Article 4 establishes the obligation to accompany individual tyres (or batches) with a printed label, as from 1 May 2021. Article 5 provides for different registration provisions depending on the date of production/placing on the market.
Yes, it is correct. C1 and C2 tyres produced in the period between 25 June 2020 and 30 April 2021 and placed on the market before 1 May 2021 will be bearing the old label as from Regulation (EU) 1222/2009. No label was required under Regulation (EU) 1222/2009 for C3 tyres. At the latest by 30 November 2021, units of C1 and C2 tyres produced within the mentioned period shall be registered in EPREL.
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