vehicle-to-infrastructure communication
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
19.
Flexible hoses of tyre pressure monitoring systems provided that they do not protrude by more than 70 mm on each side from the outermost width of the vehicle
X
X
X
Table III
Vehicle height
M 1
M 2
M 3
N 1
N 2
N 3
O 1
O 2
O 3
O 4
1.
Antennas used for radio, navigation, vehicle-to-vehicle or vehicle-to-infrastructure communication
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
2.
Pantographs or trolley booms in their elevated position
-
-
X
-
-
X
-
-
-
-

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