{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-65/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-65/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2012/65",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 65/2012 of 24 January 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards gear shift indicators and amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-65",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "GB type-approval",
  "text": "1. Manufacturers shall ensure that vehicles placed on the market, which are covered by Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 661/2009, are equipped with GSI in accordance with the requirements of Annex I to this Regulation.\n2. To obtain a GB type-approval for the vehicles covered by Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 661/2009, the manufacturer shall fulfil the following obligations:\n(a) draw up and submit to the type-approval authority an information document in accordance with the model set out in Part 1 of Annex II to this Regulation;\n(b) submit to the type-approval authority a declaration laying down that, according to the manufacturer’s assessment, the vehicle complies with the requirements set out in this Regulation;\n(c) present to the type-approval authority a certificate established in accordance with the model set out in Part 2 of Annex II to this Regulation;\n(d) either\n(i)submit to the type-approval authority the GSI gear shift points determined analytically as provided for in the last paragraph of point 4.1 to Annex I; or\n(ii)submit to the technical service responsible for conducting the type-approval tests a vehicle which is representative of the vehicle type to be approved to enable the test described in point 4 of Annex I to be carried out.\n3. Based on the elements provided by the manufacturer under points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 2 and the results of the type-approval test referred to in point (d) of paragraph 2, the type-approval authority shall assess compliance with the requirements of Annex I.\nIt shall issue a GB type-approval certificate according to the model set out in Part 3 of Annex II to this Regulation for the vehicles covered by Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 only if such compliance is established.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4(2) 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), 67(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4(3) 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), 67(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4 heading 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), 67(2)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/65/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:37.507834+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."
}