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(re-works);

         8.2.1.2.7. Details of extensions, field fixes/recalls to those type approvals for the vehicles covered within the manufacturer's information (if requested by the administrative department).

         8.2.1.2.8. The period of time over which the manufacturer's information was collected.

         8.2.1.2.9. The vehicle build period covered within the manufacturer's information (e.g. 'vehicles manufactured during the 2001 calendar year').

         8.2.1.2.10. The manufacturer's in-service conformity checking procedure, including:

         8.2.1.2.10.1. Vehicle location method;

         8.2.1.2.10.2. Vehicle selection and rejection criteria;

         8.2.1.2.10.3. Test types and procedures used for the programme;

         8.2.1.2.10.4. The manufacturer's acceptance/rejection criteria for the in-service family group;

         8.2.1.2.10.5. Geographical area(s) within which the manufacturer has collected information.

         8.2.1.2.10.6. Sample size and sampling plan used.

         8.2.1.2.11.              The results from the manufacturer's in-service conformity procedure, including:

         8.2.1.2.11.1.       Identification of the vehicles included in the programme (whether tested or not).
          The identification will include:
          – model name;
          – vehicle identification number (VIN);
          – vehicle registration number;
          – date of manufacture;
          – region of use (where known);
          – tyres fitted.

         8.2.1.2.11.2. The reason(s) for rejecting a vehicle from the sample.

         8.2.1.2.11.3. Service history for each vehicle in the sample (including any re-works).

         8.2.1.2.11.4. Repair history for each vehicle in the sample (where known).

         8.2.1.2.11.5. Test data, including:
         – date of test;
         – location of test;
         – distance indicated on vehicle odometer;
         – test fuel specifications (e.g. test reference fuel or market fuel);
         – test conditions (temperature, humidity, dynamometer inertia weight);
         – dynamometer settings (e.g. power setting);
         – test results (from at least three different vehicles per family).

         8.2.1.2.12. Records of indications from the OBD system.

         8.2.2. The information gathered by the manufacturer must be sufficiently comprehensive to ensure that in-service performance can be assessed for normal conditions of use as defined in paragraph 8.2. and in a way representative of the manufacturer's geographic penetration.

          For the purpose of this Regulation, the manufacturer shall not be obliged to carry out an audit of in-service conformity for a vehicle type if he can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the type-approval authority that the annual worldwide sales of that vehicle type are less than 10,000 per annum.

          In the case of vehicles to be sold within the European Union, the manufacturer shall not be obliged to carry out an audit in-service conformity for a vehicle type if he can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the type-approval authority that the annual sales of that vehicle type is less than 5,000 per annum within the European Union.

         8.2.3. If a Type I test is to be carried out and a vehicle type approval has one or several extensions, the tests will be carried out either on the vehicle described in the initial information package or on the vehicle described in the information package relating