ISO 6563:2025
ISO 6563:2025

ISO 6563:2025

November 2025
International standard Current

Rear load carrier for wheeled vehicles - Requirements and test methods

This document specifies the minimum functional safety requirements for rear load carriers intended for attachment on the rear of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles with a maximum gross weight up to 3,5 t as defined in ISO 1176. This document does not apply to incomplete and supplemental rear load carriers.This document establishes technical specifications and test methods that offer both road users and users of the rear load carriers a minimum level of functional safety when the rear load carriers are being used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.Moreover, the requirements of this document complement the directives from UNECE‑R 26 and its successive amendments concerning these products.

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International ISO standards

Publication date

November 2025

Number of pages

39 p.

Reference

ISO 6563:2025

ICS Codes

43.100   Passenger cars. Caravans and light trailers
43.040.60   Bodies and body components

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Sumary
Rear load carrier for wheeled vehicles - Requirements and test methods

This document specifies the minimum functional safety requirements for rear load carriers intended for attachment on the rear of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles with a maximum gross weight up to 3,5 t as defined in ISO 1176. This document does not apply to incomplete and supplemental rear load carriers.

This document establishes technical specifications and test methods that offer both road users and users of the rear load carriers a minimum level of functional safety when the rear load carriers are being used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.

Moreover, the requirements of this document complement the directives from UNECE‑R 26 and its successive amendments concerning these products.

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