Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00228:front:0:p80
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00228
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Character Range: 215764–218774

2 to this Regulation are carried out;

       12.3.6. ensure that any collecting of samples giving evidence of nonconformity with the type of test considered shall give rise to another sampling and another test. All the necessary steps shall be taken to re-establish the conformity of the corresponding production.

       12.4. The competent authority which has granted type approval may at any time verify the conformity control methods applicable to each production unit.

       12.4.1. In every inspection, the test books and production survey records shall be presented to the visiting inspector.

       12.4.2. The inspector may take samples at random to be tested in the manufacturer's laboratory.

       The minimum number of samples may be determined in the light of the results of the manufacturer's own checks.

       12.4.3. When the quality level appears unsatisfactory or when it seems necessary to verify the validity of the tests carried out in the application of paragraph 12.4.2. above, the inspector shall select samples, to be sent to the technical service which has conducted the type approval tests, using the criteria of Annex 7.

       12.4.4. The competent authority may carry out any test prescribed in this Regulation. These tests will be on samples selected at random without causing distortion of the manufacturer's delivery commitments and in accordance with the criteria of Annex 7.

       12.4.5. The competent authority shall strive to obtain a frequency of inspection of once every two years. However, this is at the discretion of the competent authority and their confidence in the arrangements for ensuring effective control of the conformity of production. In the case where negative results are recorded, the competent authority shall ensure that all necessary steps are taken to re-establish  the conformity of production as rapidly as possible.

       12.5. Headlamps with apparent defects are disregarded.

       12.6. The reference mark is disregarded.

       13. PENALTIES FOR NON-CONFORMITY OF PRODUCTION

       13.1. The approval granted in respect of a type of headlamp pursuant to this Regulation may be withdrawn if the requirements are not complied with or if a headlamp bearing the approval mark does not conform to the type approved.

       13.2. If a Contracting Party to the Agreement applying this Regulation withdraws an approval it has previously granted, it shall forthwith so notify the other Contracting Parties applying this Regulation, by means of a communication form conforming to the model in Annex 1 to this Regulation.

       14. PRODUCTION DEFINITELY DISCONTINUED

       If the holder of the approval completely ceases to manufacture a type of headlamp approved in accordance with this Regulation, he shall so inform the authority which granted the approval. Upon receiving the relevant communication, that authority shall inform thereof the other Parties to the 1958 Agreement applying this Regulation by means of a communication