scope:

Applies to road surface cleaning machines, which are defined in clause 3. The equipment would normally be mounted on a carrier vehicle (e.g. truck, tractor, constrsuction machinery and mobile industrial handling equipment). It is also possible to mount a road surface cleaning machine on its own chassis construction and propulsion system. In all cases the machine and chassis from an integral unit. Directives and standards for the vehicular truck chassis aspect, termed "carrier vehicle" in this standard, would be those relative to that equipment, even where specific modifications have been made to realize the road surface cleaning application. The use in public road traffic is governed by the national regulations.