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in annex 1.

           6.3.3. The silencer must be marked with a clearly legible and indelible reference to its make and type.

           7. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF THE APPROVAL OF THE MOTORCYCLE TYPE OR OF THE TYPE OF EXHAUST OR SILENCING SYSTEM(S)

           7.1. Every modification of the motor cycle type or of the exhaust or silencing system shall be notified to the administrative department which approved the motor cycle type. The said department may then either:

           7.1.1. consider that the modifications made are unlikely to have appreciable adverse effects,
           and that in any case the motor cycle still complies with the requirements; or

           7.1.2. require a further test report from the technical service responsible for conducting the tests.

           7.2. Confirmation or refusal of approval, specifying the alterations, shall be communicated by the procedure specified in paragraph 5.3. above to the Parties to the Agreement which apply this Regulation.

           7.3. The competent authority which issued the approval extension shall assign a serial number to the extension and shall so notify the other Parties to the 1958 Agreement applying this Regulation, by means of a communication form conforming to the model in annex 1 to this Regulation.

           8. CONFORMITY OF PRODUCTION

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

           8.1. Any motorcycle manufactured must conform to a type of motorcycle approved pursuant to this Regulation, be equipped with the silencer with which it was type-approved and satisfy the requirements paragraph 6 above.

           8.2. In order to test conformity as required above, a sample motorcycle will be taken from the production line of the type approved pursuant to this Regulation. Production will be regarded as conforming to the provisions of this Regulation if the sound level measured using the method described in annex 3 does not exceed more than 3 dB(A) the value measured at the time of type-approval, nor by more than 1 dB(A) the limits laid down in annex 6 of this Regulation.

           9. PENALTIES FOR NON-CONFORMITY OF PRODUCTION

           9.1. The approval granted in respect of a motor cycle type pursuant to this Regulation may be withdrawn if the requirements laid down in paragraph 8.1. above are not complied with, or if the motor cycle has failed to pass the tests provided for in paragraph 8.2. above.

           9.2. If a Party to the Agreement which applies this Regulation withdraws an approval it has previously granted, it shall forthwith so notify the other Contracting Parties to the Agreement which apply 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".

           10. PRODUCTION PERMANENTLY DISCONTINUED