UNITED

NATIONS

Distr.

Economic and Social	GENERAL

Council	TRANS/WP.29/673
16 April 1999

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ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

INLAND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE

Working Party on the Construction of Vehicles

DRAFT 01 SERIES OF AMENDMENTS TO REGULATION No. 97

(Vehicle alarm systems)

Note:	The text reproduced below was adopted by the Administrative Committee (AC.1) of the amended 1958 Agreement at its eleventh session, following the recommendation by the Working Party at its one-hundred-and- seventeenth session. It is based on documents TRANS/WP.29/1999/14 and Add.1, not amended (TRANS/WP.29/663, para. 122).

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Paragraphs 4.2., 16.2. and 30.2., amend to read:

"... an approval number of which the first two digits (currently 01 for the 01 series of amendments) shall indicate ..."

Paragraph 31.5., amend to read:

"31.5.	It shall not be possible to permanently override an immobilizer."

Paragraph 32.1.1.1., amend to read:

"32.1.1.1.	disable, in the case of after-market fitting, or vehicle equipped with diesel engine, at least two separate vehicle circuits that are needed for vehicle operation under its own power (e.g. starter motor, ignition, fuel supply, etc.);"

Paragraph 32.4.1., amend to read (Note: The third indent of this paragraph, reading "- when locking the vehicle", should be deleted):

"....

-	a maximum of 5 minutes after removing the key from the ignition lock."

Paragraph 32.5.1., amend to read:

"32.5.1.	Unsetting shall be achieved by using one or a combination of the following devices. Other devices with an equivalent level of security giving equivalent performance are permitted."

Paragraph 32.5.1.1. should be deleted.

Paragraphs 32.5.1.2. and 32.5.1.3., should be renumbered as

paragraphs 32.5.1.1. and 32.5.1.2.

Insert a new paragraph 32.5.1.3., to read:

"32.5.1.3.	If unsetting can be achieved via a remote control, the immobilizer must return to the set condition within 5 minutes after unsetting if no supplementary action on the starter circuit has been undertaken."

Insert new paragraphs 39. to 39.3., to read:

"39.	TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

39.1.	As from the official date of entry into force of the 01 series of amendments to this Regulation, no Contracting Party shall refuse an application for approval submitted in accordance with this Regulation as amended by the 01 series of amendments.

39.2.	Type approval of an immobilizer

Upon the expiration of a period of 12 months after the official date of entry into force referred to in paragraph 39.1. above, the Contracting Parties applying this Regulation shall grant approval only if the type of immobilizer satisfies the applicable requirements of this Regulation as amended by the 01 series of amendments.

39.3.	Approval of a vehicle type

Upon the expiration of a period of 24 months after the official date of entry into force referred to in paragraph 39.1. above, the Contracting Parties applying this Regulation shall grant approval only if the vehicle type satisfies the applicable requirements of this Regulation as amended by the 01 series of amendments."

Paragraph 39. (former), renumber as paragraph 40.

Annex 5,

In the example of approval marks and in the captions below, replace approval number "001234" by "011234". Also, in the caption to model A approval mark add the words "as amended by the 01 series of amendments" after "Regulation No. 97".

The caption to model B, amend to read:

"... on the dates on which these approvals were granted, Regulation

No. 18 included the 02 series of amendments and Regulation No. 97 included the 01 series of amendments."

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