F1ANNEX IREQUIREMENTS TO BE MET BY VEHICLES AND ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC SUB-ASSEMBLIES FITTED TO A VEHICLE
4.Type-approval
4.1.
Routes to type-approval
4.1.1.
Type-approval of a vehicle
The following alternative routes to type-approval of a vehicle may be used at the discretion of the vehicle manufacturer.
4.1.1.1.
Approval of a vehicle installation
A vehicle installation may achieve type-approval directly by following the provisions laid down in paragraph 6 of this Annex. If this route is chosen by a vehicle manufacturer, no separate testing of electrical/electronic systems or ESAs is required.
4.1.1.2.
Approval of vehicle type by testing of individual ESAs
A vehicle manufacturer may obtain approval for the vehicle by demonstrating to the approval authority that all the relevant (see paragraph 3.1.3 of this Annex) electrical/electronic systems or ESAs have individually been approved in accordance with this Directive and have been installed in accordance with any conditions attached thereto.
4.1.1.3.
A manufacturer, if he wishes, may obtain approval to this Directive if the vehicle has no equipment of the type which is subject to immunity or emission tests. The vehicle shall have no systems as specified in paragraph 3.1.3 (immunity) and no spark ignition equipment. Such approvals do not require testing.
4.1.2.
Type-approval of an ESA
Type-approval may be granted to an ESA to be fitted either to any vehicle type or to a specific vehicle type or types requested by the manufacturer. ESAs involved in the direct control of vehicles will normally receive type-approval in conjunction with a vehicle manufacturer.
4.2.
Granting of type-approval
4.2.1.
Vehicle
4.2.1.1.
If the representative vehicle fulfils the requirements of this Directive, EEC type-approval pursuant to F1Article 4 of Directive 74/150/EEC shall be granted.
4.2.1.2.
A model for the EEC type-approval certificate is given in Annex IIIA.
4.2.2.
ESA
4.2.2.1.
If the representative ESA system(s) fulfil(s) the requirements of this Directive, EEC type-approval pursuant to F1Article 4 of Directive 74/150/EEC shall be granted.
4.2.2.2.
A model for the EEC type-approval certificates is given in Annex IIIB.
4.2.3.
In order to draw up the certificates referred to in paragraph 4.2.1.2 or 4.2.2.2, the competent authority of the Member State granting the approval may use a report prepared by an approved or recognized laboratory or in accordance with the provisions of this Directive.
4.3.
Amendments to approvals
4.3.1.
In the case of amendments to approvals granted pursuant to this Directive, the provisions of F1Article 6 of Directive 74/150/EEC shall apply.
4.3.2.
Amendment of a vehicle type-approval by ESA addition or substitution.
4.3.2.1.
Where a vehicle manufacturer has obtained approval for a vehicle installation and wishes to fit an additional or substitutional electrical/electronic system or ESA which has already received approval pursuant to this Directive, and which will be installed in accordance with any conditions attached thereto, the vehicle approval may be amended without further testing. The additional or substitutional electrical/electronic system or ESA shall be considered as part of the vehicle for conformity of production purposes.
4.3.2.2.
Where the additional or substitutional part(s) has (have) not received approval pursuant to this Directive, and if testing is considered necessary, the whole vehicle shall be deemed to comply if the new or revised part(s) can be shown to comply with the relevant requirements of paragraph 6 or if, in a comparative test, the new part can be shown not to be likely to adversely affect compliance of the vehicle type.
4.3.2.3.
The addition by a vehicle manufacturer to an approved vehicle of standard domestic or business equipment, other than mobile communication equipment6 which complies with Directive 89/336/EEC, and is installed according to the recommendations of the equipment and vehicle manufacturers, or the substitution or removal thereof, shall not invalidate the vehicle approval. This shall not preclude vehicle manufacturers fitting communication equipment with suitable installations guidelines developed by the vehicle manufacturer and/or manufacturer(s) of such communication equipment. The vehicle manufacturer shall provide evidence (if requested by the test authority) that vehicle performance is not adversely affected by such transmitters. This can be a statement that the power levels and installation are such that the immunity levels of this Directive offer sufficient protection when subject to transmission alone, i.e. excluding transmission in conjunction with the tests specified in paragraph 6. This Directive does not authorize the use of a communication transmitter when other requirements on such equipment or its use apply. A vehicle manufacturer may refuse to install in his vehicle standard domestic or business equipment which complies with Directive 89/336/EEC.
Substituted by Commission Directive 2000/2/EC of 14 January 2000 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 75/322/EEC relating to the suppression of radio interference produced by spark-ignition engines fitted to wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors and Council Directive 74/150/EEC relating to the type-approval of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Text with EEA relevance).