S.L. 549.30 · Availability Of Consumer Information (S.L. 549.30)
S.L. 549.30 ст. 3Interpretation. S.L. 549.19 2 [
For the purposes of these regulations: "certificate of conformity" means the certificate referred to in Article 6 of Directive 70/156/EEC; "competent authority" means the Environment and Resources Authority as prescribed by the Nomination of the Competent
Authority Order, and such other body or person as the Minister responsible for the environment may by order in the Gazette prescribe and different bodies or persons may be designated as the competent authority for different provisions and different purposes of these regulations; "fuel economy guide" means a compilation of the official fuel consumption data and official specific emissions of CO for each 2 model available on the new car market;
"fuel economy label" means a label which contains consumer information regarding the official fuel consumption and the official specific emissions of CO of the car to which the label is attached; 2 "make" means the trade name of the manufacturer and is that which appears on the certificate of conformity and the type-approval documentation; "Minister" means the Minister responsible for the environment; "model" means the commercial description of the make, type, and, if available and appropriate, variant and version of a passenger car; "new passenger car" means any passenger car which has not previously been sold to a person who bought it for a purpose other than that of selling or supplying it;
"official fuel consumption" means the fuel consumption type-S.L.549.30 RESPECT OF THE MARKETING OF NEW PASSENGER CARS
approved by the approval authority in accordance with the provisions of Directive 80/1268/EEC and mentioned in Annex VIII of Directive 70/156/EEC and attached to the EC vehicle type-approval certificate or in the certificate of conformity. Where several variants and, or versions are grouped under one model, the value to be given for fuel consumption of that model shall be based on the variant and, or version with the highest official fuel consumption within that group; "official specific emissions of CO " for a given passenger car 2 means those measured in accordance with the provisions of Directive 80/1268/EEC and mentioned in Annex VIII of Directive 70/156/EEC and attached to the EC vehicle type-approval certificate or in the certificate of conformity. Where several variants and, or versions are grouped under one model, the values to be given for CO of that model shall be based on the variant and, 2 or version with the highest of icial CO emissions within that 2 group; "operator of a point of sale" means the owner or the person in charge at the point of sale; "passenger car" means any motor vehicle intended for use on the road, with or without bodywork, having at least four wheels and a maximum design speed exceeeding 25 km/h, with the exception of vehicles which run on rails and agricultural tractors and machinery; "point of sale" means a location, such as a car showroom or forecourt, where new passenger cars are displayed or offered for sale or lease to potential customers. Trade fairs where new passenger cars are presented to the public are included in this definition; "promotional literature" means all printed matter used in the marketing, advertising and promotion of vehicles to the general public. It includes, as a minimum, technical manuals, brochures, advertisements in newspapers, magazines and trade press and posters; "type", "variant" and "version" mean the differentiated vehicles of a given make that are declared by the manufacturer, as described in Annex IIB to Directive 70/156/EEC, and uniquely identified by type, variant and version alphanumeric characters.