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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-858/annex-I/part-B/division-4/division-4.2/division-4.2.1",
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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/4/division/4.2/division/4.2.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "4.2.1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A ‘variant’ within a type of vehicle shall group the vehicles that have the following construction features in common:\n(a)the body structural concept or type of bodywork as defined in point 4 of Part C and in Appendix 2 (only for complete and completed vehicles);\n(b)the stage of completion (e.g. complete/incomplete/completed);\n(c)the power plant with regard to the following construction features:\n(i)the type of energy supply (internal combustion engine, electric motor or other);\n(ii)the working principle (positive ignition, compression ignition or other);\n(iii)the number and arrangement of cylinders in the case of internal combustion engine (L6, V8 or other);\n(d)the number and interconnection of powered axles;\n(e)the number of steered axles;\n(f)in the case of multi-stage built vehicles, the manufacturer and the type of the previous stage vehicle.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/858/annex/I/part/B/division/4/division/4.2/division/4.2.1",
    "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."
}