Tyre snow grip (mountain with snowflake)
The tyre met the minimum snow grip index in the UNECE test and counts as a tyre for use in severe snow conditions. There is no grade: the pictogram is either on the label or not.
- What it looks like on the label
- A three-peaked mountain with a snowflake, at the bottom of the tyre label (the same idea as the mark moulded on the tyre’s sidewall).
- Printed on
- Tyre
- Unit
- none — present or absent
- Regulation
- Regulation (EU) 2020/740, Annex II (content and format), Annex I (grading)
What the regulation says
On a tyre label
- What the number measures
- Pass/fail against the minimum snow grip index.
- Unit
- none — present or absent
- Test condition
- tested under Annex 7 to UNECE Regulation No 117.
Regulation (EU) 2020/740, Annex I, Part D; Annex II, points 1.3 and 1.5 (label): A tyre which satisfies the minimum snow grip index values set out in UNECE Regulation No 117 shall be classified as a tyre for use in severe snow conditions and the following pictogram shall be included on the tyre label.
Checked 2026-09-25.
Other icons on the tyre label
Sources
- Regulation (EU) 2020/740 — Regulation (EU) 2020/740 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 2020 on the labelling of tyres with respect to fuel efficiency and other parameters. Label content: Annex II (content and format), Annex I (grading). Article 18: “It shall apply from 1 May 2021.” Checked 2026-09-25.
Read in the Official Journal text on the date shown. Our drawing is not the official pictogram; the regulation’s own label figure is the authority.