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communication that Type Approval Authority shall inform thereof 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.
11. Names and addresses of technical series responsible
 for conducting approval tests and of Type Approval
 Authorities
 The Parties to the 1958 Agreement applying this Regulation shall communicate to the United Nations Secretariat the names and addresses of the Technical Services responsible for conducting approval tests and of the Type Approval Authorities which grant approval and to which forms certifying approval or extension or refusal or withdrawal of approval, issued in other countries, are to be sent.
12. Transitional provisions
12.1. As from the official date of entry into force of the 02 series of amendments, no Contracting Party applying this Regulation shall refuse to grant or refuse to accept type approvals under this Regulation as amended by the 02 series of amendments.
12.2. As from 1 April 2018, Contracting Parties applying this Regulation shall grant type approvals only if the vehicle type to be approved meets the requirements of this Regulation as amended by the 02 series of amendments.
12.3. As from 1 April 2021, Contracting Parties applying this Regulation shall not be obliged to accept, for the purpose of national or regional type approval, a vehicle type approved to the preceding series of amendments to this Regulation.
12.4. Contracting Parties applying this Regulation shall not refuse to grant extensions of type approvals for existing types, which have been granted according to the preceding series of amendments to this Regulation.
12.5. Notwithstanding paragraph 12.3., type approvals to the preceding series of amendments to the Regulation, which are not affected by the 02 series of amendments shall remain valid and Contracting Parties applying the Regulation shall continue to accept them.
12.6. As a derogation to paragraph 12.2., until 1 April 2020, type approvals may be granted to new vehicle types not complying with the red colour for the hands-off warning signal, mandated in paragraph 5.6.2.2.5., and having multi-information displays installed in the instrument cluster not capable of indicating red waning signals or using standalone tell-tales only.

Annex 1
  Communication

       (Maximum format: A4 (210 x 297 mm)

    [4]

       Concerning:[5]  Approval granted
              Approval extended
              Approval refused
              Approval withdrawn
              Production definitively discontinued

       of a vehicle type with regard to steering equipment pursuant to UN Regulation No. 79

Approval No. .................. Extension No. .................
1. Trade name or mark of vehicle ...................................
2. Vehicle type ...............................................
3. Manufacturer's name and address .................................
4. If applicable, name and address of manufacturer's representative .............
5. Brief description of the steering equipment ...........................
5.1. Type of steering equipment .....................................
5.2. Steering control .............................................