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force on 14 September 2017)

Addendum 53: UN Regulation No. 54
Incorporating by the Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities, all valid text up to:
Corrigendum 1 to Supplement 15 to the original version of the Regulation – Date of entry into force: 23 June 2004
Supplement 16 to the original version of the Regulation – Date of entry into force: 13 November 2004
Corrigendum 1 to Revision 2 of the Regulation – Date of entry into force: 9 March 2005
Supplement 17 to the original version of the Regulation – Date of entry into force: 17 March 2010
Erratum to Revision 2 of the Regulation (English only)
Supplement 18 to the original version of the Regulation – Date of entry into force: 27 January 2013
Corrigendum 1 to Revision 3 of the Regulation (Erratum by the secretariat)
Corrigendum 2 to Revision 3 of the Regulation – Date of entry into force: 25 June 2014
Supplement 19 to the original version of the Regulation – Date of entry into force: 22 January 2015
Supplement 20 to the original version of the Regulation – Date of entry into force: 20 January 2016
Supplement 21 to the original version of the Regulation – Date of entry into force: 9 February 2017

       Uniform provisions concerning the approval of pneumatic tyres for commercial vehicles and their trailers

UN Regulation No. 54
       Uniform provisions concerning the approval of pneumatic tyres for commercial vehicles and their trailers
Contents
   Page

 1. Scope............................................................ 8

 2. Definitions......................................................... 8

 3. Markings.......................................................... 12

 4. Application for approval................................................ 14

 5. Approval.......................................................... 15

 6. Specifications....................................................... 16

 7. Modification and extension of approval of a tyre type ............................ 19

 8. Conformity of production ............................................... 20

 9. Penalties for non-conformity of production ................................... 20

 10. Production definitively discontinued ........................................ 20

        11. Names and addresses of Technical Services responsible for conducting approval tests,
       and of Type Approval Authorities ......................................... 20

    Annexes

        1 Communication..................................................... 22

        2 Arrangement of approval mark............................................ 24

        3 Arrangement of tyre markings............................................ 25

        4 List of symbols of load-capacity indices...................................... 27

        5 Tyre-size designation and dimensions....................................... 31

         Part I - European tyres................................................. 31

         Part II - United States tyres.............................................. 36

        6 Method of measuring pneumatic tyres....................................... 43

        7 Procedure for load/speed endurance tests..................................... 44

         Appendix 1 - endurance-test programme..................................... 46

         Appendix 2 - relation between the pressure index and the units of pressure............... 47

        8 Variation of load capacity with speed commercial vehicles tyres - radial and diagonal........ 48

        9 Communication - upgrade of service description for the purposes of retreading in
       accordance with Regulation No. 109........................................ 50

1. Scope
This Regulation covers new pneumatic tyres * designed primarily for vehicles of categories M2, M3, N, O3 and O4.[1] [2] However, it