Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2008C00323:reg:11:p11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2008C00323
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 11 (pt 11/45)
Character Range: 450626–453786

only in accordance with industry standards which, by virtue of the fact that their format and their permitted options are clearly defined, provide for a maximum level of harmonisation in the motor vehicle industry, and whose use is expressly permitted in this Regulation.

         2.19. "Repair information" means all information required for diagnosis, servicing, inspection, periodic monitoring or repair of the vehicle and which the manufacturers provide for their authorised dealers/repair shops.  Where necessary, such information shall include service handbooks, technical manuals, diagnosis information (e.g. minimum and maximum theoretical values for measurements), wiring diagrams, the software calibration identification number applicable to  a vehicle type, instructions for individual and special cases, information provided concerning tools and equipment, data record information and two-directional monitoring and test data.  The manufacturer shall not be obliged to make available that information which is covered by intellectual property rights or constitutes specific know-how of manufacturers and/or OEM suppliers; in this case the necessary technical information shall not be improperly withheld.

         2.20. "Deficiency" means, in respect of vehicle OBD systems, that up to two separate components or systems that are monitored contain temporary or permanent operating characteristics that impair the otherwise efficient OBD monitoring of those components or systems or do not meet all of the other detailed requirements for OBD.  Vehicles may be type-approved, registered and sold with such deficiencies according to the requirements of paragraph 4 of this Annex.

         3.  REQUIREMENTS AND TESTS

         3.1.  All vehicles shall be equipped with an OBD system so designed, constructed and installed in a vehicle as to enable it to identify types of deterioration or malfunction over the entire life of the vehicle.  In achieving this objective the approval authority shall accept that vehicles which have travelled distances in excess of the Type V durability distance, referred to in paragraph 3.3.1., may show some deterioration in OBD system performance such that the emission limits given in paragraph 3.3.2. may be exceeded before the OBD system signals a failure to the driver of the vehicle.

         3.1.1. Access to the OBD system required for the inspection, diagnosis, servicing or repair of the vehicle shall be unrestricted and standardised. All emission-related fault codes shall be consistent with paragraph 6.5.3.4. of Appendix 1 to this annex.

         3.1.2. No later than three months after the manufacturer has provided any authorised dealer or repair shop with repair information, the manufacturer shall make that information (including all subsequent amendments and supplements) available upon reasonable and non-discriminatory payment and shall notify the approval authority accordingly.

         In the event of failure to comply with these provisions the approval authority shall act to ensure that repair information is available, in accordance with the procedures laid down for type approval and