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amendments incorporating the most recent major technical amendments made to the Regulation at the time of issue of the approval.  The same Contracting Party shall not assign the same number to another vehicle type.

       4.3. Notice of approval or of refusal or extension of approval of a vehicle type pursuant to this Regulation shall be communicated to the Parties to the Agreement which apply this Regulation, by means of a communication form (see Annex 1) and of drawings and diagrams supplied by the applicant for approval, in a format agreed between the manufacturer and the technical service.  Paper documentation shall be foldable to A4 (210 mm x 297 mm) format.

       4.4. There shall be affixed, conspicuously and in a readily accessible place specified on the approval form, to every vehicle conforming to a vehicle type approved under this Regulation an international approval mark consisting of:

       4.4.1. a circle surrounding the letter "E" followed by the distinguishing number of the country which has granted approval;[2]/

       4.4.2. the number of this Regulation, followed by the letter "R", a dash and the approval number to the right of the circle prescribed in paragraph 4.4.1.

       4.5. The approval mark shall be clearly legible and be indelible.

       4.6. The approval mark shall be placed close to or on the vehicle data plate affixed by the manufacturer.

       4.7. Annex 2 to this Regulation gives an example of the approval mark.

       5. GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

       5.1. Requirements

        The superstructure of the vehicle shall have the sufficient strength to ensure that the residual space during and after the rollover test on complete vehicle is unharmed.  That means:

       5.1.1. no part of the vehicle which is outside the residual space at the start of the test (e.g. pillars, safety rings, luggage racks) shall intrude into the residual space during the test.  Any structural parts, which are originally in the residual space (e.g. vertical handholds, partitions, kitchenettes, toilets) shall be ignored when evaluating the intrusion into the residual space.

       5.1.2. no part of the residual space shall project outside the contour of the deformed structure.
       The contour of the deformed structure shall be determined sequentially, between every adjacent window and/or door pillar.  Between two deformed pillars the contour shall be a theoretical surface, determined by straight lines, connecting the inside contour points of the pillars which were the same height above the floor level before the rollover test (see Figure 1).

       Figure 1 - Specification of the contour of the deformed structure

       5.2. Residual space

        The envelope of the vehicle's residual space is defined by creating a  vertical transverse plane within the vehicle which has the periphery described in Figures 2(a) and 2(c), and moving this plane through the