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| 7.1.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 4/18 |

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Only the original UN/ECE texts have legal effect under international public law. The status and date of entry into force of this Regulation should be checked in the latest version of the UN/ECE status document TRANS/WP.29/343, available at:

http://www.unece.org/trans/main/wp29/wp29wgs/wp29gen/wp29fdocstts.html

2010 amendments to Regulation No 23 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UN/ECE) — Uniform provisions concerning the approval of reversing lights for power-driven vehicles and their trailers

Amendments to Regulation 23 published in [OJ L 148, 12.6.2010, p. 34](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2010_148_R_TOC).

Incorporating:

Supplement 16 to the original version of the Regulation — Date of entry into force: 9 December 2010

Supplement 17 to the original version of the Regulation — Date of entry into force: 23 June 2011

Amendments to the table of contents

Table of contents, amend to read:

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ANNEXES

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| Annex 1 — | Communication concerning the approval or extension or refusal or withdrawal of approval or production definitely discontinued of a type of reversing lamp pursuant to Regulation No 23 | |

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| Annex 2 — | Examples of arrangements of approval marks | |

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| Annex 3 — | Photometric measurements | |

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| Annex 4 — | Minimum requirements for conformity of production control procedures | |

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| Annex 5 — | Minimum requirements for sampling by an inspector’ | |

Amendments to the main text of the Regulation

Insert a new paragraph 5.3.3, to read:

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| ‘5.3.3. | A light source module shall be so designed that regardless of the use of tool(s), it shall not be mechanically interchangeable with any replaceable approved light source.’; |

paragraph 8, amend to read:

‘8.   COLOUR OF LIGHT EMITTED

The colour of the light emitted inside the field of the light distribution grid defined at paragraph 2 of Annex 3 shall be white. To check these colorimetric characteristics, the test procedure described in paragraph 7 of this Regulation shall be applied. Outside this field no sharp variation of colour shall be observed.

However, for lamps equipped with non-replaceable light sources (filament lamps and other), the colorimetric characteristics should be verified with the light sources present in the lamp, in accordance with relevant subparagraphs of paragraph 7.1 of this Regulation.’;

paragraph 9.2, amend to read:

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| ‘9.2. | The minimum requirements for conformity of production control procedures set forth in Annex 4 to this Regulation shall be complied with.’; |

paragraph 9.3, amend to read:

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| ‘9.3. | The minimum requirements for sampling by an inspector set forth in Annex 5 to this Regulation shall be complied with.’. |

Amendments to Annexes

Annex 4, shall be deleted;

Annex 5 (former), renumber as Annex 4;

Annex 4 (new), paragraph 2.5, amend to read:

‘2.5.   Criteria governing acceptability

The manufacturer is responsible for carrying out a statistical study of the test results and for defining, in agreement with the competent authority, criteria governing the acceptability of his products in order to meet the specifications laid down for verification of conformity of products in paragraph 9.1 of this Regulation.

The criteria governing the acceptability shall be such that, with a confidence level of 95 per cent, the minimum probability of passing a spot check in accordance with Annex 5 (first sampling) would be 0,95.’;

Annex 6 (former), renumber as Annex 5.

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