UNITED

NATIONS

Distr.	GENERAL

TRANS/WP.29/618	15 May 1998

Original:	ENGLISH

INLAND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE

Working Party on the Construction of Vehicles

DRAFT 02 SERIES OF AMENDMENTS TO REGULATION No. 29

(Cabs of commercial vehicles)

Note: The text reproduced below was adopted by the Administrative Committee (AC.1) of the amended 1958 Agreement at its eighth session, following the recommendation by the Working Party at its one-hundred-and-fourteenth session. It is based on the adopted text (TRANS/WP.29/609, paras. 64, 115 and annex 3).

GE.98-

List of Contents, Regulation, amend to read.

"....

10.	Transitional provisions

11.	Names and addresses of technical services ....."

Paragraph 4.2., amend to read:

".... two digits (at present 02 corresponding to the 02 series of amendments) shall indicate the series of amendments ...."

Paragraph 4.4.1., footnote 1/, amend to read:

"1/	1 for ...., 24 (vacant), 25 for Croatia, 26 for Slovenia, 27 for Slovakia, 28 for Belarus, 29 for Estonia, 30 (vacant), 31 for Bosnia and Herzegovina, 32-36 (vacant) and 37 for Turkey. Subsequent numbers ...."

Paragraph 7., amend to read:

"7.	CONFORMITY OF PRODUCTION

The conformity of production procedures shall comply with those set out in the Agreement, Appendix 2 (E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev.2), with the following requirements:"

Insert a new paragraph 10., to read:

"10.	TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

10.1.	As from the official date of entry into force of the 02 series of amendments, no Contracting Party applying this Regulation shall refuse to grant ECE approval under this Regulation as amended by the 02 series of amendments.

10.2.	As from 1 October 2002 Contracting Parties applying this Regulation shall grant ECE approvals only if the requirements of this Regulation, as amended by the 02 series of amendments are satisfied.

10.3.	As from 1 October 2006 Contracting Parties applying this Regulation may refuse to recognize approvals which were not granted in accordance with the 02 series of amendments to this Regulation."

Paragraph 10., former, renumber as paragraph 11.

Annex 2, in the examples of the approval marks and in the captions below amend the approval number "012439" to read "022439" (three times) and the words "01 series of amendments" to read "02 series of amendments" (two times).

Annex 3, paragraph 4.1.3.2., amend to read:

"4.1.3.2.	its centre of gravity is 50 +5/-0 mm below the R-point of the driver's seat, and"