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'Semi-trailer'); or an 'Articulated Vehicle'

   COMPLIANCE PLATE - see 'Identification Plate'.

   COMPONENT - means one of the individual constituent parts whose assembly constitutes the 'Noise Reduction System' (ADR 28/01).

   COMPONENT TYPE APPROVAL NUMBERS 38/… - For the purposes of an approval granted under the transitional provisions of the Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018, component type approval numbers 38/... means the Sub Assembly Registration Numbers for the 'Control System' (CS), 'Foundation Brakes' (FB) or 'Suspension System' (SS) sub-assemblies of 'Brake System' components that are used in the vehicle and registered under the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989.

   In all other cases it means the road vehicle component type approval numbers of any 'Control System' (CS), 'Foundation Brakes' (FB) or 'Suspension System' (SS) sub-assemblies of 'Brake System' components that are used in the vehicle and covered by a road vehicle component type approval under the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018.

   CONFIGURATION - the possible combinations of load carrying 'Axle(s)' and tyre type for vehicles with a 'Retractable Axle' e.g. for a triaxle group that incorporates both a front and rear 'Retractable Axle', the group is said to have three 'Configurations':
   one - a non-retractable axle and two 'Retractable Axle' raised
   two - a non-retractable axle with one 'Retractable Axle' in the 'Fully-down' position and one 'Retractable Axle' raised or
   three - a non-retractable axle with two 'Retractable Axles' in the 'Fully-down' position.

   CONTACTABLE – For the purposes of ADR 11 Clauses 11.2 and 11.3.2 to 11.3.4 a portion of a 'Sun Visor' is 'Contactable' if it can be contacted by a 165 mm diameter head form for a position to which the 'Sun Visor' can be adjusted when installed in the vehicle. For the purpose of Clause 11.4 the 'Sun Visor' shall be tested if there is any "point of contact" as defined in ECE Regulation 21/01, "Interior Fittings" including when the length of the arm of the measuring apparatus is increased to 1000 mm as provided for in paragraph 1.4.1.1 of Annex 4 to that Regulation, on its surface in any position to which it may be adjusted.

   For the purposes of ADR 3/02 those surfaces situated in the areas defined in clause 6.5 of ADR 3/02 which can be contacted by a 165 mm diameter sphere when the 'Seat' is mounted in the vehicle.

   CONTROL - a component actuated directly by the operator to transmit the force required to activate a system.

   CONTROL LINE - the device that transmits the 'Control Signal' from the towing vehicle to the first other device, or between other devices on the trailer as a boosted or relayed signal not involving significant amounts of 'Stored Energy' transfer. (Often called the service