UNITED

NATIONS

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Economic and Social	GENERAL

Council	TRANS/WP.29/718
13 April 2000

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ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

INLAND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE

World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29)

DRAFT SUPPLEMENT 4 TO THE 03 SERIES OF AMENDMENTS

TO REGULATION No. 36

(Public service vehicles)

Note: The text reproduced below was adopted by the Administrative Committee (AC.1) of the amended 1958 Agreement at its fourteenth session, following the recommendation by WP.29 at its one-hundred-and-twentieth session. It is based on document TRANS/WP.29/2000/19, as amended (TRANS/WP.29/703, para. 163).

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Insert a new paragraph 1.1., to read:

"1.1.	Technical provisions for the carriage of passengers with reduced mobility are outside of the scope of this Regulation. Until harmonized provisions for accessibility are finalized and included in an annex to this Regulation, Contracting Parties may apply additional requirements to ensure access to vehicles and the safety of such passengers."

Insert a new paragraph 2.19.1., to read:

"2.19.1.	"Passenger with reduced mobility" means all passengers who have a special difficulty when using public transport, especially elderly and disabled people. Reduced mobility does not necessarily imply any form of medical impairment."

Paragraph 5.7.5.2.1., amend to read:

"5.7.5.2.1.	a transverse vertical plane situated 1.5 m forward of the centre line of the rear axle (foremost rear axle in the case of vehicles with more than one rear axle);"

Paragraph 5.7.5.4.1., amend to read:

"5.7.5.4.1.	a transverse vertical plane situated 1.5 m forward of the centre line of the rear axle (foremost rear axle in the case of vehicles with more than one rear axle)."

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