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Commission Decision of 23 December 2003 on the technical prescriptions for the implementation of Article 3 of Directive 2003/102/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the protection of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users before and in the event of a collision with a motor vehicle and amending Directive 70/156/EEC (notified under document number C(2003) 5041) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/90/EC)
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CHAPTER IU.K.General conditions applicable
1.Complete vehicleU.K.
1.1.Tests on complete vehicles shall comply with the conditions detailed in paragraphs 1.1.1, 1.1.2 and 1.1.3.U.K.
1.1.1.The vehicle shall be in its normal ride attitude and shall be either securely mounted on raised supports or at rest on a flat surface with the hand brake on.U.K.
1.1.2.All devices designed to protect vulnerable road users shall be correctly activated before and/or be active during the appropriate test. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant for approval to show that the devices will act as intended in a pedestrian impact.U.K.
1.1.3.Any vehicle component which could change shape or position, such as ‘pop-up’ headlights, other than active devices to protect pedestrians, shall be set to a shape or position that the test institutes in consultation with the manufacturer consider to be the most appropriate, for these tests.U.K.
2.Subsystem of vehicleU.K.
2.1.Where only a subsystem of the vehicle is supplied for tests, it shall comply with the conditions detailed in paragraphs 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3 and 2.1.4.U.K.
2.1.1.All the parts of the vehicle structure and under bonnet components or behind windscreen components that may be involved in a frontal impact with a vulnerable road user shall be included in the test to demonstrate the performance and interactions of all the contributory vehicle components.U.K.
2.1.2.The vehicle subsystem shall be securely mounted in the normal vehicle ride attitude.U.K.
2.1.3.All devices designed to protect vulnerable road users shall be correctly activated before and/or be active during the appropriate test. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant for approval to show that the devices will act as intended in a pedestrian impact.U.K.
2.1.4.Any vehicle component which could change shape or position, such as ‘pop-up’ headlights, other than active devices to protect pedestrians, shall be set to a shape or position that the test institutes in consultation with the manufacturer consider to be the most appropriate, for these tests.U.K.
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