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criteria described in paragraph 6.2. are changed favourably, the extension of the approval shall be granted without further investigation.

        If all of three answers are unfavourable, a new approval procedure is required.

        If the answers are mixed, further investigations (tests, calculation, structural analysis, for example) will be required.  These investigations shall be determined by the technical service cooperating with the manufacturer.

       6.4. Confirmation or refusal of approval, specifying the alterations, shall be notified by the procedure specified in paragraph 4.3. above to the Parties to the Agreement which apply this Regulation.

       6.5. The Administrative Department  issuing the extension of approval shall assign a series number to each communication form drawn up for such an extension.

       7. CONFORMITY OF PRODUCTION

       7.1. The conformity of production procedure shall comply with those set out in the Agreement, Appendix 2, (E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev.2).

       7.2. Every vehicle approved under this regulation shall be so manufactured as to conform to the type approved by meeting the requirements set out in paragraph 5. above.  Only those elements which are nominated by the manufacturer as part of the superstructure shall be checked.

       7.3. The normal frequency of inspections authorised by the Administrative Department shall be once every two years.  If non-conformity is discovered in the course of one of these visits, the Administrative Department may increase the visit frequency to re-establish the conformity of production as rapidly as possible.

       8. PENALTIES FOR NON-CONFORMITY OF PRODUCTION

       8.1. The approval granted in respect of a vehicle type pursuant to this Regulation may be withdrawn if the requirements laid down in paragraph 7. above are not complied with.

       8.2. If a 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by means of a copy of the approval form bearing at the end, in large letters, the signed and dated annotation "APPROVAL WITHDRAWN".

       9. PRODUCTION DEFINITELY DISCONTINUED

        If the holder of the approval completely ceases to manufacture a type of vehicle approved in accordance with this Regulation, he shall so inform the Administrative Department which granted the approval.  Upon receiving the relevant communication, that Administrative Department shall inform the other Parties to the Agreement applying this Regulation by means of a copy of the approval form bearing at the end, in large letters, the signed and dated annotation "PRODUCTION DISCONTINUED".

       10. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

       10.1. As from the official date of entry into force of the 01 series of amendments, no Contracting Party applying this Regulation shall refuse to grant ECE approval under this Regulation as amended by the 01 series of amendments.

       10.2. As from 60 months after the date of entry into force, Contracting Parties