Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00228:front:0:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00228
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 20563–23391

a flat or convex outer surface and a substantially flat area (radius of curvature not less than 300 mm) in the middle measuring at least 15 x 15 mm.

       2.2.4.1.2. Every such lens or sample of material shall be produced by the method to be used in mass production.

       2.2.4.2. A reflector to which the lenses can be fitted in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.

       2.3. The  characteristics  of  the  materials  making  up  the  lenses  and  coatings,  if  any, accompanied by the test report on these materials and coatings if they have already been tested.

       2.4. The competent authority shall verify the existence of satisfactory arrangements for ensuring effective control of the conformity of production before type approval is granted.

       3. MARKINGS [3/]

       3.1. Headlamps submitted for approval shall bear the trade name or mark of the applicant.

       3.2. They shall comprise, on the lens and on the main body[4/], spaces of sufficient size for the approval mark and the additional symbols referred to in Paragraph 4; these spaces shall be indicated on the drawings referred to in Paragraph 2.2.1 above.

       3.3. In the case of headlamps designed to satisfy the requirements both of countries with right-hand traffic and of countries with left-hand traffic, the two settings of the optical unit on the vehicle or of the filament lamp on the reflector shall be marked by the capital letters R and D, and L and G, respectively.

       If the lens cannot be detached from the main body of the headlamp, a space on the lens shall be sufficient.

       4. APPROVAL

       4.1. General

       4.1.1. If all the samples of a type of headlamp submitted pursuant to Paragraph 2 above satisfy the provisions of this Regulation, approval shall be granted.

       4.1.2. Where grouped, combined or reciprocally incorporated lamps satisfy the requirements   of more than one Regulation, a single international approval mark may be affixed provided that each of the grouped, combined or reciprocally incorporated lamps satisfies the provisions applicable to it.

       This requirement shall not apply to headlamps fitted with a two-filament bulb when a single beam is approved.

       4.1.3. An approval number shall be assigned to each type approved.  The same Contracting Party may not assign the same number to another type of headlamp covered by this Regulation except in the case of an extension of the approval to a device differing only in the colour of the light emitted.

       4.1.4. Notice of approval or of extension or refusal of approval of a type of headlamp pursuant to this Regulation shall be communicated to the Parties to the 1958 Agreement applying this Regulation by means of a form conforming to the model shown in Annex 1 to this Regulation, with the