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SEATS, THEIR ANCHORAGES AND ANY HEAD RESTRAINTS

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UNITED NATIONS
Regulation No. 17

UNIFORM PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE APPROVAL OF VEHICLES WITH
REGARD TO THE SEATS, THEIR ANCHORAGES AND ANY HEAD RESTRAINTS

CONTENTS

REGULATION

 1. Scope

 2. Definitions

 3. Application for approval

 4. Approval

 5. Requirements

 6. Tests

 7. Conformity of production

 8. Penalties for non‑conformity of production

 9. Modifications of the vehicle type and extension of approval
 with respect to the seats, their anchorages and/or their
 head restraints

10. Production definitely discontinued

11. Instruction for use

12. Names and addresses of technical services
 responsible for conducting approval tests
 and of administrative departments

13. Transitional provisions

CONTENTS (continued)

ANNEXES

         Annex 1 - Communication concerning the approval or refusal or extension or withdrawal of approval or production definitely discontinued of a vehicle type with regard to the strength of the seats and their anchorages, in the case either of seats fitted or capable of being fitted with head restraints or of seats not capable of being fitted with such devices and the characteristics of head restraints pursuant to Regulation No. 17

         Annex 2 - Arrangements of approval marks

         Annex 3 - Procedure for determining the "H" point and the actual torso angle for seating positions in motor vehicles

         Annex 4 - Determination of the height and width of head restraints

         Annex 5 - Details of lines and measurements taken during tests

         Annex 6 - Test procedure for checking energy dissipation

         Annex 7 - Method for testing the strength of seat anchorages and their adjustment, locking and displacement systems

         Annex 8 - Determination of dimension "a" of head restraint gaps

         Annex 9 - Test procedure for devices intended to protect the occupants against displacement of luggage

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         1. SCOPE

          This Regulation applies to the strength of seats, to their anchorages and to their head restraints, of vehicles of categories M1 and N, and to the strength of seats, to their anchorages and to their head restraints, of vehicles of categories M2 and M3, not covered by Regulation No. 80, 01 series of amendments. [1]/ [2]/

          It also applies to the design of the rear parts of seat-backs 2/ and to devices intended to protect the occupants from the danger resulting from the displacement of luggage in a frontal impact, of vehicles of category M1.

          It does not apply to folding, side-facing or rearward-facing seats, or to any head restraint fitted to these seats.

         2. DEFINITIONS

          For the purposes of this Regulation

         2.1. "Approval of a vehicle" means the approval of a vehicle type with regard to the strength of the seats and their anchorages, the design of the rear parts of the seat‑backs and the characteristics of their head restraints;

         2.2.