L 302/10
4.1.2.
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
22.11.2022
Type approval of an ESA Type approval may be granted to an ESA to be fitted either to any vehicle type (component approval) or to a specific vehicle type or types requested by the ESA manufacturer (separate technical unit approval).
4.1.3.
ESAs, which are intentional RF transmitters, which have not received type approval in conjunction with a vehicle manufacturer, shall be supplied with suitable installation guidelines.
4.2.
Granting of type approval
4.2.1.
Vehicle
4.2.1.1.
If the representative vehicle fulfils the requirements of paragraph 6. and, if applicable, paragraph 7. of this Regulation, type approval shall be granted.
4.2.1.2.
A model of communication form for type approval is contained in Annex 3A.
4.2.2.
ESA
4.2.2.1.
If the representative ESA system(s) fulfil(s) the requirements of paragraph 6. and, if applicable, paragraph 7. of this Regulation, type approval shall be granted.
4.2.2.2.
A model of communication form for type approval is contained in Annex 3B.
4.2.3.
In order to draw up the communication forms referred to in paragraph 4.2.1.2. or 4.2.2.2. above, the Type Approval Authority of the Contracting Party granting the approval may use a report prepared or approved by a recognized laboratory or in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation.
4.2.4.
In case of an ESA is (part of) a light source and if the documentation as specified in paragraph 3.2.10. above is missing, approval of this ESA according to Regulation No. 10 shall not be granted.
4.3.
Approval, or refusal of approval, of a type of vehicle or ESA in accordance with this Regulation shall be notified to the Parties to the Agreement applying this Regulation on a form conforming to the model in Annex 3A or 3B to this Regulation, accompanied by photographs and/or diagrams or drawings on an appropriate scale supplied by the applicant in a format not larger than A4 (210 × 297 mm) or folded to those dimensions.
5.
Markings
5.1.
An approval number shall be assigned to each vehicle or ESA type approved.
The first two digits of this number (at present 06) shall indicate the series of amendments corresponding to the most recent essential technical amendments made to the Regulation at the date of approval.
A Contracting Party may not assign the same approval number to another type of vehicle or ESA.
5.2.
Presence of markings
5.2.1.
Vehicle An approval mark described in paragraph 5.3. below shall be affixed to every vehicle conforming to a type approved under this Regulation.
5.2.2.
Sub-assembly An approval mark described in paragraph 5.3. below shall be affixed to every ESA conforming to a type approved under this Regulation.
No marking is required for electrical/electronic systems built into vehicles which are approved as units.
5.3.
An international approval mark shall be affixed, in a conspicuous and easily accessible place specified on the approval communication form, on each vehicle conforming to the type approved under this Regulation.
This mark shall comprise:
5.3.1.
A circle containing the letter ‘E’, followed by the distinguishing number of the country granting the approval (2).
(2) The distinguishing numbers of the Contracting Parties to the 1958 Agreement are reproduced in Annex 3 to the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3), document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/78/Rev.
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