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with or if the audible warning device, audible warning system, multiple audible warning system fails to pass the checks referred to in paragraph 8.2. above.

9.2. Should a Party to the Agreement applying this Regulation withdraw an approval which it has previously granted, it shall forthwith 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by means of a copy of the approval form bearing at the end in large letters the statement, signed and dated: "APPROVAL WITHDRAWN".

              10. Production definitively discontinued
 If the holder of an approval granted pursuant to this Regulation discontinues the production of the type of audible warning device, audible warning system, multiple audible warning system approved, he shall inform the authority which granted the approval. Upon receipt of the communication, this authority 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 statement, signed and dated: "PRODUCTION DISCONTINUED".

              II. Part II. Audible warning signals of motor vehicles
              11. Definitions
 For the purpose of this Regulation,

11.1. "Approval of the motor vehicle" shall be understood to mean approval of a vehicle type with regard to its audible warning signal;

11.2. "Vehicle type" shall be understood to mean vehicles not essentially different from another with respect to such matters as:

11.2.1. The number and type(s) of audible warning devices and/or audible warning systems and/or multiple audible warning systems fitted on the vehicle;

11.2.2. The mountings used to fit the audible warning device(s) and/or audible warning system(s) and/or multiple audible warning system(s) to the vehicle;

11.2.3. The position of the audible warning device(s) and/or audible warning system(s) and/or multiple audible warning system(s) on the vehicle;

11.2.4. The rigidity of the parts of the structure on which the audible warning device(s) and/or audible warning system(s) and/or multiple audible warning system(s) is (are) mounted;

11.2.5. The shape and  materials of the bodywork at the front of the vehicle which might affect the level of the sound emitted by the audible warning device(s) and/or audible warning system(s) and/or multiple audible warning system(s) and have a masking effect.

              12. Application for approval
12.1. The application for approval of a vehicle type with regard to its audible warning signals shall be submitted by the vehicle manufacturer or by his duly accredited representative;

12.2. It shall be accompanied by a duly filled technical information document, either in paper format in triplicate or alternatively upon agreement with the Type Approval Authority in electronic format. A model of the technical information document is shown in Annex 1B.

12.3. A vehicle representative of the vehicle type to be approved shall be submitted to the technical service responsible for the approval