# Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 of 1 June 2017 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information, amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 (Text with EEA relevance), Division 4.2.2.2: Tyre condition


Tyres used for the test shall:
(a)Not be older than 2 years after the production date;
(b)Not be specially conditioned or treated (e.g. heated or artificially aged), with the exception of grinding in the original shape of the tread;
(c)Be run-in on a road for at least 200 km before road load determination;
(d)Have a constant tread depth before the test between 100 and 80 per cent of the original tread depth at any point over the full tread width of the tyre.
After measurement of tread depth, the driving distance shall be limited to 500 km. If 500 km are exceeded, the tread depth shall be measured again.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/1151/annex/Sub/4/division/division/4./division/4.2./division/4.2.2./division/4.2.2.2. (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1151/annex-Sub/4/division/division-4./division-4.2./division-4.2.2./division-4.2.2.2.
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