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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 (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

Tyres shall be classified as follows: class C1 tyres— tyres designed primarily for vehicles of categories M_(1), N_(1), O_(1) and O_(2); class C2 tyres— tyres designed primarily for vehicles of categories M_(2), M_(3), N, O_(3) and O_(4) with a load capacity index in single formation ≤ 121 and the speed category symbol ≥ ‘N’; class C3 tyres— tyres designed primarily for vehicles of categories M_(2), M_(3), N, O_(3) and O_(4) with one of the following load capacity indices: a load capacity index in single formation ≤ 121 and the speed category symbol ≤ ‘M’; a load capacity index in single formation ≥ 122. A tyre may be classified in more than one class provided that it meets all the relevant requirements of each class in which it is classified.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-29 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.