L 28/24 Official Journal of the European Union 31.1.2012 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 65/2012 of 24 January 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards gear shift indicators and amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning type- approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor (') and in particular Article 14(1)(a) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 requires the installation of gear shift indicators (GSI) on all vehicles, which are fitted with a manual gearbox, of category M; with a reference mass not exceeding 2 610 kg and vehicles to which type- approval is extended in accordance with Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 on type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information (2). (2)  Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 requires the technical details of its provisions on GSI to be defined by imple- menting legislation. It is now necessary to set out the specific procedures, tests and requirements for such type- approval of GSL (3)  Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (Framework Directive) (°) should therefore be amended accordingly. (4)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Technical Committee — Motor Vehicles, 0J L 200, 31.7.2009, p. 1. () O] L 171, 29.6.2007, p. 1. () O] L 263, 9.10.2007, p. 1. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Atticle 1 Scope This Regulation applies to vehicles of category M; which comply with the following requirements: — they are fitted with a manual gearbox, — they have a reference mass not exceeding 2 610 kg or type- approval is extended to them in accordance with Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007. This Regulation does not apply to ‘vehicles designed to fulfil specific social needs’ as defined in Article 3(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007. Article 2 Definitions For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply in addition to the definitions set out in Regulation (EC) No 661/2009: (1) ‘vehicle type with regard to the GSI' means a group of vehicles, which do not differ with respect to functional characteristics of the GSI and the logic used by the GSI to determine when to indicate a gearshift point. Examples of different logics include, but are not limited to: (i) upshifts indicated at specified engine speeds; (ii) upshifts indicated when specific fuel consumption engine maps show that a specified minimum fuel consumption improvement will be delivered in the higher gear; (ili) upshifts indicated when torque demand can be met in the higher gear; ‘functional characteristics of the GSI' means the set of input parameters, such as engine speed, power demand, torque and their variation in time, determining the GSI indication and the functional dependence of the GSI indications on these parameters; — > — N = ‘operational mode of the vehicle means a state of the vehicle, in which shifts between at least two forward gears may occur;