Article 2
1. This Directive shall apply to vehicles of categories N 2 and N 3 which are not type-approved or approved as a single vehicle under Directive 2003/97/EC. 2. This Directive shall not apply to any of the following: (a) Vehicles of categories N 2 and N 3 registered before 1 January 2000; (b) Vehicles of category N 2 having a maximum total permissible mass not exceeding 7,5 tons, where it is impossible to mount a class V mirror in a way that ensures that the following conditions are fulfilled: (i) no part of the mirror is less than 2 m (a tolerance of + 10 cm may be applied) from the ground, regardless of the adjustment position, when the vehicle is under a load corresponding to its maximum technically permissible weight; and (ii) the mirror is fully visible from the driving position; (c) Vehicles of categories N 2 and N 3 that are subject to national measures which entered into force before the dates for transposition of Directive 2003/97/EC and which require fitment, on the passenger side, of other means of indirect vision covering not less than 95 % of the total field of vision at ground level of class IV and class V mirrors under that Directive.