This document is valid for snow ploughs designed to be fitted to winter maintenance vehicles, on their frontmounting plates according to EN 15432 and also for side-mounted snow ploughs.Demands on design and construction of front-mounted or side-mounted snow ploughs for winter service are determined by this document. This document is meant to assess the demands made on snow ploughs operated in traffic.The document is valid for: single-side snow ploughs;variable V-ploughs.The following points are not standardized by this document:v-shaped snow ploughs;requirements for registration and approval;requirements made by carrier vehicle manufacturers;requirements on