Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01519:body:0:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01519
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Character Range: 19859–22590

manufacturer of the RUPD or by his duly accredited representative.
5.2. For each type of RUPD the application shall be accompanied by:
5.2.1. Documentation in triplicate giving a description of the technical characteristics of the RUPD: its dimensions, lines and constituent materials and the method of its installation;
5.2.2. A sample of the type of RUPD: the sample shall be clearly and indelibly marked on all its main components with the applicant's trade name or mark and the type designation.
5.3. An RUPD representative of the type to be approved shall be submitted to the Technical Service responsible for conducting the approval tests.
5.4. The Type Approval Authority shall verify the existence of satisfactory arrangements for ensuring effective control of the conformity of production before type approval is granted.
6.  Approval
6.1. If the RUPD submitted for approval pursuant to this Regulation meets the requirements of paragraph 7. below, approval of that type of RUPD shall be granted.
6.2. An approval number shall be assigned to each 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 type of rear underrun protective device.
6.3. Notice of approval, or of extension or of refusal of approval of a type of RUPD pursuant to this Regulation shall be communicated to the Parties to the 1958 Agreement which apply this Regulation, by means of a form conforming to the model in Annex 1 to this Regulation.
6.4. There shall be affixed, conspicuously and in a readily accessible place specified on the approval form, to every RUPD conforming to a type of RUPD approved under this Regulation an international approval mark consisting of:
6.4.1. A circle surrounding the letter "E" followed by the distinguishing number of the country, which has granted approval;[2]
6.4.2. The number of this Regulation, followed by the letter "R", a dash and the approval number to the right of the circle prescribed in paragraph 6.4.1.
6.5. The approval mark shall be clearly legible and be indelible.
6.6. Annex 4 to this Regulation gives examples of arrangements of approval marks.
7.  Requirements
7.1. The cross-member shall have a section height of at least 120 mm. The lateral extremities of the cross member shall not bend to the rear or have a sharp outer edge; this condition is fulfilled when the lateral extremities of the cross‑member are rounded on the outside and have a radius of curvature of not less than 2.5 mm.
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