Defined terms — Regulation (EU) 2020/740 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 2020 on the labelling of tyres with respect to fuel efficiency and other parameters, amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1222/2009 (Text with EEA relevance)
European Union · 32020R0740 · 418 provisions
26 defined in this instrument, 6 borrowed from other acts.
alignment tyre — a tyre that is tested for the purpose of performing the laboratory alignment procedure (3)
alignment tyre set — a set of five or more alignment tyres for the alignment of one single machine (4)
assigned value — a theoretical value of the rolling resistance coefficient (RRC) of one alignment tyre as measured by a theoretical laboratory which is representative of the network of reference laboratories that is used for the laboratory alignment procedure (5)
authorised representative — a natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on the manufacturer’s behalf in relation to specified tasks with regard to the manufacturer’s obligations under the requirements of this Regulation (14)
C1 tyres — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (1)
C2 tyres — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (1)
C3 tyres — tyres belonging to the respective classes set out in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 (1)
candidate laboratory — a laboratory participating in the laboratory alignment procedure that is not a reference laboratory (2)
distance selling — the offer for sale, hire or hire purchase by mail order, catalogue, internet, telemarketing or by any other method by which the potential end-user cannot be expected to see the tyre displayed (11)
distributor — a natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the supplier, who makes a product available on the market (16)
end-user — a consumer, fleet manager or road transport undertaking that buys or is expected to buy a tyre (19)
equivalent tyre type — a tyre type which is placed on the market by the same supplier as another tyre type with a different tyre type identifier and which has the same technical characteristics that are relevant to the tyre label and the same product information sheet (24)
importer — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (13)
machine — every tyre testing spindle in one specific measurement method; for example, two spindles acting on the same drum shall not be considered as one machine (6)
making available on the market — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (17)
manufacturer — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (12)
off‐road professional tyre — a special‐use tyre used primarily in severe off‐road conditions (4)
parameter — a tyre characteristic that has a significant impact on the environment, road safety or health during the use of the tyre, such as tyre abrasion, mileage, rolling resistance, wet grip, external rolling noise, snow grip or ice grip (20)
placing on the market — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (18)
point of sale — a location where tyres are displayed or stored and are offered for sale, including car show rooms where tyres that are not fitted on vehicles are offered for sale to end-users (6)
product database — the product database established pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 (10)
product information sheet — a standard document containing the information set out in Annex III in printed or electronic form (8)
reference laboratory — a laboratory that is part of the network of laboratories, the names of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union for the purpose of the laboratory alignment procedure, and that is able to achieve the accuracy of test results determined in Section 3 with its reference machine (1)
re‐treaded tyre — a used tyre that is reconditioned by replacing the worn tread with new material (2)
supplier — a manufacturer established in the Union, an authorised representative of a manufacturer who is not established in the Union, or an importer, who places a product on the Union market (15)
technical documentation — documentation sufficient to enable market surveillance authorities to assess the accuracy of the tyre label and the product information sheet, including the information set out in point (2) of Annex VII (9)
technical promotional material — documentation, in printed or electronic form, that is produced by a supplier to supplement advertising material with the information set out in Annex IV (7)
tyre label — a graphic diagram, in printed or electronic form, including in the form of a sticker, which includes symbols in order to inform end-users about the performance of a tyre or batch of tyres in relation to the parameters set out in Annex I (5)
tyre type — a version of a tyre for which the technical characteristics on the tyre label, the product information sheet and the tyre type identifier are the same for all units of that version (21)
tyre type identifier — a code, usually alphanumeric, which distinguishes a specific tyre type from other tyre types that have the same trade name or the same trademark as that of the supplier (23)
T‐type temporary‐use spare tyre — a temporary‐use spare tyre designed for use at inflation pressures higher than those established for standard and reinforced tyres (3)
verification tolerance — the maximum admissible deviation between the measurement and calculation results of the verification tests performed by, or on behalf of, market surveillance authorities, and the values of the declared or published parameters, reflecting deviation arising from interlaboratory variation (22)