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bar, extending from vehicle or seat structure to accept and restrain an ISOFIX child restraint system with ISOFIX attachments.

         2.34. "Anti-rotation device"

            (a) An anti-rotation device for an ISOFIX universal child restraint system consists of the ISOFIX top-tether,
            (b) An anti-rotation device for an ISOFIX semi-universal child restraint system consists of a top tether, the vehicle dashboard or a support leg intended to limit the rotation of the restraint during a frontal impact,
            (c) For ISOFIX, universal and semi-universal, child restraint systems the vehicle seat itself does not constitute an anti-rotation device.

         2.35. "ISOFIX top tether anchorage" means a feature, fulfilling the requirements of Regulation No. 14, such as a bar, located in a defined zone, designed to accept an ISOFIX top tether strap connector and transfer its restraint force to the vehicle structure.

         2.36. A "guidance device" is intended to help the person installing the ISOFIX child restraint system by physically guiding the ISOFIX attachments on the ISOFIX child restraint into correct alignment with the ISOFIX low anchorages to facilitate engagement.

         2.37. "ISOFIX marking fixture" means something that informs someone wishing to install an ISOFIX child restraint system of the ISOFIX positions in the vehicle and the position of each corresponding ISOFIX anchorages system.

         2.38. "Child restraint fixture" (CRF) means a fixture according to one out of the seven ISOFIX size classes defined in paragraph 4. of Annex 17 - Appendix 2 of this Regulation, and particularly whose dimensions are given from figure 1 to figure 7 in the previous mentioned paragraph 4. Those child restraint fixtures (CRF) are used, in this Regulation, to check what are the ISOFIX child restraint systems size classes which can be accommodated on the vehicle ISOFIX positions. Also one of the CRF, the so-called ISO/F2 (B), which is described in figure 2 of the previous mentioned paragraph 4, is used in Regulation No. 14 to check the location and the possibility of access to any ISOFIX anchorages system.

         2.39. "Safety-belt reminder", means a system dedicated to alert the driver when he/she does not use the safety-belt. The system is constituted by a detection of an unfastened safety-belt and by two levels of driver's alert: a first level warning and a second level warning."

         2.40. "Visual warning" means a warning by visual signal (lighting, blinking or visual display of symbol or message).

         2.41. "Audible warning" means a warning by sound signal.

         2.42. "First level warning" means a visual warning activated when the ignition switch is engaged (engine running or not) and the driver's safety-belt is not fastened. An audible warning can be added as an option.

         2.43. "Second level warning" means a visual and audible warning activated when a driver operates a vehicle without