UNITED

NATIONS

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Economic and Social	GENERAL

Council	TRANS/WP.29/783
4 May 2001

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ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

INLAND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE

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

DRAFT SUPPLEMENT 3 TO THE 01 SERIES OF AMENDMENTS

T0 REGULATION No. 53

(Installation of lighting and light-signalling

devices for L3 category vehicles)

Note: The text reproduced below was adopted by the Administrative Committee (AC.1) of the amended 1958 Agreement at its seventeenth session, following the recommendation by WP.29 at its one-hundred-and-twenty-third session. It is based on document TRANS/WP.29/2001/10, as amended (TRANS/WP.29/776, para. 117).

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Paragraph 6.1.3.1.2., amend to read:

"6.1.3.1.2.	a driving beam headlamp, that is reciprocally incorporated with another front lamp, must be fitted in such a way that its reference centre lies within the median longitudinal plane of the vehicle. However, when the vehicle is also fitted with an independent passing beam headlamp, or a passing beam headlamp that is reciprocally incorporated with a front position lamp alongside the driving beam headlamp, their reference centres must be symmetrical in relation to the median longitudinal plane of the vehicle."

Paragraph 6.2.3.1.2., amend to read:

"6.2.3.1.2.	a passing beam headlamp, that is reciprocally incorporated with another front lamp, must be fitted in such a way that its reference centre lies within the median longitudinal plane of the vehicle. However, when the vehicle is also fitted with an independent driving beam headlamp, or a driving beam headlamp that is reciprocally incorporated with a front position lamp alongside the passing beam headlamp, their reference centres must be symmetrical in relation to the median longitudinal plane of the vehicle."

Paragraph 6.2.5.2., amend to read:

"6.2.5.2.	The vertical inclination of the passing beam headlamp must remain between -0.5 and -2.5 per cent, except in the case where an external adjusting device is present."

Paragraphs 6.2.5.3. and 6.2.5.4., should be deleted.

Insert a new paragraph 6.6.3.1., to read:

"6.6.3.1.	Width:

an independent front position lamp may be fitted above or below, or to one side of another front lamp: if these lamps are one above the other, the reference centre of the front position lamp must be located within the median longitudinal plane of the vehicle; if these lamps are side by side, their reference centres must be symmetrical in relation to the median longitudinal plane of the vehicle;

a front position lamp, that is reciprocally incorporated with another front lamp, must be installed in such a way that its reference centre is situated in the median longitudinal plane of the vehicle. However, when the vehicle is also fitted with another front lamp alongside the front position lamp, their reference centres must be symmetrical in relation to the median longitudinal plane of the vehicle.

Two front position lamps, one or both of them reciprocally incorporated with another front lamp, must be installed in such a way that their reference centres are symmetrical in relation to the median longitudinal plane of the vehicle."

Paragraphs 6.6.3.1. and 6.6.3.2.(former), renumber as paragraphs 6.6.3.2.

and 6.6.3.3.

Paragraph 6.9.4., delete the words reading:

"The vehicle hazard-warning signal shall remain capable of being actuated even when the device which controls the starting and stopping of the engine is in such a position that operation of the engine is impossible."

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