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NATIONS

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Economic and Social	GENERAL

Council	TRANS/WP.29/745 */
15 December 2000

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ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

INLAND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE

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

DRAFT SUPPLEMENT 2 TO THE 05 SERIES OF AMENDMENTS

TO REGULATION No. 14

(Safety-belt anchorages)

Note: The text reproduced below was adopted by the Administrative Committee (AC.1) of the amended 1958 Agreement at its sixteenth session, following the recommendation by WP.29 at its one-hundred-and-twenty-second session. It is based on document TRANS/WP.29/1999/38, as amended (TRANS/WP.29/743, para. 146).

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*/ Reissued for technical reasons.

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Paragraph 5.4.2.5., amend to read :

"5.4.2.5.	The distance between the two vertical planes parallel to the median longitudinal plane of the vehicle and each passing through a different one of the two effective lower belt anchorages L1 and L2 of the same safety-belt shall not be less than 350 mm. In the case of central rear seating positions of vehicles of category M1 and N1 the above-mentioned distance shall not be less than 240 mm 3/. The median longitudinal plane of the seat shall pass between points L1 and L2 and shall be at least 120 mm from these points.

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3/	This requirement shall apply to rear bench-type seats only."

Paragraph 6.4.4.2., amend to read :

"6.4.4.2.	The loads indicated in paragraphs 6.4.1., 6.4.2. and 6.4.3. above shall be supplemented by a force equal to 20 times the mass of the complete seat. The inertia load shall be applied to the seat or to the relevant parts of the seat corresponding to the physical effect of the mass of the seat in question to the seat anchorages. The determination of the additional applied load or loads and the load distribution shall be made by the manufacturer and agreed by the Technical Service.

In the case of vehicles of categories M2 and N2 this force shall be equal to 10 times the mass of the complete seat; for vehicles of categories M3 and N3 it shall be equal to 6.6 times the mass of the complete seat."

Annex 3, Location of effective belt anchorages, Figure 1, lower drawing,

replace the dimension "350 mm" by "350 mm / 240 mm for the central rear seating positions of M1 and N1 categories of vehicles".