New tyres regs rolling in
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FROM NEXT NOVEMBER, truck operators buying new tyres must be given product performance information. The EU ‘Tyre Labelling Regulations 1222/2009’ will require that customers must be provided with a standardised ‘label’ or fact-sheet with specific product information on any tyre they purchase.
The data on fuel efficiency (determined using a common industry rolling-resistance scale), wet grip performance, and noise, must be available to customers at the pointof-sale before they purchase a tyre. However, the information will not be shown on the tyre itself.
The implementation date is from November 2012 for tyres produced from July 2012. Also due in November 2012, within the ‘General Safety of Motor Vehicles 661/2009’ directive, will be new regs governing the maximum level for rolling resistance (8 kg/ tonne Stage 1) as well as a maximum limit for noise – 73 dB(A). Implementation date is November 2012 for all new tyre approvals, and from 2016 for all replacement tyres.
Details of the tyre laws were given at last week’s launch of the new range of budgetprice 22.5-inch steer, drive and trailer tyres from SAVA, the Slovenian-based, wholly owned subsidiary of the Goodyear Dunlop group. The tyres will be supplied from SAVA’s plant in Poland, and sold in the UK through Goodyear Dunlop’s Truckforce Network.
Adam Stanton, UK commercial tyres product marketing manager for Goodyear Dunlop says the new SAVA 22.5-inch range is aimed at regional and local operators with a mixture of not only urban distribution but also inter-city and longer-haul work.