Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00136:reg:113:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00136
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 113 (pt 2/21)
Character Range: 20483–23425

specifications
6. Individual specifications
7. Modifications of the vehicle type or of the installation of its lighting
and light-signalling devices
8. Conformity of production
9. Penalties for non-conformity of production
10. Production definitively discontinued
11. Transitional provisions
12. Names and addresses of Technical Services responsible for conducting approval tests,
    and of Type Approval Authorities

Annexes
1 Communication
2 Arrangement of approval marks
3 Lamp surfaces, axis and centre of reference, and angles of geometric visibility
4 Forward visibility of red lights and rearward visibility of white lights
5 Control of conformity of production
6 Explanation about "the horizontal inclination", "the bank angle" and the angle "δ"

         1. SCOPE

This Regulation applies to vehicles of category L3[3] with regard to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices.

         2. DEFINITIONS

For the purpose of this Regulation:
2.1. "Approval of a vehicle" means the approval of a vehicle type with regard to the number and mode of installation of the lighting and light-signalling devices;
2.2. "Vehicle type" means a category of vehicles which do not differ from each other in such essential respects as:
2.2.1.  The dimensions and external shape of the vehicle;
2.2.2.  The number and position of the devices;
2.2.3. The following shall likewise not be deemed to be "vehicles of a different type":
         2.2.3.1. Vehicles, which differ within the meaning of paragraphs 2.2.1. and 2.2.2. above but not in such a way as to entail a change in the kind, number, position and geometric visibility of the lamps prescribed for the vehicle type in question; and
         2.2.3.2. Vehicles on which lamps approved under one of the Regulations annexed to the 1958 Agreement, or lamps allowed in the country in which the vehicles are registered, are fitted, or are absent where their fitting is optional;
2.3. "Transverse plane" means a vertical plane perpendicular to the median longitudinal plane of the vehicle;
2.4. "Unladen vehicle" means a vehicle without a driver, or passenger, and unladen, but with its fuel tank full and its normal complement of tools;
2.5. "Lamp" means a device designed to illuminate the road or to emit a light signal to other road users. Rear registration plate lamp and retro-reflectors are likewise to be regarded as lamps;
2.5.1. "Equivalent lamps" means lamps having the same function and authorised in the country in which the vehicle is registered; such lamps may have different characteristics from those of the lamps with which the vehicle is equipped at the time of approval, on condition that they satisfy the requirements of this Regulation;
2.5.2. "Independent lamp" means devices having separate apparent surfaces, separate light sources and separate lamp bodies;
2.5.3. "Grouped lamps" means devices having separate apparent surfaces and separate light sources, but