Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01520:body:0:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01520
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 17654–20563

application for approval of a vehicle type with regard to its external projections shall be submitted by the vehicle manufacturer or by his duly accredited representative.
3.1.2. It shall be accompanied by the following documents in triplicate:
3.1.2.1. Photographs of the front, rear, and side parts of the vehicle taken at an angle of 30 to 45 to the vertical longitudinal median plane of the vehicle;
3.1.2.2.  Drawings with dimensions of the bumpers and, where appropriate,
3.1.2.3. Drawings of certain external projections and if applicable drawings of certain sections of the external surface referred to in 6.9.1.
3.1.3. A vehicle representative of the type of vehicle to be approved shall be submitted to the Technical Service responsible for conducting the approval tests.  At the request of the aforesaid Technical Service, certain components and certain samples of the material used shall likewise be submitted.
3.2.  Application for type approval with regard to luggage racks, ski racks or radio receiving or transmitting aerials considered to be separate technical units
3.2.1. Application for type approval with regard to luggage racks, ski racks or radio receiving or transmitting aerials considered to be separate technical units shall be submitted by the vehicle manufacturer or the manufacturer of the aforementioned separate technical units, or by their duly accredited representative;
3.2.2. For every type of any one of the devices referred to in paragraph 3.2.1. above, the application shall be accompanied by the following:
3.2.2.1. Triplicate copies of documents specifying the technical characteristics of the separate technical unit and the assembly instructions to be supplied with every separate technical unit sold;
3.2.2.2. A specimen of the type of separate technical unit. Should the responsible authority consider it necessary, it may request a further specimen.
4. Approval
4.1. Approval of a vehicle type with regard to its external projections
4.1.1.  If the vehicle type submitted for approval pursuant to this Regulation meets the requirements of paragraphs 5. and 6. below, approval of that vehicle type shall be granted.
4.1.2.  An approval number shall be assigned to each vehicle type approved.  Its first two digits (at present 03, corresponding to the 03 series of amendments) shall indicate the series of amendments incorporating the most recent major technical amendments made to the Regulation at the time of issue of the approval.  The same Contracting Party may not assign the same number to another vehicle type.
4.1.3.  Notice of approval or of extension or refusal or withdrawal of approval or production definitively discontinued of a vehicle type pursuant to this Regulation shall be communicated to the Parties to the 1958 Agreement applying this Regulation by means of a communication form conforming to the model in Annex 1 to this Regulation.
4.1.4.