# The Motor Vehicle Tyres (Safety) Regulations 1994, Regulation 13: Equivalent standards


(1) Nothing in these Regulations shall make it unlawful to supply a tyre if it would not be unlawful to supply the tyre were there substituted, for a reference in these Regulations to any provision in a British Standard Specification, a reference to an equivalent provision in a corresponding standard.
(2) In this regulation, “corresponding standard”, in relation to a British Standard Specification, means —
(a) a standard or code of practice of a national standards body or equivalent body of any EEA State;
(b) any international standard recognised for use as a standard by any EEA State; or
(c) a technical specification or code of practice which, whether mandatory or not, is recognised for use as a standard by a public authority of any EEA State,
where the standard, code of practice, international standard or technical specification provides, in relation to tyres, a level of safety equivalent to that provided by the British Standard Specification and contains a requirement as respects the marking of tyres equivalent to that provided by that instrument.
(3) In this regulation —
“EEA State” means a state which is a contracting Party to the EEA Agreement but, until the EEA Agreement comes into force in relation to Liechtenstein, does not include the State of Liechtenstein; and
“EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3117/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicle-tyres-safety-regulations-1994/regulation-13
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