21.4.2015   

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 102/67

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Part I — Approval of a vehicle type with regard to the burning behaviour and/or the capability to repel fuel or lubricant of the components used in the interior compartment, the engine compartment and any separate heating compartment.

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Part II — Approval of a component with regard to its burning behaviour and/or its capability to repel fuel or lubricant installed in the interior compartment, the engine compartment or any separate heating compartment.

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‘Manufacturer’ means the person or body who is responsible to the Type-Approval Authority for all aspects of the type-approval process and for ensuring conformity of production. It is not essential that the person or body is directly involved in all stages of the construction of the vehicle or component which is the subject of the approval process.

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‘Interior compartment’ means any compartment intended for passengers, drivers and/or crew bounded by the interior facing surface(s) of:

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‘Engine compartment’ means the compartment in which the engine is installed and in which a combustion heater may be installed.

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‘Separate heating compartment’ means a compartment for a combustion heater located outside the interior compartment and the engine compartment.

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‘Production materials’ means products, in the form of bulk materials (e.g. rolls of upholstery) or preformed components, supplied to a manufacturer for incorporation in a vehicle type approved under this Regulation, or to a workshop for use in the business of vehicle maintenance or repair.

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‘Seat’ means a structure which may or may not be integral with the vehicle structure, complete with trim, intended to seat one adult person. The term covers both an individual seat or part of a bench seat intended to seat one adult person.

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‘Group of seats’ means either a bench-type seat, or seats which are separate but side by side (i.e. with the foremost anchorages of one seat in line with or forward of the rearmost anchorages and in line with or behind the foremost anchorages of another seat) and which accommodate one or more seated adult persons.

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‘Bench seat’ means a structure complete with trim, intended to seat more than one adult person.

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‘Material installed in a vertical position’ means materials installed in the interior compartment, the engine compartment and any separate heating compartment of the vehicle such that its slope exceeds 15 % from the horizontal when the vehicle is at its mass in running order and it is standing on a smooth and horizontal ground surface.

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In the case of approval of a vehicle: a vehicle representative of the type to be approved.

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In the case of components already type approved: a list of the type-approval numbers and maker's type designations of the parts concerned, shall be enclosed in the application for the vehicle type-approval;

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In the case of components without type-approval:

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A circle surrounding the letter ‘E’ followed by the distinguishing number of the country which has granted approval (2);

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The number of this Regulation, followed by the letter ‘R’, ‘I’ to indicate Part I of this Regulation, a dash and the approval number, to the right of the circle prescribed in paragraph 4.4.1.

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If the vehicle conforms to a vehicle type approved, under one or more other Regulations annexed to the Agreement, in the country which has granted approval under this Regulation, the symbol prescribed in paragraph 4.4.1 need not be repeated; in such a case, the Regulations under which approval has been granted in the country which has granted approval under this Regulation shall be placed in vertical columns to the right of the symbol prescribed in paragraph 4.4.1.

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The approval mark shall be clearly legible and be indelible.

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The approval mark shall be placed close to or on the vehicle data plate affixed by the manufacturer.

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A circle surrounding the letter ‘E’ followed by the distinguishing number of the country which has granted approval (2);

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The number of this Regulation, followed by the letter ‘R’, a ‘II’ to indicate Part II of this Regulation, a dash and the approval number, to the right of the circle prescribed in paragraph 4.4.1.

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In the vicinity of the circle: