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Annex 1 —

Part I —

Part II —

Annex 2 —

Annex 3 —

Appendix —

Annex 4 —

Annex 5 —

Annex 6 —

Annex 7 —

Annex 8 —

Annex 9 —

Annex 10 —

Annex 11 —

Annex 12 —

1.1.

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1.4.

2.1.

‘Vehicle’ means a vehicle of category M2 or M3 within the scope defined by paragraph 1 above.

2.2.

‘Definition of type(s)’

2.3.

‘Approval of a vehicle or a separate technical unit’ means the approval of a vehicle type, or of a bodywork type as defined in paragraph 2.2 with regard to the constructional features specified in this Regulation;

2.4.

‘Superstructure’ means the part of the bodywork which contributes to the strength of the vehicle in the event of a roll-over accident;

2.5.

‘Service door’ means a door intended for use by passengers in normal circumstances with the driver seated:

2.6.

‘Double door’ means a door affording two, or the equivalent of two, access passages;

2.7.

‘Sliding door’ means a door which can be opened or closed only by sliding it along one or more rectilinear or approximately rectilinear rails.

2.8.

‘Emergency door’ means a door intended for use by passengers as an exit only exceptionally, and in particular in an emergency;

2.9.

‘Emergency window’ means a window, not necessarily glazed, intended for use as an exit by passengers in an emergency only.

2.10.

‘Double or multiple window’ means an emergency window which, when divided into two or more parts by imaginary vertical line(s) (or plane(s)), exhibits two or more parts respectively, each of which complies as to dimensions and access with the requirements applicable to a normal emergency window;

2.11.

‘Escape hatch’ means an opening in the roof or the floor intended for use as an emergency exit by passengers in an emergency only;

2.12.

‘Emergency exit’ means an emergency door, emergency window or escape hatch.

2.13.

‘Exit’ means a service door, intercommunication staircase, half-staircase or emergency exit;

2.14.

‘Floor or deck’ means that part of the bodywork whose upper surface supports standing passengers, the feet of seated passengers and the driver and any crew member, and may support the seat mountings;

2.15.

‘Gangway’ means the space providing access by passengers from any seat or row of seats or each special area for wheelchair users to any other seat or row of seats or each special area for wheelchair users or to any access passage from or to any service door or intercommunication staircase and any area for standing passengers; it does not include:

2.16.

‘Access passage’ means the space extending inwards into the vehicle from the service door up to the outermost edge of the upper step (edge of the gangway), intercommunication staircase or half-staircase. Where there is no step at the door, the space to be considered as access passage shall be that which is measured according to Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.1 up to a distance of 300 mm from the starting position of the inner face of the test gauge.

2.17.

‘Driver’s compartment’ means the space intended for driver’s exclusive use except in the case of an emergency and containing the driver’s seat, the steering wheel, controls, instruments and other devices necessary for driving or operating the vehicle.

2.18.

‘Mass of the vehicle in running order’ means the mass of the unladen vehicle with bodywork, and with coupling device in the case of a towing vehicle, in running order, or the mass of the chassis with cab if the manufacturer does not fit the bodywork and/or coupling device (including coolant, oils, 90 per cent fuel, 100 per cent other liquids except used waters, tools, spare wheel and driver (75 kg), and, for buses and coaches, the mass of the crew member (75 kg) if there is a crew seat in the vehicle.

2.19.

‘Technically permissible maximum laden mass (M)’ means the maximum mass of the vehicle based on its construction and performance, stated by the manufacturer. The technically permissible maximum laden mass is used to determine the vehicle category.

2.20.

‘Passenger’ means a person, other than the driver or a member of the crew;

2.21.

‘Passenger with reduced mobility’ means all passengers who have a difficulty when using public transport, such as disabled people (including people with sensory and intellectual impairments, and wheelchair users, people with limb impairments, people of small stature, people with heavy luggage, elderly people, pregnant women, people with shopping trolleys, and people with children (including children seated in pushchairs).

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‘Wheelchair user’ means a person who due to infirmity or disability uses a wheelchair for mobility.

2.23.

‘Member of the crew’ means a person assigned to operate as a co-driver or the possible assistant.

2.24.

‘Passenger compartment’ means a space intended for passengers’ use excluding any space occupied by fixed appliances such as bars, kitchenettes, toilets or baggage/goods compartments.

2.25.

‘Power-operated service door’ means a service door which is operated exclusively by energy other than muscular energy and the opening and closing of which, if not automatically operated, is remotely controlled by the driver or a member of the crew.

2.26.

‘Automatically operated service-door’ means a power-operated service door which can be opened (other than by means of emergency controls) only after a control is operated by a passenger and after activation of the controls by the driver, and which closes again automatically.

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‘Starting prevention device’ means a device which prevents the vehicle being driven away from rest when a door is not fully closed;

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‘Driver operated service door’ means a service door which normally is opened and closed by the driver.

2.29.

‘Priority seat’ means a seat with additional space for a passenger with reduced mobility and marked accordingly.

2.30.

‘Boarding device’ means a device to facilitate wheelchair access to vehicles, such as lifts, ramps, etc.

2.31.

‘Kneeling system’ means a system which lowers and lifts totally or partially the body of a vehicle relative to the normal position of travel.

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‘Lift’ means a device or system with a platform that can be raised and lowered to provide passenger access between the floor of a passenger compartment and the ground or kerb.

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‘Ramp’ means a device to bridge the gap between the floor of a passenger compartment and the ground or kerb. In its position for use, it includes any surface that may move as part of the ramp deployment or be available for use only when the ramp is in its deployed position and over which a wheelchair is intended to travel.

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‘Portable ramp’ means a ramp that may be detached from the vehicle structure and capable of being deployed by a driver or crew member.

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‘Demountable seat’ means a seat that can be easily detached from the vehicle.

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‘Front’ and ‘rear’ means the front or rear of the vehicle according to the normal direction of travel and the terms; ‘forward’, ‘foremost’, ‘rearward’ and ‘rearmost’ etc. shall be construed accordingly.

2.37.

‘Intercommunication staircase’ means a staircase which allows communication between the upper and lower decks.

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‘Separate compartment’ means a space in the vehicle which may be occupied by passengers or crew when the vehicle is in use and which is separated from any other passenger or crew space, except where any partition allows passengers to see into the next passenger space, and is connected by a gangway without doors.

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‘Half staircase’ is a staircase from the upper deck which terminates in an emergency door.

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‘Service-door lighting’ means a lighting device(s) of the vehicle designed to illuminate the exterior vicinity of service doors and wheels.

3.1.

with regard to its constructional features shall be submitted by the responsible manufacturer or by his duly accredited representative.

3.2.

3.3.

3.3.1.   Appendix 1: or a vehicle type,

3.3.2.   Appendix 2: for a bodywork type,

3.3.3.   Appendix 3: for a vehicle type fitted with bodywork already approved as a separate technical unit.

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7.1.

Vehicles and bodyworks approved to this Regulation shall be so manufactured as to conform to the type approved by meeting the requirements set forth in paragraph 5 above.

7.2.

The competent authority which has granted type-approval may at any time verify the conformity control methods applicable to each production facility. The normal frequency of these verifications shall be once per two years.

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