# The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020, Paragraph 3: Type-approval provisions


(1) The approval authority may only grant a GB type-approval, with regard to reusability, recyclability and recoverability, to such vehicle types that satisfy the requirements of this Schedule.
(2) For the application of sub-paragraph (1), the manufacturer shall make available to the approval authority the detailed technical information necessary for the purposes of the calculations and checks referred to in Annex 1 to UNECE Regulation 133, relating to the nature of the materials used in the construction of the vehicle and its component parts.
(3) In cases where such information is shown to be covered by intellectual property rights or to constitute specific know-how of the manufacturer (“M”) or of M’s suppliers, M or M’s suppliers must supply sufficient information to enable those calculations to be made properly.
(4) With regard to reusability, recyclability and recoverability, the approval authority must ensure, subject to sub-paragraph (5), that the manufacturer uses the model of the information document set out in Annex 2 to UNECE Regulation 133, when submitting an application for GB vehicle type-approval, pursuant to Article 23 of the Type Approval Regulation.
(5) In the case of applications for GB type-approval made on or before 31 July 2026, the numbered entries in the model information document referred to in sub-paragraph (4) (“the specified model”) may be replaced by corresponding entries with a different numbering taken from Annex II to Directive 2005/64 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on the type approval of motor vehicles with regard to their reusability, recyclability and recoverability or Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2020/683, as that Regulation has effect in EU law, provided that all the information in the specified model is provided.
(6) When granting a GB type-approval pursuant to Article 26 of the Type Approval Regulation, the approval authority must use the model of the GB type-approval certificate set out in Annex 3 to UNECE Regulation 133.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/818/schedule/A/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-approval-regulations-2020/schedule-A/paragraph-3
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