{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-347/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-347/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2012/347",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 347/2012 of 16 April 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with respect to type-approval requirements for certain categories of motor vehicles with regard to advanced emergency braking systems",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-347",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Scope",
  "text": "This Regulation applies to motor vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2 and N3, as defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, with the exception of the following:\n(1)semi-trailer towing vehicles of category N2 with a maximum mass exceeding 3,5 but not exceeding 8 tonnes;\n(2)categories M2 and M3 vehicles of Class A, Class I and Class II;\n(3)category M3 articulated buses of Class A, Class I and Class II;\n(4)off-road vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2 and N3 as referred to in points 4.2 and 4.3 of Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2018/858;\n(5)special purpose vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2 and N3 as referred to in point 5 of Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2018/858;\n(6)vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2 and N3 with more than three axles.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 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), 69(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 1(4) 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), 69(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 1(5) 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), 69(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/347/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:28.628835+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."
}