1. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1005/2010 of 8 November 2010 concerning type-approval requirements for motor vehicle towing devices 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 Text with EEA relevance · European Union

All motor vehicles must have a towing device fitted at the front. Vehicles in category M_(1), as defined in Directive 2007/46/EC Part A of Annex II, except for those vehicles not suitable for towing any load, must also be fitted with a towing device at the rear. A rear towing device may be substituted by a mechanical coupling device, as defined in UN-ECE Regulation No 55 OJ L 373, 27.12.2006, p. 50. , provided that the requirements of paragraph 1.2.1. are met. Each towing device fitted to the vehicle must be able to withstand a tractive and compressive static force equivalent to at least half the technically permissible maximum laden mass of the vehicle.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-03 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.