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The dimensions of the reflecting surface must be such that it is possible to inscribe thereon a rectangle one side of which is 4 cm and the other ‘ a ’ cm in length, where
a rectangle 4 cm high the base length of which, measured in centimetres, has the value ‘ a ’ ;
a segment which is parallel to the height of the rectangle and the length of which, expressed in centimetres, has the value ‘ b ’ .
Class of rear-view mirror | Categories of vehicles for which the rear-view mirrors are designed | a | b |
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II | M 2 , M 3 , N 2 and N 3 | 20 | |
III | [F2M 1 , N 1 and N 2] N 3 (if the requirements of item 2.1.3 of Annex III are applicable) | 7 |
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The contours of the reflecting surface must be of simple geometric form and its dimensions such that it provides, if necessary in conjunction with a Class II exterior rear-view mirror, the field of vision specified in item 5.4 of Annex III.
The contours of the reflecting surface must be of simple geometric form and its dimensions such that the mirror provides the field of vision specified in item 5.5 of Annex III.
If the reflecting surface has two positions ( ‘ day ’ and ‘ night ’ ) the ‘ day ’ position must allow the colours of the signals used for road traffic to be recognized. The value of the normal coefficient of reflection in the ‘ night ’ position must be not less than 4 %.
This derogation also applies to the attachments of rear-view mirrors (attachment plates, arms, swivel joints, etc.) which are situated less than 2 m from the ground and which do not project beyond the overall width of the vehicle, measured in the transverse plane passing through the lowest rear-view mirror attachments or any other point forward of this plane if this configuration produces a greater overall width.
In such cases, a description specifying that the rear-view mirror must be mounted so as to conform with the abovementioned conditions for the positioning of its attachments on the vehicle must be provided.
Where advantage is taken of this derogation, the arm shall be indelibly marked with the symbol and the type-approval certificate shall be endorsed to this effect.
The end of the pendulum comprises a hammer formed by a rigid sphere with a diameter of 165 ± 1 mm having a 5-mm-thick rubber covering of Shore A hardness 50.
A device is provided which permits determination of the maximum angle assumed by the arm in the plane of release.
A support firmly fixed to the structure of the pendulum serves to hold the specimens in compliance with the impact requirements specified in item 4.2.2.6.
Figure 1 below gives the dimensions of the test rig and the special design specifications.
The displacement must be no greater than is strictly necessary for the execution of the test; it must be limited in such a way that:
either the sphere delimiting the hammer remains at least tangential to the cylinder as defined in paragraph 1.4;
or the point of contact with the hammer is located at least 10 mm from the periphery of the reflecting surface.
Test 1: The points of impact shall be as defined in item 4.2.2.3. The impact must be such that the hammer strikes the rear-view mirror on the reflecting surface side.
Test 2: Point of impact on the edge of the protective housing, such that the impact produced makes an angle of 45 ° with the plane of the reflecting surface and is situated in the horizontal plane passing through the centre of that surface. The impact must occur on the reflecting surface side.
Test 1: The point of impact shall be as defined in item 4.2.2.3 or 4.2.2.4. The impact must be such that the hammer strikes the rear-view mirror on the reflecting surface side.
Test 2: The point of impact shall be as defined in item 4.2.2.3 or 4.2.2.4. The impact must be such that the hammer strikes the rear-view mirror on the side opposite to the reflecting surface.
Where Class II or III rear-view mirrors are fixed to the same mounting as Class IV rear-view mirrors, the abovementioned tests shall be executed on the lower mirror. Nevertheless, the technical service responsible for testing may repeat one or both of these tests on the upper mirror if this is less than 2 m from the ground.
The protective housing is placed horizontally in a device in such a way that the adjustment parts of the mounting can be clamped securely. In the direction of the greatest dimension of the housing, the end nearest to the point of fixing on the adjustment part is immobilized by means of a fixed stop 15 mm wide covering the entire width of the housing.
At the other end, a stop identical to the one described above is placed on the housing so that the specified test load can be applied to it (Figure 2).
The end of the housing opposite that at which the force is applied may be clamped instead of simply blocked, as shown in Figure 2.
The accuracy of measurement of the angle shall be within ± 1 °.
The apparatus shall consist of a light source, a holder for the test sample, a receiver unit with a photo-detector and an indicating meter (see Figure 1), and means of eliminating the effects of extraneous light.
The receiver may incorporate a light-integrating sphere to facilitate measuring the reflectance of non-flat (convex) mirrors (see Figure 2).
The light source shall consist of a CIE standard source A and associated optics to provide a near-collimated light beam. A voltage stabilizer is recommended in order to maintain a fixed lamp voltage during instrument operation.
The receiver shall have a photodetector with a spectral response proportional to the photopic luminosity function of the CIE (1931) standard colorimetric observer (see table). Any other combination of illuminant-filter-receptor giving the overall equivalent of CIE standard illuminant A and photopic vision may be used. When an integrating sphere is used in the receiver, the interior surface of the sphere shall be coated with a matt (diffusive) spectrally non-selective white coating.
The angle of the incident beam (Θ) should preferably be 0,44 ± 0,09 rad (25 ± 5°) from the perpendicular to the test surface and shall not exceed the upper limit of the tolerance (i.e. 0,53 rad or 30°). The axis of the receptor shall make an angle (Θ) with this perpendicular equal to that of the incident beam (see Figure 1). The incident beam upon arrival at the test surface shall have a diameter of not less than 19 mm (0,75 in.). The reflected beam shall not be wider than the sensitive area of the photodetector, shall not cover less than 50 % of such area, and as nearly as possible shall cover the same area segment as used during instrument calibration.
When an integrating sphere is used in the receiver section, the sphere shall have a minimum diameter of 127 mm (5 in.). The sample and incident beam apertures in the sphere wall shall be of such a size as to admit the entire incident and reflected light beams. The photodetector shall be so located as not to receive direct light from either the incident or the reflected beam.
The photodetector output as read on the indicating meter shall be a linear function of the light intensity of the photsensitive area. Means (electrical and/or optical) shall be provided to facilitate zeroing and calibration adjustments. Such means shall not affect the linearity or the spectral characteristics of the instrument. The accuracy of the receptor-indicator unit shall be within ± 2 % of full scale, or ± 10 % of the magnitude of the reading, whichever is the smaller.
The mechanism shall be capable of locating the test sample so that the axes of the source arm and receptor intersect at the reflecting surface. The reflecting surface may lie within or at either face of the mirror sample, depending on whether it is a first-surface, second-surface or prismatic ‘ flip ’ -type mirror.
In the direct calibration method, air is used as the reference standard. This method is applicable for those instruments which are so constructed as to permit calibration at the 100 % point by swinging the receiver to a position directly on the axis of the light source (see Figure 1).
It may be desired in some cases (such as when measuring low-reflectivity surfaces) to use an intermediate calibration point (between 0 and 100 % on the scale) with this method. In these cases, a neutral density filter of known transmittance shall be inserted in the optical path, and the calibration control shall then be adjusted until the meter reads the percentage transmission of the neutral density filter. This filter shall be removed before reflectivity measurements are performed.
The indirect calibration method is applicable in the case of instruments with fixed source and receiver geometry. A properly calibrated and maintained reflectance standard is required. This reference standard should preferably be a flat mirror with a reflectance value as near as possible to that of the test samples.
The reflectance of flat mirror samples can be measured on instruments employing either the direct or the indirect calibration method. The reflectance value is read directly from the indicating meter.
Measurement of the reflectance of non-flat (convex) mirrors requires the use of instruments which incorporate an integrating sphere in the receiver unit (see Figure 2). If the instrument indicating meter indicates n e divisions with a standard mirror of E % reflectance, then, with a mirror of unknown reflectance, n x divisions will correspond to a reflectance of X %, in accordance with the formula:
This table is taken from CIE publication 50 (45) (1970)
b Changed in 1966 from 3 to 2. | |||
λ nm | (λ) | (λ) | (λ) |
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380 | 0,001 4 | 0,000 0 | 0,006 5 |
390 | 0,004 2 | 0,000 1 | 0,020 1 |
400 | 0,014 3 | 0,000 4 | 0,067 9 |
410 | 0,043 5 | 0,001 2 | 0,207 4 |
420 | 0,134 4 | 0,004 0 | 0,645 6 |
430 | 0,283 9 | 0,011 6 | 1,385 6 |
440 | 0,348 3 | 0,023 0 | 1,747 1 |
450 | 0,336 2 | 0,038 0 | 1,772 1 |
460 | 0,290 8 | 0,060 0 | 1,669 2 |
470 | 0,195 4 | 0,091 0 | 1,287 6 |
480 | 0,095 6 | 0,139 0 | 0,813 0 |
490 | 0,032 0 | 0,208 0 | 0,465 2 |
500 | 0,004 9 | 0,323 0 | 0,272 0 |
510 | 0,009 3 | 0,503 0 | 0,158 2 |
520 | 0,063 3 | 0,710 0 | 0,078 2 |
530 | 0,165 5 | 0,862 0 | 0,042 2 |
540 | 0,290 4 | 0,954 0 | 0,020 3 |
550 | 0,433 4 | 0,995 0 | 0,008 7 |
560 | 0,594 5 | 0,995 0 | 0,003 9 |
570 | 0,762 1 | 0,952 0 | 0,002 1 |
580 | 0,916 3 | 0,870 0 | 0,001 7 |
590 | 1,026 3 | 0,757 0 | 0,001 1 |
600 | 1,062 2 | 0,631 0 | 0,000 8 |
610 | 1,002 6 | 0,503 0 | 0,000 3 |
621 | 0,854 4 | 0,381 0 | 0,000 2 |
630 | 0,642 4 | 0,265 0 | 0,000 0 |
640 | 0,447 9 | 0,175 0 | 0,000 0 |
650 | 0,283 5 | 0,107 0 | 0,000 0 |
660 | 0,164 9 | 0,061 0 | 0,000 0 |
670 | 0,087 4 | 0,032 0 | 0,000 0 |
680 | 0,046 8 | 0,017 0 | 0,000 0 |
690 | 0,022 7 | 0,008 2 | 0,000 0 |
700 | 0,011 4 | 0,004 1 | 0,000 0 |
710 | 0,005 8 | 0,002 1 | 0,000 0 |
720 | 0,002 9 | 0,001 0 | 0,000 0 |
730 | 0,001 4 | 0,000 5 | 0,000 0 |
740 | 0,000 7 | 0,000 2 b | 0,000 0 |
750 | 0,000 3 | 0,000 1 | 0,000 0 |
760 | 0,000 2 | 0,000 1 | 0,000 0 |
770 | 0,000 1 | 0,000 0 | 0,000 0 |
780 | 0,000 0 | 0,000 0 | 0,000 0 |
Specimens of a type of rear-view mirror submitted for EEC component type-approval must bear the applicant's clearly visible and indelible trade mark or name and must allow sufficient space for the inscription of the EEC component type-approval mark; this space must be indicated in the diagrams referred to in item 1.2.2.
Textual Amendments
F3 Substituted by Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties.
F4 Inserted by Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded (94/C 241/08).
F5 Substituted by Decision of the Council of the European Union of 1 January 1995 adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of new Member States to the European Union (95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC).
F6 Inserted by Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded.
F7 Inserted by Council Directive 2006/96/EC of 20 November 2006 adapting certain Directives in the field of free movement of goods, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania.
The rear-view mirror bearing the EEC component type-approval mark shown above is a Class I mirror (interior rear-view), which has been type-approved in France (e2) under the number 02 * 35.
The rear-view mirror bearing the EEC component type-approval mark shown above is a Class II mirror (exterior rear-view), which has been type-approved in the Netherlands (e4) under the number 02 * 187.
The rear-view mirror bearing the EEC component type-approval mark shown above is a Class V mirror (exterior rear-view ‘ reversing ’ ) which has been type-approved in Greece (eGR) under the number 02 * 39.
The rear-view mirror bearing the EEC component type-approval mark shown above is a Class IV mirror (exterior rear-view ‘ wide-angle ’ ), which has been type-approved in Italy (e3) under the number 02 * 1248.
[F1Definitions taken from CIE publication 50 (45), International Electronical Vocabulary, Group 45: Lighting.]
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