Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00919:body:0:p13
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00919
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 46079–49170

force: 22 June 2017

Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices

UNITED NATIONS
Regulation No. 48

Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to the installation of lighting and light signalling devices

Contents

Regulation
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Application for approval
4. Approval
5. General specifications
6. Individual specifications
    7. Modifications and extensions of approval of the vehicle type or of the installation of its lighting and light signalling devices
8. Conformity of production
9. Penalties for non-conformity of production
10. Production definitively discontinued
    11. Names and addresses of Technical Services responsible for conducting approval tests and of Type Approval Authorities
12.  Transitional provisions

Annexes
1 Communication
2 Arrangements of approval marks
    3 Examples of lamp surfaces, axes, centres of reference, and angles of geometric visibility
4 Visibility of a red lamp to the front and visibility of a white lamp to the rear
    5 States of loading to be taken into consideration in determining variations in the vertical orientation of the dipped beam headlamps
6 Measurement of the variation of dipped beam inclination as a function of load
    7 Indication of the downward inclination of the dipped-beam headlamps cut-off referred to in paragraph 6.2.6.1.1. and downward inclination of the front fog lamp cut-off referred to in paragraph 6.3.6.1.2. of this Regulation
    8 The controls for the headlamp levelling devices referred to in paragraph 6.2.6.2.2. of this Regulation
9 Control of conformity of production
10 Reserved
11 Visibility of conspicuity markings to the rear, front and side of a vehicle
12 Test drive
13 Automatic switching conditions dipped-beam headlamps
14 Observing area towards the apparent surface of manoeuvring and courtesy lamps
    15 Gonio(photo)meter system used for the photometric measurements as defined in paragraph 2.34. of this Regulation
          1. Scope
This Regulation applies to vehicles of categories M, N, and to their trailers (category O)[2] with regard to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices.
2.                                          Definitions
For the purpose of this Regulation:
2.1.                                    "Approval of a vehicle" means the approval of a vehicle type with regard to the number and mode of installation of the lighting and light signalling devices.
2.2.                                    "Vehicle type with regard to the installation of lighting and light signalling devices" means vehicles, which do not differ in the essential respects mentioned in paragraphs 2.2.1. to 2.2.4.
The following are likewise considered not to be "vehicles of a different type": vehicles, which differ within the meaning of paragraphs 2.2.1. to 2.2.4., but not in such a way as to entail a change in the kind, number, positioning and geometric visibility of the lamps and the inclination of the dipped beam prescribed for the vehicle