Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) Regulations 1980 so that—
the type approval requirements relating to the measures to be taken against air pollution by gases from positive ignition and diesel engines of motor vehicles are, as an alternative to the existing requirements, the requirements of Council Directive 70/220/EEC as amended by Council Directive 74/290/EEC, Commission Directives 77/102/EEC and 78/665/EEC, and Council Directives 83/351/EEC, 88/76/EEC and 88/436/EEC;
the type approval requirements relating to the rear view mirrors of motor vehicles are, as an alternative to the existing requirements, the requirements of Council Directive 71/127/EEC as amended by Commission Directives 79/795/EEC, 85/205/EEC, 86/562/EEC and 88/321/EEC; and
the type approval requirements relating to the field of vision of motor vehicle drivers are, as an alternative to the existing requirements, the requirements of Council Directive 77/649/EEC as amended by Commission Directives 81/643/EEC and 88/366/EEC.
Copies of the Council Directives and Commission Directives referred to in these Regulations may be obtained from Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.