Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00213:front:0:p13
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00213
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an effective check of conformity of production before approval of the vehicle type is granted.

        4. APPROVAL

        4.1. If the emissions of CO2 and fuel consumption and/or the electric energy consumption and electric range of the vehicle type submitted for approval pursuant to this Regulation have been measured according to the conditions specified in paragraph 5. below, approval of that vehicle type shall be granted.
        4.2. An approval number shall be assigned to each type approved.  Its first two digits (at present 00, corresponding to the original version of the Regulation) 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 the same number to another vehicle type.

        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 Contracting Parties to the 1958 Agreement applying this Regulation by means of a form conforming to the model in Annex 4 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 paragraph 4.4.1.

        4.5. If the vehicle conforms to a vehicle 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 4.4.1. need not be repeated; in such a case, the Regulation and approval numbers and the additional symbols of all the Regulations under which approval has been granted in the country which has granted approval under this Regulation shall be placed in vertical columns to the right of the symbol prescribed in paragraph 4.4.1.

        4.6. The approval mark shall be clearly legible and be indelible.

        4.7. The approval mark shall be placed close to or on the vehicle data plate.

        4.8. Annex 5 to this Regulation gives examples of arrangements of the approval mark.

        5. SPECIFICATIONS AND TESTS

        5.1. General

         The components liable to affect the emissions of CO2 and fuel consumption or the electric energy consumption shall be so designed, constructed and assembled as to enable the vehicle, in normal use, despite the vibrations to which it may be subjected, to comply with the provisions of this Regulation.

        5.2. Description of tests for vehicles