Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L02109:body:0:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L02109
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Character Range: 20756–24008

on prototype vehicles with a sufficient degree of accuracy.
3.4.                                           A vehicle which is representative of the vehicle type to be approved shall be submitted to the Technical Service responsible for conducting the approval test(s).
3.4.1                                       A vehicle not comprising all the components proper to the vehicle type may be accepted for tests provided that it can be shown that the absence of the components omitted has no detrimental effect on the performance prescribed in the requirements of this Regulation.
3.4.2                                       It shall be the responsibility of the applicant for approval to show that the application of paragraph 3.4.1. is in compliance with the requirements of this Regulation.

4.                                              Approval
4.1.                                           If the vehicle type submitted for approval pursuant to this Regulation meets the requirements of paragraph 5 below, approval of that vehicle type shall be granted.
4.2.                                           In case of doubt, account shall be taken, when verifying the conformity of the vehicle to the requirements of this Regulation, of any data or test results provided by the manufacturer which can be taken into consideration in validating the approval test carried out by the Technical Service.
4.3.                                           An approval number shall be assigned to each vehicle type approved. Its first two digits (at present 01 corresponding to the 01 series of amendments) 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 may not assign the same approval number to another vehicle type.
4.4.                                           Notice of approval or of extension or of refusal or withdrawal of approval pursuant to this Regulation shall be communicated to the Contracting Parties to the Agreement applying this Regulation by means of a form conforming to the model in Annex 1 of this Regulation and photographs and/or diagrams and drawings supplied by the applicant for approval, in a format not exceeding A4 (210 x 297) mm or folded to that format and on an appropriate scale.
4.5.                                           There shall be affixed to every vehicle conforming to a vehicle type approved under this Regulation, conspicuously and in a readily accessible place specified on the approval form, an international approval mark consisting of:
4.5.1                                       A circle surrounding the letter "E" followed by the distinguishing number of the country which has granted approval; [4]
4.5.2                                       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 4.5.1.
4.6.                                           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 4.5.1. need not