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4.2.3. Notice of approval, or of extension or refusal or withdrawal of approval or production definitively discontinued, of a type of separate technical unit pursuant to this Regulation shall be communicated to the Parties to the 1958 Agreement applying this Regulation by means of a communication form conforming to the model in Annex 4 to this Regulation.
4.2.4. There shall be affixed, conspicuously and in a readily accessible place specified on the approval form, to every separate technical unit conforming to a type approved under this Regulation, an international approval mark consisting of:
4.2.4.1. A circle surrounding the letter "E" followed by the distinguishing number of the country which has granted approval;2
4.2.4.2. 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 4.2.4.1.
4.2.5. The approval mark shall be clearly legible and be indelible.
4.2.6. The approval mark shall be placed close to or on the separate technical unit data plate affixed by the manufacturer.
4.2.7. Annex 2 to this Regulation gives examples of arrangements of approval marks.
4.2.8. The Type Approval Authority shall verify the existence of satisfactory arrangements for ensuring effective control of conformity of production before type approval is granted.
5. General specifications
5.1.  The provisions of this Regulation shall not apply to those parts of the external surface which, with the vehicle in the laden condition, with all doors, windows and access lids etc., in the closed position, are either:
5.1.1.  At a height of more than 2 metres, or
5.1.2.  Below the floor line, or
5.1.3.  So located that, in their static condition as well as when in operation, they cannot be contacted by a sphere 100 mm in diameter.
5.2.  The external surface of vehicles shall not exhibit, directed outwards, any pointed or sharp parts or any projections of such shape, dimensions, direction or hardness as to be likely to increase the risk or seriousness of bodily injury to a person hit by the external surface or brushing against it in the event of a collision.
5.3.  The external surface of vehicles shall not exhibit, directed outwards, any part likely to catch on pedestrians, cyclists or motor cyclists.
5.4. No protruding part of the external surface shall have a radius of curvature less than 2.5 mm.  This requirement shall not apply to parts of the external surface which protrude less than 5 mm, but the outward facing angles of such parts shall be blunted, save where such parts protrude less than 1.5 mm.
5.5.  Protruding parts of the external surface, made of a material of hardness not exceeding 60 shore A, may have a radius of curvature