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If the tyres are not visible to the end-user, may the distributor just visualise and explain the corresponding tyre label on a screen before the sale ?

If the tyres are not visible to the end-user, may the distributor just visualise and explain the corresponding tyre label (and PIS if required) on a computer/tablet screen, before the sale?

Yes. Article 6(4) reads 'Distributors shall ensure that where tyres offered for sale are not visible to the end-user at the time of sale, they provide the end-user with a copy of the tyre label before the sale.' According to the definition in Article 3(5), a “‘tyre label’ means a graphic diagram, in printed or electronic form […]”.

So an electronic version would be accepted for tyres not visible in the shop.

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