Transmitted by the Chairman of Sub-group UN R0OICA Document IWVTA-SGR0-02-04-Rev.43
UpdatedRegulation No. 0draft
UNIFORM PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL APPROVAL OF WHOLE VEHICLES
Preamble
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Contents
Regulation No. 0 11
UNIFORM PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL APPROVAL OF WHOLE VEHICLES 11
Draft History
Preamble 11
Contents 11
1. Scope 22
2. Definitions 22
3. Application for approval 23
4. Approval 23
5. Specifications 24
6. Tests 25
7. Modification of vehicle type and extension of approval 25
8. Conformity of production 27
9. Penalties for non-conformity of production 27
10. Production definitely discontinued 27
11. Names and addresses of Technical Services responsible for conducting approval tests and of Administrative Departments 27
12. Introductory and transitional provisions 27
Annex 1: Communication 29
Part A: Vehicles of category M1 29
SECTION I 29
SECTION II 29
Annex 2: Arrangement of the approval mark 211
Annex 3: Procedures to be followed during I-WVTA of vehicles 212
Annex 4: List of requirements for the purpose of I-WVTA: List of regulatory acts 214
Part A: Requirements for vehicles of category M1 214
Table 1: List of mandatory requirements 214
Table 2: List of if-fitted requirements 215
Table 3: List of alternative requirements for a I-WVTA with limited recognition 215
Table 4: List of national or regional requirements for I-WVTA 216
Annex 5: Information document for the purpose of I-WVTA of vehicles 217
General prescriptions 217
Part I: Identification of the variants and versions 217
Part II: Information document 217
A. Vehicles of category M1 217
Part III: Type approval numbers 223
Annex 6: I-WVTA Certificate of conformity 224
Model A: I-WVTA -Certificate of conformity for complete vehicles of category M1 225
SIDE 1 225
SIDE 2 225
Appendix 1: Model translation sheet for the I-WVTA certificate of conformity 228
Annex 7: Definition of the vehicle type 231
Part A: Vehicles of category M1 231
Updated Regulation No. 0 draft 1
UNIFORM PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL APPROVAL OF WHOLE VEHICLES 1
Preamble 1
Contents 1
1. Scope 2
2. Definitions 2
3. Application for approval 23
4. Approval 24
5. Specifications 24
6. Tests 25
7. Modification of vehicle type and extension of approval 26
8. Conformity of production 27
9. Penalties for non-conformity of production 27
10. Production definitely discontinued 27
11. Names and addresses of Technical Services responsible for conducting approval tests and of Administrative Departments 27
12. Introductory and transitional provisions 28
13 Special provisions for Contracting Parties applying this Regulation 28
Annex 1: Communication 29
Part A: Vehicles of category M1 29
SECTION I 29
SECTION II 29
Annex 2: Arrangement of the approval mark 211
Annex 3: Procedures to be followed during I-WVTA of vehicles 212
Annex 4: List of requirements for the purpose of I-WVTA: List of regulatory acts 214
Part A: Requirements for vehicles of category M1 214
Section 1: List of requirements for universal IWVTA 214
Section 2: Provisions and requirements for IWVTA with limited recognition 216
In case of an IWVTA with limited recognition not all certificates according to section 1 of this part have to be provided. In principle, the manufacturer applying for such IWVTA can decide 216
Annex 5: Information document for the purpose of I-WVTA of vehicles 219
General prescriptions 219
Part I: Identification of the variants and versions 219
Part II: Information document 219
A. Vehicles of category M1 219
Part III: Type approval numbers 225
Annex 6: Definition of the vehicle type 234
Part A: Vehicles of category M1 234
1. Scope
1.1 / This Regulation applies to vehicles of categories M1 as defined in paragraph 2.2.1 of R.E.3[1]. It specifies requirements for the type approval of a whole vehicle (I-WVTA, international whole vehicle type approval).1.1.1 / In the current implementation this regulation handles only vehicle manufactured in one stage or completed vehicles.
2. Definitions
For the purpose of this Regulation and of the Regulations listed inAnnex 4, save as otherwise provided therein:
2.1 / “Manufacturer” means the person or body who is responsible to the approval authority for all aspects of the type approval process and for ensuring conformity of production. It is not essential that the person or body is directly involved in all stages of the construction of the vehicle which is the subject of the approval process.2.1.1 / ‘Manufacturer’s representative’ means any natural or legal person established in the territory of one of the Contracting Parties that are signatory to this Regulation and who is duly appointed by the manufacturer to represent him before the approval authority and to act on his behalf in matters covered by this Regulation, and where reference is made to the term ‘manufacturer’, it is to be understood as indicating either the manufacturer or his representative.
2.2. / “Vehicle type” means motor vehicles, which do not differ in at least the essential respects specified in Annex 67. A type of vehicle may contain variants and versions as defined in Annex 67
2.3 / ‘International whole vehicle type approval’ or ‘I-WVTA’ means the procedure whereby a Contracting Party certifies that a type of vehicle satisfies the relevant administrative provisions and technical requirements of this Regulation and of the regulations listed in Annex 4.
2.3.1 / ´Universal I-WVTA means an I-WVTA which is accepted by all Contracting Parties who are signatories to this regulation.
‘I-WVTA of limited recognition’ means an I-WVTA which is accepted by some but not all Contracting Parties who are signatories to this regulation. The concept is introduced to allow Contracting Parties accept approvals to preceding amendments or to unamended regulations as listed in Annex 4, Part A, Section 3
2.3.2 / ‘I-WVTA of limited recognition’ means an I-WVTA which is accepted by some but not all Contracting Parties who are signatories to this regulation. The concept is introduced to allow Contracting Parties to accept vehicles meeting a smaller set of requirements by
· Not asking for all approvals necessary for a universal IWVTA, and/or
· Accepting approvals to preceding series of amendments or to unamended regulations for one or more of the systems covered by universal IWVTA
´Universal I-WVTA means an I-WVTA which is accepted by all Contracting Parties who are signatories to this regulation. This approval cannot make use of the exemptions of Annex 4, Part A, Section 3.
2.4 / ‘I-WVTA certificate of conformity’ means the document set out in Annex 6, issued by the manufacturer and certifying that a vehicle belonging to the series of the type approved in accordance with this Regulation complied with all annexed regulations listed in Annex4 at the time of its production.
2.45 / ‘information document’ means the document set out in Annex 5that prescribes the information to be supplied by an applicant, it being permissible to supply the information document in the form of an electronic file.
2.56 / ‘information folder’ means the complete folder, including the information document, file, data, drawings, photographs, and so on, supplied by the applicant, it being permissible to supply the information folder in the form of an electronic file.
2.67 / ‘information package’ means the information document folderaccompanied by the test reports and all other documents added by the technical service or by the approval authority to the information document in the course of carrying out their functions, it being permissible to supply the information package in the form of an electronic file.
2.78 / ‘index to the information package’ means the document listing the contents of the information package, suitably numbered or otherwise marked so as to identify clearly all the pages, the format of that document being such as to present a record of the successive steps in the management of the type-approval, in particular the dates of the revisions and updating.
3. Application for approval
3.1 / The application for approval of a vehicle type with regard to I-WVTA shall be submitted by the manufacturer.3.2 / It shall be accompanied by the following documents and particulars:
3.2.1 / the information folder containing the information required under Annex 5, Part II
3.2.2 / the list of annexed regulations to which the type of vehicle complies according to Annex 5, Part III
3.2.3 / Type approval certificates according to Annex 4the complete set of type-approval certificates required pursuant to each of the applicable regulations listed in Annex 4, Part A, Section 1.
3.2.3.1 / In case of universal IWVTA the complete set of type-approval certificates required pursuant to each of the applicable regulations listed in Annex 4, Part A, Section 1.
3.2.3.2
3.2.3.1 / in case the manufacturer applies forof an I-WVTA with limited recognition, one or more type-approval certificates required by 3.2.3 can be omitted or replaced by the certificate according to earlier versions of the Regulations according to the provisions the appropriate entry of Annex 4, Part A, Section 23
3.2.4 / in accordance with 3.2.2 type-approval certificates according to the regulations listed in Annex 4, Part A, Section 2 for all respective vehicle systems covered by those regulations, which are fitted to the vehicle.
3.3 / The manufacturer shall submit the application to the approval authority. Only one application may be submitted in respect of a particular type of vehicle and it may be submitted in only one Contracting Party applying this Regulation.
A separate application shall be submitted for each type to be approved.
4. Approval
[editorial note: the marking requirements in this chapter reflect the current status of other UN regulations. If this marking scheme is revised (e.g. via progress in the DETA project) the respective prescriptions have to be updated.]
4.1 / If the vehicle type submitted for approval pursuant to this Regulation meets the requirements of the Regulation, approval of that vehicle type shall be granted.4.2 / An approval number shall be assigned to each type approved. Its first two digits (at present 00 for the Regulation in its original form) 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 shall not assign this number to another vehicle type.
4.3 / Notice of approval or of extension or refusal of approval of a vehicle type pursuant to this Regulation shall be communicated to the approval authorities of the Contracting Parties to the 1958 Agreement applying this Regulation, by means of a form conforming to the model in Annex 1 to this Regulation.
4.4 / An international approval mark shall be affixed, conspicuously and in a readily accessible place specified on the approval form, to every vehicle conforming to a vehicle type approved under this Regulation. Such international approval mark shall consist of:
4.4.1 / A circle surrounding the letter “E” followed by the distinguishing number of the country which has granted approval[2];
4.4.2 / 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 4.4.1.
4.5 / If the vehicle conforms to a vehicle type approved according to this regulation, no approval marks with regard to approvals granted for the regulations listed in annex 4 need to be affixed to the vehicle.
4.6 / The approval mark shall be clearly legible and be indelible.
4.7 / The approval mark shall be placed close to or on the vehicle data plate affixed by the manufacturer.
4.8 / Annex 2 to this Regulation gives an example of the arrangement of the approval mark.
5. Specifications
5.1 / Required certificatesThe procedures of Annex 3 shall be followed
5.1.1 / A vehicle shall meet the prescribed requirements of this Regulation as well as those specified in the regulations required in Annex 4. This shall be demonstrated by type-approval certificates according to those regulations covering all variants and versions of a vehicle type.
5.1.2 / For a I-WVTA to be recognized in all Contracting Parties who are signatories to this regulation this includes compliance to all regulations listed in Annex 4, Part A, Section 1:
5.1.2.1 / Compliance to all regulations listed in Annex 4, Part A, Section 1
5.1.2.2 / If the respective systems are fitted on the vehicle compliance to all regulations listed in Annex 4, Part A, Section 2.
Contracting Parties can choose to mandate one or more systems covered by Section 2. In that case, the corresponding requirements have to be met in order for the I-WVTA to be recognized in said Contracting Party.
5.1.3. / For an I-WVTA with limited recognition one or more type-approval certificates required by 3.2.3 can be omitted or replaced by the certificate according to an earlier version of the respective Regulation taking in account the provisions of Annex 4, Part A, Section 2the appropriate entry of Annex 4, Part A, Section 3.
In this case systems covered by Annex 4, Part A, Section 2 can also be omitted if they are not mandated by the Contracting Parties for which recognition of the approval is sought.
However, if the respective systems are fitted on the vehicle they need to comply with the requirements of the corresponding entry of Section 2.