{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-858/annex-I/part-C/division-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-858/annex-I/part-C/division-5.json",
  "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/C/division/5",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Vehicles of category O",
  "text": "Ref.\nCode\nName\nDefinition\n5.1.\nDA\nSemi-trailer\nA trailer that is designed and constructed to be coupled to a tractor unit or to a converter dolly and to impose a substantial vertical load on the towing vehicle or on the converter dolly.\nThe coupling to be used for a vehicle combination shall consist of a king pin and a fifth wheel.\n5.2.\nDB\nDrawbar trailer\nA trailer having at least two axles, of which at least one is a steered axle:\n(a)equipped with a towing device which can move vertically (in relation to the trailer); and\n(b)that transmits less than 100 daN as a static vertical load to the towing vehicle.\n5.3.\nDC\nCentre-axle trailer\nA trailer where the axle(s) is (are) positioned close to the centre of gravity of the vehicle (when uniformly loaded) so that only a small static vertical load, not exceeding 10 % of that corresponding to the maximum mass of the trailer or a load of 1 000 daN (whichever is the lesser) is transmitted to the towing vehicle.\n5.4.\nDE\nRigid drawbar trailer\nA trailer with one axle or one group of axles fitted with a drawbar which transmits a static load not exceeding 4 000 daN to the towing vehicle due to its construction and that does not meet the definition of a centre-axle trailer.\nThe coupling to be used for a vehicle combination shall not consist of a king pin and a fifth wheel.",
  "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/C/division/5",
    "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."
}