Regulation 2010/672 - Type-approval requirements for windscreen defrosting and demisting systems of certain motor vehicles and implementing Regulation 661/2009 concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor

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  1. Current status
  2. Key information
  3. Key dates
  4. Legislative text
  5. Sources and disclaimer
  6. Full version
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Current status

This regulation was in effect from August 17, 2010 until July  5, 2022.

2.

Key information

official title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 672/2010 of 27 July 2010 concerning type-approval requirements for windscreen defrosting and demisting systems of certain motor vehicles and implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor
 
Legal instrument Regulation
Number legal act Regulation 2010/672
CELEX number i 32010R0672

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Key dates

Document 27-07-2010
Publication in Official Journal 28-07-2010; Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 13 Volume 041,OJ L 196, 28.7.2010
Effect 17-08-2010; Entry into force Date pub. +20 See Art 5
End of validity 05-07-2022; Repealed by 32019R2144

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Legislative text

28.7.2010   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 196/5
 

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 672/2010

of 27 July 2010

concerning type-approval requirements for windscreen defrosting and demisting systems of certain motor vehicles and implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor (1), and in particular Article 14(1)(a) thereof,

Whereas:

 

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 is a separate Regulation for the purposes of the type-approval procedure provided for by Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (Framework Directive) (2).
 

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 repeals Council Directive 78/317/EEC of 21 December 1977 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the defrosting and demisting systems of glazed surfaces of motor vehicles (3). The requirements set out in that Directive should be carried over to this Regulation and, where necessary, amended in order to adapt them to the development of scientific and technical knowledge, in particular to take into account the specific characteristics of hybrid and electrical vehicles.
 

(3)

The scope of this Regulation is in line with that of Directive 78/317/EEC and thus limited to vehicles of category M1.
 

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 lays down fundamental provisions on requirements for the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to windscreen defrosting and demisting systems. Therefore, it is necessary to also set out the specific procedures, tests and requirements for such type-approval.
 

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Technical Committee — Motor Vehicles,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Scope

This Regulation applies to motor vehicles of category M1, as defined in Annex II to Directive 2007/46/EC, which are fitted with a windscreen.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

 

1.

‘vehicle type with regard to the windscreen defrosting and demisting systems’ means vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as:

 

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the characteristics of the defrosting and demisting systems,
 

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the external and internal forms and arrangements within the 180° forward field of vision area of the driver which may affect visibility,
 

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the shape, size, thickness and characteristics of the windscreen and its mounting,
 

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the maximum number of seating positions;
 

2.

‘engine’ means a combustion engine running on either liquid or gaseous fuel;
 

3.

‘defrosting system’ means the system intended to eliminate frost or ice on the outside surface of the windscreen;
 

4.

‘defrosted area’ means the area of the windscreen having a dry outside surface or an outside surface covered with melted or partially melted wet frost which can be removed by the vehicle’s windscreen wiper system;
 

5.

‘demisting system’ means the...


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