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at any time verify the conformity control methods applied in each production facility. The normal frequency of these verifications shall be one every two years.
27.  Penalties for non-conformity of production
27.1. The approval granted in respect of a vehicle type pursuant to this Regulation may be withdrawn if the requirements set forth above are not met or if the vehicle has failed to pass the test prescribed in Annex 5.
27.2. If a Contracting Party to the Agreement applying this Regulation withdraws an approval it has previously granted, it shall forthwith so notify the other Contracting Parties applying this Regulation, by means of a communication form conforming to the model in Annex 3 to this Regulation.
28.  Modification and extension of approval of a vehicle type
28.1. Every modification of the vehicle type shall be notified to the Type Approval Authority, which approved the vehicle type. The Type Approval Authority may then either:
28.1.1. Consider that the modifications made are unlikely to have an appreciable adverse effect and that in any case the vehicle still complies with the requirements; or
28.1.2. Require a further test report from the Technical Service responsible for conducting the tests.
28.2. Confirmation or refusal of approval, specifying the alterations shall be communicated by the procedure specified in paragraph 24.3. above to the Parties to the Agreement applying this Regulation.
28.3. The Type Approval Authority issuing the extension of approval shall assign a series number for such an extension and inform thereof the other Parties to the 1958 Agreement applying this Regulation by means of a communication form conforming to the model in Annex 3 to this Regulation.
29.  Production definitively discontinued
 If the holder of the approval completely ceases to manufacture a vehicle type approved in accordance with this Regulation, he shall so inform the Type Approval Authority, which granted the approval. Upon receiving, the relevant communication that Authority shall inform thereof the other Parties to the 1958 Agreement applying this Regulation by means of a communication form conforming to the model in Annex 3 to this Regulation.
30.  Names and addresses of Technical Services responsible for conducting approval tests, and of Type Approval Authorities
 The Parties to the 1958 Agreement applying this Regulation shall communicate to the United Nations Secretariat the names and addresses of the Technical Services responsible for conducting approval tests and of the Type Approval Authorities which grant approval and to which forms certifying approval or extension or refusal or withdrawal of approval, issued in other countries, are to be sent.
Part IV. Transitional provisions
31.  Transitional provisions
              31.1. As from the official date of entry into force of the 03 series of amendments, no Contracting Party applying this Regulation