Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01515:body:0:p11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01515
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vehicle manufacturer or by his duly accredited representative.
3.2. It shall be accompanied by the undermentioned documents in triplicate, and by the following particulars:
3.2.1. A description of the vehicle type with regard to the items mentioned in paragraph 2.2.; the vehicle type shall be specified;
3.2.2. A brief description of the steering equipment with a diagram of the steering equipment as a whole, showing the position on the vehicle of the various devices influencing the steering;
3.2.3. In the case of full power steering systems and systems to which Annex 6 of this Regulation applies, an overview of the system indicating the philosophy of the system and the fail-safe procedures, redundancies and warning systems necessary to ensure safe operation in the vehicle.
 The necessary technical files relating to such systems shall be made available for discussion with the Type Approval Authority and/or Technical Service. Such files will be discussed on a confidential basis.
3.3. A vehicle representative of the vehicle type to be approved shall be submitted to the Technical Service responsible for conducting approval tests.
4.  Approval
4.1. If the vehicle submitted for approval pursuant to this Regulation meets all relevant requirements given in this Regulation, approval of that vehicle type with regard to the steering equipment shall be granted.
4.1.1. The Type Approval Authority shall verify the existence of satisfactory arrangements for ensuring effective control of the conformity of production as given in paragraph 7. of this Regulation, before type approval is granted.
4.2. An approval number shall be assigned to each type approved. Its first two digits (at present 02) 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 shall not assign this number to another vehicle type or to the same vehicle type submitted with different steering equipment from that described in the documents required by paragraph 3.
4.3. Notice of approval or of extension or refusal of approval of a vehicle type 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.
4.4. There shall be affixed, conspicuously and in a readily accessible place specified on the approval form, to every vehicle conforming to a vehicle type approved under this Regulation, an international approval mark consisting of:
4.4.1. a circle surrounding the letter "E" followed by the distinguishing number of the country which has granted approval;[2]
4.4.2. the number of this Regulation, followed by the letter "R", a dash and the approval number to the right of the circle prescribed in