Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2012C00535:front:0:p28
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The test procedure shall be the same as described in paragraph 3. of Annex 5 for a complete vehicle.

       5. Evaluation of the tests

       5.1.  The vehicle type shall be approved if all the body sections pass the rollover test and the two equations in paragraph 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 of Annex 4 are fulfilled.

       5.2. If one of the body sections fails the test, the vehicle type shall not be approved.

       5.3. If a body section passes the rollover test, each of the bays which form that body section are considered to have passed the rollover test, and the result can be quoted used in future applications for approval, provided that the ratio of their masses remains the same in the subsequent superstructure .

       5.4. If a body section fails the rollover test, all the bays within that body section shall be considered to have failed the test even if the residual space is invaded in only one of the bays.

6. Documentation of body section rollover tests

 The test report shall contain all the data necessary to demonstrate:

       6.1. The construction of the tested body sections (dimensions, materials, masses, centre of gravity position, construction methods).

       6.2. that the tests were carried out according to this annex

       6.3. whether, or not, the requirements - given in paragraph 5.1. of this Regulation - are met

       6.4. the individual evaluation of the body sections and their bays.

       6.5. the identity of the vehicle type, its superstructure, the tested body sections, the tests themselves and the personnel responsible for the tests and their evaluation.

Annex 7

QUASI- STATIC LOADING TEST OF BODY SECTIONS AS AN EQUIVALENT
APPROVAL METHOD

       1. Additional data and information

       This method of testing uses body sections as test units, each one built up from at least two bays of the vehicle under appraisal, connected together with representative structural elements.  If the manufacturer chooses this method of testing, the following additional information shall be supplied to the technical service, in addition to the data, and drawings listed in paragraph 3.2. of this Regulation:
       1.1. drawings of the body sections to be tested.

       1.2. energy values to be absorbed by the individual bays of the superstructure, as well as the energy values belonging to the body sections to be tested.

       1.3. verification of the energy requirement, see paragraph 4.2. below, upon completion of successful quasi-static loading tests of body sections.

  2.  Preparation of body sections

       2.1. The manufacturer shall consider the requirements given in annex 6, paragraphs 3.1., 3.2., and 3.3., when designing and producing the body sections for test.

       2.2. The body sections shall be equipped with the residual space profile, at positions where it is considered that the pillars