{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-858/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-858/article-6.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": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Obligations of the authorities",
  "text": "1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n4. Vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units may only be placed on the market, registered or entered into service if they comply with this Regulation, or, where Article 5A applies to the vehicle, system or component, with the EU Type Approval Regulation.\n5. The Secretary of State must not prohibit, restrict or impede the placing on the market, the registration or the entry into service of vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units that comply with this Regulation, except in the cases provided for in Chapter XI.\nBy way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the Secretary of State may decide not to allow the circulation on the road, the placing on the market, the registration or the entry into service of vehicles that have been type-approved in accordance with this Regulation, but that exceed the dimensions laid down in regulations 7 and 8 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 and weights and axle loads laid down in regulation 4 of the Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations 1998.\n6. The market surveillance authority must organise and carry out market surveillance and controls of vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units entering the market, in accordance with this Regulation and Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008.\n7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n8. The Secretary of State must periodically review and assess the functioning of their type-approval activities. Such reviews and assessments shall be carried out at least every four years ....\nThe Secretary of State must make accessible to the public a summary of the results of periodic reviews and assessments.\n...\n9. The Secretary of State must periodically review and assess the functioning of their market surveillance activities. Such reviews and assessments shall be carried out at least every four years ....\nThe Secretary of State must make accessible to the public a summary of the results of periodic reviews and assessments.\n...\n10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 6(1)-(3) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 24(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 6(4) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 24(3)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(5) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 24(3)(d)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(5) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 24(3)(d)(ii)(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(5) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 24(3)(d)(ii)(bb)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(6) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 24(3)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Art. 6(7) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 24(3)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(8) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 24(3)(g)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(8) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 24(3)(g)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(8) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 24(3)(g)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(9) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 24(3)(h)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(9) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 24(3)(h)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(9) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 24(3)(h)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Art. 6(10) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 24(3)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6 heading substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 24(3)(a)"
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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