The tires must be marked with the “alptop/snowflake” symbol to still count as winter tires. The symbol – a mountain with three peaks and a snowflake – is also referred to as “3PMSF” (three peak mountain snow flake).
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“The tire reaches a certain performance requirement when it has that marking,” says Hans Norén at the Swedish Transport Agency.
Decisions on changed rules were already taken in 2019 and now the five-year transition period is almost over.
How many people need to purchase new tires is difficult to say, according to Hans Norén. But tire dealers have been selling studless tires with the label for years.
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This is what the symbol looks like. (Pontus Lundahl/TT) Not expected to be a concern
“Of course, it could be that someone bought tires somewhere from a tire dealer who didn’t understand or didn’t want to inform the customer,” he says and continues:
— It shouldn’t be such a big concern now, with a five-year transition period.
Between December 1 and March 31, all cars in Sweden must have winter tires if there are winter road conditions. The winter tires can be studded or studless.
Studded tires may be used between October 1 and April 15, but may also be used at other times if there are or are expected to be winter road conditions.
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