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E/ECE/324/Rev.2/Add.106/Rev.3−E/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev.2/Add.106/Rev.3 18 October 2011 Agreement Concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions * (Revision 2, including the amendments which entered into force on 16 October 1995) Addendum 106: Regulation No. 107 Revision 3 Incorporating all valid text up to: Supplement 2 to the 02 series of amendments - Date of entry into force: 15 October 2008 Supplement 3 to the 02 series of amendments - Date of entry into force: 22 July 2009 Supplement 4 to the 02 series of amendments - Date of entry into force: 24 October 2009 Supplement 5 to the 02 series of amendments - Date of entry into force: 24 October 2009 Corrigendum 1 to the Revision 2 - Date of entry into force: 11 November 2009 Corrigendum 2 to Revision 2 - Date of entry into force: 10 March 2010 The 03 series of amendments of the Regulation- 19 August 2010 Supplement 6 to the 02 series of amendments - Date of entry into force: 09 December 2010 Supplement 1 to the 03 series of amendments - Date of entry into force: 09 December 2010 Corrigendum 1 to Supplement 5 to the 02 series of amendments - Date of entry into force: 09 March 2011 Supplement 7 to the 02 series of amendments - Date of entry into force: 23 June 2011 Uniform provisions concerning the approval of category M2 or M3 vehicles with regard to their general construction _________ UNITED NATIONS * Former title of the Agreement: Agreement Concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions of Approval and Reciprocal Recognition of Approval for Motor Vehicle Equipment and Parts, done at Geneva on 20 March 1958. GE. 11 E/ECE/324/Rev.2/Add.106/Rev.3 E/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev.2/Add.106/Rev.3 Regulation No. 107 Uniform provisions concerning the approval of category M2 or M3 vehicles with regard to their general construction Contents Page 1. Scope ............................................................................................................................................... 4 2. Definitions ....................................................................................................................................... 4 3. Application for approval ................................................................................................................. 9 4. Approval ......................................................................................................................................... 9 5. Requirements ................................................................................................................................... 10 6. Modification and extension of approval of a vehicle type .............................................................. 11 7. Conformity of production ................................................................................................................ 11 8. Penalties for non-conformity of production .................................................................................... 12 9. Production definitely discontinued .................................................................................................. 12 10. Transitional provisions .................................................................................................................... 13 11. Names and addresses of Technical Services conducting approval tests, and of Type Approval Authorities ......................................................................................................... 13 12. (Reserved)........................................................................................................................................ 13 Annexes 1 ECE Type-Approval documentation................................................................................................ 14 Part 1 - Model Information document.............................................................................................. 14 Part 2 - Type-Approval certificate.................................................................................................... 23 2 Arrangements of approval marks..................................................................................................... 30 3 Requirements to be met by all vehicles:........................................................................................... 32 Appendix - Verification of static tilting limit by means of calculation............................................ 65 4 Explanatory diagrams....................................................................................................................... 66 5 (Reserved)........................................................................................................................................ 88 6 Guidelines for measuring the closing forces of power operated doors............................................. 89 7 Alternative requirements for vehicles of Classes A and B............................................................... 92 8 Requirements for technical devices facilitating access for passengers with reduced mobility......... 94 9 (Reserved)........................................................................................................................................ 106 10 Type Approval for separate technical units and type approval of a vehicle fitted with a bodywork already approved as a separate technical unit................................................................................... 107 11 Masses and dimensions.................................................................................................................... 108 12 Additional safety prescriptions for trolleybuses............................................................................... 116 3 E/ECE/324/Rev.2/Add.106/Rev.3 E/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev.2/Add.106/Rev.3 1. Scope 1.1. This Regulation applies to every single-deck, double-deck, rigid or 1 articulated vehicle of category M 2 or M 3 . 1.2. However, the requirements of this Regulation do not apply to the following vehicles: 1.2.1. Vehicles designed for the secure transport of persons, for example prisoners; 1.2.2. Vehicles specially designed for the carriage of injured or sick persons (ambulances); 1.2.3. Off-road vehicles. 1.2.4. Vehicles specially designed for the carriage of schoolchildren. 1.3. The requirements of this Regulation apply to the following vehicles only to the extent that they are compatible with their intended use and function: 1.3.1. Vehicles designed for use by police, security and armed forces; 1.3.2. Vehicles which contain seating intended solely for use when the vehicle is stationary, but which are not designed to carry more than 8 persons (excluding the driver) when in motion. Examples of these include mobile libraries, mobile churches and mobile hospitality units. The seats in such vehicles which are designated for use when the vehicle is in motion must be clearly identified to users. 1.4. Pending the addition of appropriate provisions, nothing in this Regulation shall prevent a Contracting Party from specifying requirements for vehicles to be registered in its territory for the fitting and technical requirements for audible and/or visual route and/or destination display equipment, whether fitted internally or externally. 2. Definitions For the purpose of this Regulation: 2.1. "Vehicle " means a vehicle of category M 2 or M 3 within the scope defined by paragraph 1. above. 2.1.1. For vehicles having a capacity exceeding 22 passengers in addition to the driver, there are three classes of vehicles: 2.1.1.1. "Class I ": vehicles constructed with areas for standing passengers, to allow frequent passenger movement. 2.1.1.2. "Class II ": vehicles constructed principally for the carriage of seated passengers, and designed to allow the carriage of standing passengers in the gangway and/or in an area which does not exceed the space provided for two double seats. 1 As defined in the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3), document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/78/Rev.2, para. 2 4 E/ECE/324/Rev.2/Add.106/Rev.3 E/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev.2/Add.106/Rev.3 2.1.1.3. "Class III ": vehicles constructed exclusively for the carriage of seated passengers. 2.1.1.4. A vehicle may be regarded as belonging in more than one Class. In such a case it may be approved for each Class to which it corresponds. 2.1.2. For vehicles having a capacity not exceeding 22 passengers in addition to the driver, there are two classes of vehicles: 2.1.2.1. "Class A ": vehicles designed to carry standing passengers; a vehicle of this class has seats and shall have provision for standing passengers. 2.1.2.2. "Class B ": vehicles not designed to carry standing passengers; a vehicle of this class has no provision for standing passengers. 2.1.3. "Articulated vehicle " means a vehicle which consists of two or more rigid sections which articulate relative to one another; the passenger compartments of each section intercommunicate so that passengers can move freely between them; the rigid sections are permanently connected so that they can only be separated by an operation involving facilities which are normally only found in a workshop; 2.1.3.1. "Double-decker articulated vehicle " means a vehicle which consists of two or more rigid sections which articulate relative to one another; the passenger compartments of each section intercommunicate on at least