L 212/20
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
12.8.2022
1.2.3.
Classification of complete vehicles or completed vehicles The classification of complete or completed vehicles that are heavy buses is based on the following six criteria: (a) Number of axles; (b) Vehicle code as set out in Annex I, part C, point 3, to Regulation (EU) 2018/858; (c) Class of vehicle in accordance with paragraph 2 of UN Regulation No. 107 (1); (d) Low entry vehicle (‘yes/no’ information derived from vehicle code and type of axle) to be determined according the decision flow shown in Figure 1; (e) Number of passengers in lower deck from the Certificate of Conformity as set out in Annex VIII to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683 (2) or equivalent documents in the case of individual vehicle approval; (f) Height of the integrated body to be determined in accordance with Annex VIII.
Figure 1 Decision flow to determine whether a vehicle is ‘low entry’ or not: