Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01526:body:0:p14
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this Regulation.
         3.1.3. A vehicle representative of the vehicle type to be approved shall be submitted to the Technical Service responsible for conducting the approval tests and, if applicable, at the manufacturer's discretion with the agreement of the Technical Service, either additional vehicle(s), or those parts of the vehicle regarded by the Technical Service as essential for the test(s) referred to in the paragraph 6. of this Regulation.
         3.2. Part II: Approval of a Rechargeable Electrical Energy Storage System (REESS)
         3.2.1. The application for approval of a type of REESS with regard to the safety requirements of the REESS shall be submitted by the REESS manufacturer or by his duly accredited representative.
         3.2.2. It shall be accompanied by the under-mentioned documents in triplicate and comply with the following particulars:
         3.2.2.1. Detailed description of the type of REESS as regards the safety of the REESS.
         3.2.3. A component(s) representative of the type of REESS to be approved plus, at the manufacturer's discretion, and with the agreement of the Technical Service, those parts of the vehicle regarded by the Technical Service as essential for the test, shall be submitted to the Technical Service responsible for conducting the approval tests.
         3.3. 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.
4. Approval
         4.1. An approval number shall be assigned to each approved type in accordance with Schedule 4 of the Agreement (E/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev.3).
         4.2. Notice of approval or of refusal or of extension or withdrawal of approval or production definitively discontinued of a vehicle type pursuant to this Regulation shall be communicated to the Parties to the Agreement applying this Regulation, by means of a form conforming to the model in Annex 1, Part 1 or 2 as appropriate to this Regulation.
         4.3. There shall be affixed, conspicuously and in a readily accessible place specified on the approval form, to every vehicle or REESS conforming to a type approved under this Regulation an international approval mark consisting of:
         4.3.1. A circle surrounding the letter "E" followed by the distinguishing number of the country which has granted approval[3].
         4.3.2. The number of this Regulation, followed by the letter "R", a dash and the approval number to the right of the circle described in paragraph 4.3.1.
         4.3.3. In the case of an approval of a REESS the "R" shall be followed by the symbol "ES".
         4.4. If the vehicle or REESS conforms to a type approved under one or more other Regulations annexed to the Agreement in the country which has granted approval under this Regulation, the symbol prescribed in paragraph 4.3.1. need not be repeated; in this case the