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Regional Development all valid text up to:
00 series of amendments - Date of entry into force: 15 June 2015
Supplement 1 to the 00 series of amendments – Date of entry into force: [29 January 2016]
01 series of amendments - Date of entry into force: [20 January 2016]
Supplement 1 to the 01 series of amendments – Date of entry into force:

Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to their Pole Side Impact performance (PSI)

Regulation No. 135/01

Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to their Pole Side Impact performance (PSI)

Contents

Regulation
 1. Scope .........................................................
 2. Definitions.........................................................
 3. Application for approval................................................
 4. Approval .........................................................
 5. Requirements.......................................................
 6. Modification of the vehicle type and extension of approval.........................
 7. Conformity of production...............................................
 8. Penalties for non-conformity of production....................................
 9. Production definitively discontinued........................................
 10. Names and addresses of Technical Services responsible for conducting approval tests, and
  of Type Approval Authorities............................................
 11. Transitional provisions.................................................

Annexes
 1. Communication.....................................................
 2. Arrangement of the approval mark.........................................
 3. Dynamic pole side impact test procedure.....................................
 4. Seat adjustment and installation requirements for the WorldSID 50th percentile adult male dummy
 5. Description of the three-dimensional H-point machine............................
 6. Test conditions and procedures for the assessment of post‑crash hydrogen fuel system integrity
 7. Impact reference line..................................................
 8. Impact angle........................................................
 9. Pitch and roll angle references............................................
 10. Determination of WorldSID 50th percentile adult male performance criteria..............

               1.               Scope[1]
                   1.                                        This Regulation applies to:
(a)            Category M1 vehicles with a gross vehicle mass of up to 3,500 kg; and
(b)           Category N1 vehicles where the acute angle alpha (α), measured between a horizontal plane passing through the centre of the front axle and an angular transverse plane passing through the centre of the front axle and the R-point of the driver's seat, as illustrated below, is less than 22.0 degrees; or the ratio between the distance from the driver's R-point to the centre of the rear axle (L101-L114) and the centre of the front axle and the driver's R-point (L114) is less than 1.30. [2]
1.2.                                           Other Category M and Category N vehicles with a gross vehicle mass of up to 4,500 kg may also be approved if requested by the manufacturer.

2.                                              Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation:
2.1.                                           "Approval of a vehicle type" means the full procedure whereby a Contracting Party to the Agreement applying this Regulation certifies that a vehicle type meets the technical requirements of this Regulation.
2.2.                                           "Back Door" is a door or door system on the back end of a motor vehicle through which passengers can enter or depart the vehicle or cargo can be loaded or unloaded. It does not include:
(a)                          A trunk lid; or