{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-858/annex-I/part-B/division-1/division-1.3/division-1.3.1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2018/858",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, amending Regulations (EC) No 715/2007 and (EC) No 595/2009 and repealing Directive 2007/46/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-858",
  "path": "annex/I/part/B/division/1/division/1.3/division/1.3.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.3.1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A ‘version’ within a variant shall group the vehicles that have the following features in common:\n(a)the technically permissible maximum laden mass;\n(b)the engine capacity in the case of internal combustion engine;\n(c)the maximum engine power output or the maximum continuous rated power (electric motor);\n(d)the nature of the fuel (petrol, gas oil, LPG, bi-fuel or other);\n(e)the maximum number of seating positions;\n(f)drive-by sound level;\n(g)exhaust emission level (for example Euro 5, Euro 6 or other);\n(h)combined or weighted, combined CO2 emissions;\n(i)electric energy consumption (weighted, combined);\n(j)combined or weighted, combined fuel consumption;\nAs an alternative to the criteria in points (h), (i) and (j), the vehicles grouped into a version shall have in common all tests performed for the calculation of their CO2 emissions, electric energy consumption and fuel consumption in accordance with sub-Annex 6 to Annex XXI to Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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 (OJ L 175, 7.7.2017, p. 1)."
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:04.914425+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."
}