Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 3/2014Show full title

Article 2 Definitions

The definitions of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 shall apply. In addition, the following definitions shall apply:

(1)

‘audible warning device’ means a device emitting an acoustic signal intended to give warning of the presence of, or a manoeuvre by, a vehicle in a dangerous road traffic situation, consisting of one or more sound emission orifices that are excited by a single power source or of several components each emitting an acoustic signal and operating simultaneously as a result of being actuated by a single control;

(2)

‘type of electrical audible warning device’ means audible warning devices not essentially differing among themselves, particularly in respect of the following aspects: trade mark or name, operating principle, type of power supply (direct current, alternating current, compressed air), outer shape of the casing, shape and dimensions of the diaphragm(s), shape or type of the sound emission orifice(s), nominal sound frequencies, nominal supply voltage and, in the case of warning devices supplied direct by an external source of compressed air, the nominal operating pressure;

(3)

‘type of mechanical audible warning device’ means audible warning devices not essentially differing among themselves, particularly in respect of the following aspects: trade mark or name, operating principle, type of actuation, outer shape and size of the bell and the internal construction;

(4)

‘type of vehicle with regard to the audible warning’ means vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as: the number of audible warning devices fitted to the vehicle, the type(s) of audible warning device(s) fitted to the vehicle, the mountings used to fit the audible warning device(s) to the vehicle, the position and orientation of the audible warning device(s) on the vehicle, the rigidity of the parts of the structure on which the audible warning device(s) is/are fitted and the shape and materials of the bodywork forming the part of the vehicle which may affect the level of the sound emitted by the audible warning device(s) and which may have a masking effect;

(5)

‘bodywork’ means the external structure of the motor vehicle which comprises of fenders, doors, pillars, side walls, roof, floor, front bulkhead, rear bulkhead and/or other external panels;

(6)

‘type of vehicle with regard to braking’ means vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as the maximum mass, the distribution of mass between the axles, the maximum vehicle design speed, the tyre sizes and wheel dimensions, as well as the design characteristics of the braking system and its components;

(7)

‘type of vehicle with regard to electrical safety’ means vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as the location of conducting parts and components of the entire electrical system installed in the vehicle, the installation of the electric powertrain and the galvanically connected high voltage bus as well as the nature and type of electric powertrain and the galvanically connected high voltage components;

(8)

‘active driving possible mode’ means the vehicle mode when application of the electric acceleration position sensor, activation of an equivalent control or release of the brake system will cause the electric powertrain to propel the vehicle;

(9)

‘barrier’ means the part providing protection against direct contact to the live parts from any direction of access;

(10)

‘conductive connection’ means the connection using connectors to an external power supply when the rechargeable energy storage system (REESS) is charged;

(11)

‘REESS’ means the rechargeable electric energy storage system that provides energy for electric propulsion;

(12)

‘coupling system for charging the REESS’ means the electrical circuit used for charging the REESS from an external electric power supply including the vehicle inlet;

(13)

‘direct contact’ means the contact of persons with live parts;

(14)

‘electrical chassis’ means a set made of conductive parts electrically linked together, whose potential is taken as reference;

(15)

‘electrical circuit’ means an assembly of connected live parts which is designed to be electrically energised in normal operation;

(16)

‘electric energy conversion system’ means a system that generates and provides electric energy for electric propulsion;

(17)

‘electric powertrain’ means the electrical circuit which includes the traction motor(s), and includes the REESS, the electric energy conversion system, the electronic converters, the associated wiring harness and connectors, and the coupling system for charging the REESS;

(18)

‘electronic converter’ means a device capable of controlling and/or converting electric power for electric propulsion;

(19)

‘enclosure’ means the part enclosing the internal units and providing protection against direct contact from any direction of access;

(20)

‘exposed conductive part’ means the conductive part which can be touched under the provisions of the protection degree IPXXB, and which becomes electrically energised under isolation failure conditions;

(21)

‘external electric power supply’ means an alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC) electric power supply outside of the vehicle;

(22)

‘high voltage’ means the classification of an electric component or circuit, if its working voltage is > 60 V and ≤ 1 500 V DC or > 30 V and ≤ 1 000 V AC root mean square (rms);

(23)

‘high voltage bus’ means the electrical circuit, including the coupling system for charging the REESS that operates on high voltage;

(24)

‘indirect contact’ means the contact of persons with exposed conductive parts;

(25)

‘live parts’ means the conductive part(s) intended to be electrically energised in normal use;

(26)

‘luggage compartment’ means the space in the vehicle for luggage accommodation, bounded by the roof, bonnet, trunk lid or rear door and floor and side walls, as well as by the barrier and enclosure provided for protecting the powertrain from direct contact with live parts, being separated from the passenger compartment by the front or rear bulkhead;

(27)

‘on-board isolation resistance monitoring system’ means the device which monitors the isolation resistance between the high voltage buses and the electrical chassis;

(28)

‘open type traction battery’ means a liquid type battery requiring refilling with water and generating hydrogen gas released to the atmosphere;

(29)

‘passenger compartment’ means the space for occupant accommodation, bounded by the roof, floor, side walls, doors, window glass, front bulkhead and rear bulkhead, or rear gate, as well as by the barriers and enclosures provided for protecting the powertrain from direct contact with live parts;

(30)

‘protection degree’ means the protection provided by a barrier or enclosure related to the contact with live parts by a test probe, such as a jointed test finger (IPXXB) or a test wire access probe (IPXXD);

(31)

‘service disconnect’ means the device for deactivation of the electrical circuit for the purpose of servicing or checking electrical components such as the REESS and fuel cell stack;

(32)

‘solid insulator’ means the insulation coating of wiring harnesses insulating live parts against direct contact from any direction of access, covers insulating live parts of connectors, as well as varnish or paint applied for the purpose of insulation;

(33)

‘working voltage’ means the highest value of an electrical circuit voltage root-mean-square (rms) as specified by the vehicle manufacturer for each separate and galvanically isolated circuit, which may occur between any conductive parts in open circuit conditions or under normal operating condition;

(34)

‘type of vehicle with regard to endurance’ means vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as the overall design characteristics as well as the vehicle and component manufacturing and assembly facilities as well as their quality control and assurance procedures;

(35)

‘type of vehicle with regard to front and rear protective structure’ means vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as the shape and location of structures, parts and components located at the front and rear of the vehicle;

(36)

‘projection’ means the dimension of an edge as determined in accordance with paragraph 2 of Annex 3 to UNECE regulation No 26(1);

(37)

‘floor line’ means the line as defined in paragraph 2.4 of UNECE regulation No 26;

(38)

‘vehicle structure’ means parts of the vehicle, including bodywork, components, fenders, brackets, linkage, tyres, wheels, wheel guards and glazing, comprised of material with a hardness of at least 60 Shore (A);

(39)

‘type of vehicle with regard to glazing, windscreen wipers and washers, and defrosting and demisting systems’ means vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as the shape, size, thickness and characteristics of the windscreen and its mounting, the characteristics of the wiper and washer system and the characteristics of the defrosting and demisting systems;

(40)

‘windscreen wiper system’ means the system consisting of a device for wiping the outer face of the windscreen, together with the accessories and controls necessary for starting and stopping the device;

(41)

‘wiper field’ means the area(s) on the windscreen wiped by the wiper blade(s) when the wiper system is operating under normal conditions;

(42)

‘windscreen washer system’ means the system consisting of devices for storing, transferring and aiming fluid towards the outer face of the windscreen, together with the controls necessary for starting and stopping the device;

(43)

‘washer control’ means the device by which the windscreen washer system is manually activated and deactivated;

(44)

‘washer pump’ means a device for transferring fluid from the washer system storage reservoir to the outer face of the windscreen;

(45)

‘nozzle’ means a device which serves to direct fluid onto the windscreen;

(46)

‘fully primed (system)’ means a system which has been activated normally for a period of time and where fluid has been transferred through the pump and tubing, and has exited the nozzle(s);

(47)

‘cleaned area’ means the previously soiled area which does not have any traces of drops and remaining dirt after it has dried completely;

(48)

‘vision area A’ means test area A as defined in paragraph 2.2 of Annex 18 to UNECE regulation 43(2);

(49)

‘vehicle master control switch’ means the device by which the vehicle’s on-board electronics system is brought from being switched off, as is the case when a vehicle is parked without the driver being present, to normal operation mode;

(50)

‘type of vehicle with regard to identification of controls, tell-tales and indicators’ means vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as the number, location and design characteristics of controls, tell-tales and indicators, and the tolerances of the speedometer’s measuring mechanism, technical constant of the speedometer, range of speeds displayed, overall transmission ratio, including any reduction drives, to the speedometer and the minimum and maximum tyre size designations;

(51)

‘control’ means any part of the vehicle or component directly actuated by the driver which causes a change in the state or operation of the vehicle or one of the parts thereof;

(52)

‘tell-tale’ means an optical signal which indicates the actuation of a device, correct or defective functioning or condition, or failure to function;

(53)

‘indicator’ means a device providing information on the proper functioning or state of a system or part of a system, such as the level or temperature of a fluid;

(54)

‘speedometer’ means a device indicating to the driver the speed of the vehicle at any given moment;

(55)

‘odometer’ means a device that indicates the distance travelled by a vehicle;

(56)

‘symbol’ means a diagram from which to identify a control, a tell-tale or an indicator;

(57)

‘common space’ means a specific area on which more than one tell-tale, indicator, symbol or other information may be displayed;

(58)

‘type of vehicle with regard to installation of lighting’ means vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as the dimensions and outer shape of the vehicle, as well as the number, location and design characteristics of the installed lighting devices and light-signalling devices;

(59)

‘lighting device’ means a type-approved lamp or type-approved retro-reflector;

(60)

‘light-signalling device’ means a lighting device which may be used for signalling;

(61)

‘single (lighting device)’ means a lighting device or part of a device, having one function and one illuminating surface and one or more light sources; it may also mean any assembly of two independent or grouped lighting devices, whether identical or not, having the same function, if they are installed in such a way that the projections of the light-emitting surfaces of the lighting devices on a given transverse plane occupy not less than 60 % of the smallest rectangle circumscribing the projections of the said light-emitting surfaces;

(62)

‘light-emitting surface’ of a lighting device means all or part of the exterior surface of the translucent material, as stated in the component type-approval documentation; this may include or entirely consist of the illuminating surface and may also include the area which is completely circumscribed by the lighting device;

(63)

‘illuminating surface’ of a lighting device means the surface as defined in paragraph 2.7 of UNECE regulation No 53(3);

(64)

‘independent (lighting device)’ means a lighting device having a separate illuminating surface, light source and lamp body;

(65)

‘grouped (lighting devices)’ means lighting devices having separate illuminating surfaces and light sources, but a common lamp body;

(66)

‘combined (lighting devices)’ means lighting devices having separate illuminating surfaces but a common light source and a common lamp body;

(67)

‘reciprocally incorporated (lighting devices)’ means lighting devices having separate light sources or a single light source operating under different conditions (e.g. optical, mechanical or electrical differences), totally or partially common illuminating surfaces and a common lamp body;

(68)

‘driving-beam headlamp’ means a device used to illuminate the road over a long distance ahead of the vehicle (main beam);

(69)

‘passing-beam headlamp’ means a device used to illuminate the road ahead of the vehicle without causing undue dazzle or discomfort to oncoming drivers or other road users (dipped beam);

(70)

‘front position lamp’ means a device used to indicate the presence of the vehicle when viewed from the front;

(71)

‘daytime running lamp’ means a lamp facing in a forward direction used to make the vehicle more easily visible when driving during daytime;

(72)

‘front fog lamp’ means a device used to improve the illumination of the road in case of fog, snowfall, rainstorms or dust clouds;

(73)

‘direction indicator lamp’ means a device used to indicate to other road users that the driver intends to change direction to the right or the left;

(74)

‘hazard warning signal’ means the simultaneous operation of all of a vehicle’s direction indicator lamps to draw attention to the fact that the vehicle temporarily constitutes a special danger to other road users;

(75)

‘stop lamp’ means a device used to indicate to other road users to the rear of the vehicle that the latter’s driver is applying the service brake;

(76)

‘rear position lamp’ means a device used to indicate the presence of the vehicle when viewed from the rear;

(77)

‘rear fog lamp’ means a device used to render the vehicle more readily visible from the rear in the event of fog, snowfall, rainstorms or dust clouds;

(78)

‘reversing lamp’ means a device used to illuminate the road to the rear of the vehicle and to warn other road users that the vehicle is reversing or about to reverse;

(79)

‘rear registration plate lamp’ means a device used to illuminate the space intended to accommodate the rear registration plate that consists of one or several optical elements;

(80)

‘retro-reflector’ means a device used to indicate the presence of a vehicle by the reflection of light emanating from a light source not connected to the vehicle, the observer being situated near that source, excluding retro-reflecting registration plates or speed limitation plates;

(81)

‘rear retro-reflector’ means a retro-reflector device used to indicate the presence of the vehicle when viewed from the rear;

(82)

‘side retro-reflector’ means a retro-reflector device used to indicate the presence of the vehicle when viewed from the side;

(83)

‘side marker lamp’ means a device used to indicate the presence of the vehicle when viewed from the side;

(84)

‘reference axis’ means the characteristic axis of a device as stated in the component type-approval documentation for use as the direction of reference (H = 0°, V = 0°) for angles of field for photometric measurements and when fitting the lamp on the vehicle;

(85)

‘reference centre’ means the intersection of the reference axis with the light-emitting surface, the centre of reference being specified by the manufacturer of the lighting device;

(86)

‘geometric visibility’ means the angles which determine the square field in which the light-emitting surface of the lighting device is completely visible when the relevant angles (α vertical and β horizontal) are measured at the outward contour of the apparent surface and the lamp is observed from afar. However, if any obstacles is located within this field and partly obscuring the light-emitting surface, it may be accepted where it is proven that, even with such obstructions, the photometric values prescribed for the type-approval of the lighting device as component are complied with;

(87)

‘longitudinal median plane of the vehicle’ means the plane of symmetry of the vehicle or, if the vehicle is not symmetrical, the vertical longitudinal plane passing through the middle of the vehicle axles;

(88)

‘operating tell-tale’ means a visual, auditory or any other equivalent signal indicating that a lighting-device has been switched on and whether or not it is operating correctly;

(89)

‘closed-circuit tell-tale’ means a tell-tale indicating that a device has been switched on, but not indicating whether it is operating correctly or not;

(90)

‘type of vehicle with regard to rearward visibility’ means vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as the dimensions and external shape of the vehicle as well as the number, location and design characteristics of the installed devices for indirect vision;

(91)

‘type of vehicle with regard to roll-over protection structure’ means vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as the structure on the vehicle, the essential purpose of which is to mitigate or avoid risk of severe injury to the vehicle’s occupants resulting from a roll-over of the vehicle during normal use;

(92)

‘zone of clearance’ means the space occupied by a 50th percentile male manikin represented by the Hybrid III anthropomorphic test device in normal seating position on all seating positions;

(93)

‘type of vehicle with regard to safety belt anchorages and safety belts’ means vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as the main vehicle construction and design characteristics as well as that of the safety belt anchorages and the number, location and configuration of fitted safety belts;

(94)

‘adjustment system’ means the device enabling the parts of the seat to be adjusted in order to achieve a seating position that is adapted to the occupant’s morphology, including longitudinal, vertical and/or angular adjustments;

(95)

‘displacement system’ means an adjustment and locking system including a folding seatback fitted to seats in front of other seats, enabling passengers to access and exit from such rear seats when there are no doors adjacent to that rear seating row;

(96)

‘saddle’ means a seating position where the rider or passenger sits astride;

(97)

‘seat’ means a seating position which is not a saddle and which has a seat back offering support for the driver’s or passenger’s back;

(98)

‘seat back’ means a structural element behind the seating position’s R-point at a height of more than 450 mm measured from the vertical plane passing through the R-point against which the back of a seated person can rest completely;

(99)

‘50th percentile male manikin’ means a physical anthropomorphic test device possessing specified dimensions and masses or a virtual model, both representing the body of an average male human;

(100)

‘actual safety belt anchorage’ means a point of the vehicle structure or the seat structure or any other part of the vehicle to which a safety belt assembly is to be physically mounted;

(101)

‘effective safety belt anchorage’ means a clearly defined point in the vehicle which has sufficiently rigid properties as to change the routing, course and direction of a safety belt which is worn by the vehicle occupant and comprises of such point which is closest to that portion of the belt which is in actual and direct contact with the wearer;

(102)

‘front seating position’ means a single foremost seating position, which may be grouped in a row of several other seating positions;

(103)

‘rear seating position’ means a single seating position located fully behind the line of a front seating position and which may be grouped in a row of several seating positions;

(104)

‘torso reference line’ means the torso line as determined by the vehicle manufacturer for each seating position and established in accordance with Annex 3 to UNECE regulation No 17(4);

(105)

‘torso angle’ means the angle between the vertical and the torso line;

(106)

‘design position’ means the position into which a device such as a seat can be adjusted so that all relevant settings correspond as closely as possible to a specified position;

(107)

‘ISOFIX’ means a system for the connection of child restraint systems to vehicles which has two vehicle rigid anchorages, two corresponding rigid attachments on the child restraint system and a means of limiting the pitch rotation of the child restraint system;

(108)

‘type of vehicle with regard to seating positions’ means vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as the shape, location and number of seats or saddles;

(109)

‘5th percentile adult female manikin’ means a physical anthropomorphic test device possessing specified dimensions and masses or a virtual model, both representing the body of a small female human;

(110)

‘type of vehicle with regard to steer-ability, cornering properties and turn-ability’ means vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as the design characteristics of the steering mechanism, reversing device and locking differentials, if such devices are fitted to the vehicle;

(111)

‘turning circle’ means the circle within which is located the projections onto the ground plane of all the points of the vehicle, excluding rear-view mirrors, when the vehicle is driven in a circle;

(112)

‘unusual vibration’ means a vibration which differs substantially from a normal and constant vibration, characterised by one or more unintended sharp increases of the amplitude of the vibration and leading to increased steering forces that are not constant and not predictable in nature;

(113)

‘type of vehicle with regard to the installation of tyres’ means vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as the types of tyre, minimum and maximum tyre size designations, wheel dimensions and off-sets as well as speed and load capabilities suitable for fitment, and the characteristics of the fitted wheel guards;

(114)

‘wheel off-set’ means the distance from the hub abutment face to the centre line of the rim;

(115)

‘temporary-use spare unit’ means a unit with a tyre different from those to be fitted to the vehicle for normal driving conditions, but intended only for temporary use under restricted driving conditions;

(116)

‘maximum load rating’ means the mass which a tyre can carry when operated in conformity with requirements governing utilisation specified by the tyre manufacturer, expressed as a load capacity index number;

(117)

‘load capacity index’ means a number linked to the maximum load rating of the tyre and relating to the definition in paragraph 2.26 of UNECE regulation No 75(5), paragraph 2.28 of UNECE regulation No 30(6), paragraph 2.27 of UNECE regulation No 54(7) and paragraph 2.28 of UNECE regulation No 106(8);

(118)

‘speed category symbol’ means the symbol defined in paragraph 2.28 of UNECE regulation No 75, paragraph 2.29 of UNECE regulation No 30, paragraph 2.28 of UNECE regulation No 54 and paragraph 2.29 of UNECE regulation No 106;

(119)

‘type of vehicle with regard to maximum speed limitation plate and its location on the vehicle’ means vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as the maximum design vehicle speed and the material, orientation, and design characteristics of the maximum speed limitation plate;

(120)

‘virtually flat surface’ means a surface of solid material, with a radius of curvature of at least 5 000 mm;

(121)

‘vehicle type with regard to interior fittings and doors’ means vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as the design characteristics of the vehicle’s interior fittings, number and location of seats and doors;

(122)

‘level of the instrument panel’ means the line defined by the points of contact of vertical tangents to the instrument panel or at the level of the horizontal plane coinciding with the R-point of the seating position of the driver where the latter is located higher than a tangent contact point in question;

(123)

‘contactable edges’ means edges which can be contacted by the surface of a testing apparatus and can consist of structures, elements or components located anywhere in the vehicle, including but not limited to the passenger compartment floor, sides, doors, windows, roof, roof pillars, roof ribs, sun visors, instrument panel, steering control, seats, head restraints, safety belts, levers, knobs, covers, compartments and lights;

(124)

‘door’ means any structure or material which has to be opened, displaced, folded, unzipped, slid away or manipulated in any other way in order for a person to enter or leave the vehicle;

(125)

‘door centre’ means the dimensional location in a vertical plane parallel to the longitudinal median plane of the vehicle which coincides with the centre of gravity of the door;

(126)

‘vehicle type with regard to maximum continuous rated or net power and/or vehicle speed limitation by design’ means vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as the maximum continuous power output of the electric motor(s) and/or engine, the vehicle maximum design speed and the design characteristics of devices and methodology employed to effectively limit the vehicle’s achievable maximum speed and/or power output;

(127)

‘vehicle type with regard to structural integrity’ means vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as the design characteristics of the mechanical connections, such as welds and threaded connections, as well as the frame, chassis and/or body of the vehicle and the manner in which it is secured.

(1)

OJ L 215, 14.8.2010, p. 27.

(2)

OJ L 230, 31.8.2010, p. 119.

(3)

OJ L 166, 18.6.2013, p. 55.

(4)

OJ L 230, 31.8.2010, p. 81.

(5)

OJ L 84, 30.3.2011, p. 46.

(6)

OJ L 307, 23.11.2011, p. 1.

(7)

OJ L 307, 23.11.2011, p. 2.

(8)

OJ L 257, 30.9.2010, p. 231.