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Parties applying this Regulation by means of a copy of the communication form bearing at the end, in large letters, the signed and dated annotation "APPROVAL WITHDRAWN".
         10. Production definitively discontinued
         If the holder of the approval completely ceases to manufacture a type of device for means of rear visibility approved in accordance with this Regulation, he shall so inform the Type Approval Authority which granted the approval. Upon receiving the relevant communication, the Authority shall inform thereof the other Parties to the Agreement applying this Regulation by means of a copy of the approval form bearing at the end, in large letters, the signed and dated annotation "PRODUCTION DISCONTINUED".
         11. Names and addresses of Technical Services responsible for conducting approval tests, and of Type Approval Authorities
         The Contracting Parties to the Agreement applying this Regulation shall communicate to the United Nations Secretariat the names and addresses of the Technical Services responsible for conducting approval tests and of the Type Approval Authorities which grant approval and to which forms certifying approval or refusal or extension or withdrawal of approval, issued in other countries, are to be sent.
Part IIInstallation of means of rear visibility or detection
         12. Definitions
         For the purpose of this Regulation:
         12.1. "The driver's ocular points" means two points 65 mm apart and 635 mm vertically above point R of the driver's seat as defined in Annex 8. The straight line joining these points runs perpendicular to the vertical longitudinal median plane of the vehicle. The centre of the segment joining the two ocular points is in a vertical longitudinal plane which shall pass through the centre of the driver's designated seating position, as specified by the vehicle manufacturer.
         12.2. "Ambinocular vision" means the total field of vision obtained by the superimposition of the monocular fields of the right eye and the left eye (see Figure 2 below).
Figure 2

E = interior rear-view mirror
OD = driver's eyes
OE = driver's eyes
ID = virtual monocular images
IE = virtual monocular images
I = virtual ambinocular image
A = angle of vision of left eye
B = angle of vision of right eye
C = binocular angle of vision
D = ambinocular angle of vision

         12.3. "Type of vehicle as regards to the driver's awareness of vulnerable road users behind vehicles" means motor vehicles which are identical in respect of the following basic features:
         12.3.1. Type of means of rear visibility or detection;
         12.3.2. The bodywork features which reduce the field of vision;
         12.3.3. The coordinates of point R (where applicable);
         12.3.4. The prescribed positions, and type-approval markings of compulsory and (if fitted) optional devices for indirect vision.
         12.4. "Vehicles of categories M1, M2, M3, N1,