Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01519:body:0:p13
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01519
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be such that the height above the ground of the points of application of the test forces applied to the device according to Part I of this Regulation and recorded in the type approval communication form (Annex 1, item 7) does not exceed 600 mm.
              16.3. The width of the rear protective device shall at no point exceed the width of the rear axle measured at the outermost points of the wheels, excluding the bulging of the tyres close to the ground, nor shall RUPD be more than 100 mm shorter on either side. Where the device is contained in or comprises the vehicle bodywork which itself extends beyond the width of the rear axle, the requirement, that the width of the RUPD shall not exceed that of the rear axle, shall not apply. However, in case of vehicles of categories O1 and O2 where the tyres project for more than half of their width outside the bodywork (excluding the wheel guards) or outside the chassis in the absence of bodywork, the width of the RUPD shall not be less than 100 mm deducted from the distance measured between the innermost points of the tyres, excluding the bulging of the tyres close to the ground, on either side. Where there is more than one rear axle, the width to be considered is that of the widest rear axle. In addition the requirements of paragraphs 3.1.2. and 3.1.3. of Annex 5 relating the distance of the points of application of the test forces from the outer edges of the rear wheels (Annex 1, item 7) shall be verified and recorded in the type approval communication form.

16.4. For vehicles of categories M, N1, N2 with a maximum mass not exceeding 8 t, O1 and O2, the device shall be so fitted that the horizontal distance between the rear of the cross-member of the device and the most rearward point at the rear extremity of the vehicle, including any platform lift system, does not exceed 400 mm diminished by the largest total deformation including both plastic and elastic deformation (paragraph 7.3. of Part I) measured and recorded during the test at any of the points where the test forces are applied (Annex 1, item 8) during the type approval of the rear underrun protective device in conformity with the provisions of Part I of this Regulation and recorded in the type approval communication form. In measuring this distance, any part of the vehicle which is more than 2 m above the ground for every loading condition of the vehicle shall be excluded.
For vehicles of categories N2 with a maximum mass exceeding 8 t, N3, and vehicles of categories O3 and O4,