Explanatory note

1. These Regulations further amend the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979 so as to—

(a) designate as approval marks the markings shown in column (2) in the new items numbered 11B, 17B, 18A and 21A in Schedule 2 to the Regulations so as to take account, respectively, of amendments to ECE Regulations 11 (Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to door latches and hinges), 17 (Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to the strength of the seats and of their anchorages), 18 (Uniform provisions concerning the approval of power-driven vehicles with regard to their unauthorised use) and 21 (Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to their interior fittings);

(b) designate as an approval mark the marking shown in column (2) in the new item numbered 29 in Schedule 4 to the Regulations, which marking, pursuant to Council Directive 80/780/EEC of 22nd July 1980 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to rear-view mirrors for two-wheeled motor vehicles with or without a side-car and to their fitting on such vehicles, indicates that the rear-view mirror to which it is attached is of a type approved in accordance with the requirements specified in that Directive; and

(c) designate as an approval mark in respect of a replacement exhaust system to which Commission Directive 81/334/EEC relates, or a component of such a system, a marking consisting of the features mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) of the new Regulation numbered 6.

2. Copies of the ECE Regulations and EEC Directives mentioned above may be obtained from Her Majesty's Stationery Office.