6.1.

Commission Regulation (EU) No 458/2011 of 12 May 2011 concerning type-approval requirements for motor vehicles and their trailers with regard to the installation of their tyres 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

In cases where a vehicle is provided with a spare unit, it shall be one of the following: A standard spare unit in the same size as the tyres actually fitted to the vehicle. A temporary-use spare unit of a type suitable for use on the vehicle, however, vehicles of categories other than M_(1) or N_(1) shall not be equipped or fitted with a temporary-use spare unit. If specific precautions have to be taken in order to fit a temporary-use spare unit to the vehicle (e.g. temporary-use spare unit is only to be fitted on the front axle and therefore a front standard unit must first be fitted on the rear axle in order to address a malfunction of a rear standard unit) this shall be stated clearly in the vehicle owner’s handbook and compliance with the appropriate aspects of paragraph 2.3 of this Annex shall be verified.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-06 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.