Directive 2014/47/EU

means all goods that would normally be placed in or on the part of the vehicle designed to carry a load and that are not permanently fixed to the vehicle, including objects within load carriers such as crates, swap bodies or containers on vehicles;

means that at least one or more of the inspection items of this group, as listed in Annex II or III to Directive 2014/47/EU, have been checked and minor or no deficiencies have been found.

means a motor vehicle and its trailer or semi-trailer used primarily for the transport of goods or passengers for commercial purposes, such as transport for hire and reward or own-account transport, or for other professional purposes;

means an authority or public body entrusted by a Member State with responsibility for managing the system of technical roadside inspections, including, where appropriate, the carrying-out of such inspections;

means a technical roadside inspection undertaken jointly by the competent authorities of two or more Member States;

means a fixed area for the performance of initial and/or more detailed technical roadside inspections which may also be equipped with permanently installed test equipment.

means the legal or natural person in whose name the vehicle is registered;

means a person authorised by a Member State or by its competent authority to carry out initial and/or more detailed technical roadside inspections;

means a transportable system of test equipment needed to carry out more detailed technical roadside inspections, staffed by inspectors who are competent to carry out more detailed roadside inspection;

means any power-driven vehicle on wheels which is moved by its own means with a maximum design speed exceeding 25 km/h;

means a natural or legal person operating the vehicle as its owner or authorised to operate the vehicle by its owner;

means a road that is of general public utility, such as a local, regional or national road, highway, expressway or motorway;

means a roadworthiness test report issued by the competent authority or a testing centre containing the result of the roadworthiness test;

means an inspection in accordance with point (9) of Article 3 of Directive 2014/45/EU;

means any trailer designed to be coupled to a motor vehicle in such a way that part of it rests on the motor vehicle and a substantial part of its mass and the mass of its load is borne by the motor vehicle;

means an unexpected technical inspection of the roadworthiness of a commercial vehicle carried out by the competent authorities of a Member State or under their direct supervision;

means any non-self propelled vehicle on wheels which is designed and constructed to be towed by a motor vehicle;

means an undertaking as defined in point 4 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009;

means any not rail-borne motor vehicle or its trailer;

means a vehicle which is registered or put into service in a Member State;