# Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/166 of 3 February 2015 supplementing and amending Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the inclusion of specific procedures, assessment methods and technical requirements, and amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Commission Regulations (EU) No 1003/2010, (EU) No 109/2011 and (EU) No 458/2011 (Text with EEA relevance), Article 1: Subject matter

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

1. This Regulation lays down detailed rules concerning the specific procedures, technical requirements and tests for the type-approval of vehicles of categories M, N and O, as well as components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.
2. This Regulation also amends certain Annexes to Directive 2007/46/EC to adapt them to technical progress and to provide for procedures allowing type-approval:
of new technologies or concepts in accordance with Article 20 of Directive 2007/46/EC,
of vehicle systems in cases where components and separate technical units bearing an EC type-approval mark are applied instead of an ECE type-approval mark in the context of measures implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 setting out requirements in areas covered by UNECE regulations,
in cases where a manufacturer is designated as technical service in accordance with Annex XV to Directive 2007/46/EC, and
in cases where virtual testing in accordance with Annex XVI to Directive 2007/46/EC has been applied.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/166/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-166/article-1
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