Article 1
1. This Directive shall apply to all motor vehicles in categories M1, M2 (except for rear seats and vehicles of a maximum permissible weight exceeding 3,5 tonnes and those which include places specially designed for standing passengers) and N1 (except for rear seats), as defined in Annex I to Directive 70/156/EEC (1), intended for use on the road, having at least four wheels and a maximum design speed exceeding 25 km/h. 2. for the purposes of this Directive: 1. 'safety belt (seat belt, belt)` means an assembly of straps with a securing buckle, adjusting devices and attachments which is capable of being anchored inside a power-driven vehicle and is designed to diminish the risk of injury to its wearer, in the event of collision or of abrupt vehicle deceleration, by limiting the mobility of the wearer's body. Such an assembly is generally referred to as a 'belt assembly`, a term also embracing any devices for energy absorption or belt retraction; 2. 'restraint system` means a system combining a seat, fixed to the structure of the vehicle by appropriate means and a safety belt for which at least one anchorage point is located on the seat structure; 3. 'seat` means a structure which may or may not be integral with the vehicle structure complete with trim, intended to seat one adult person. The term covers both an individual seat and part of a bench seat intended to seat one person.