CHAPTER 3PRE-ENGAGEMENT

Article 23Pre-engagement file

The pre-engagement file accompanying the pre-engagement application shall contain the following:

  1. (a)

    a description of the vehicle type and/or vehicle to be authorised, including where applicable the intended variants and/or versions, and a description of the tasks and activities to develop it;

  2. (b)

    the applicant's choice of the authorising entity and of the authorisation case or cases pursuant to Article 14;

  3. (c)

    a specification of the intended area of use;

  4. (d)

    a specification of the anticipated conditions for use of the vehicle and other restrictions identified pursuant to Article 20;

  5. (e)

    the applicant's planning for its part of the vehicle authorisation process, including the planning that covers tests on the network, when applicable;

  6. (f)

    an identification of the methodology for the process for the requirements capture in accordance with Article 13;

  7. (g)

    the list of the rules and requirements identified by the applicant as those that are to be applied in accordance with Article 17 to Article 18;

  8. (h)

    a list of the identified conformity assessments pursuant to Article 21, including the modules to be applied and the use of Intermediate Statements of Verification (‘ISV’), where applicable;

  9. (i)

    a description of the practical arrangements to use the vehicle for tests on the network, where applicable;

  10. (j)

    a list of the content of the documentation that the applicant anticipates to submit to the authorising entity and the concerned NSAs for the area of use for the vehicle type authorisation and/or vehicle authorisation for placing on the market;

  11. (k)

    a proposal concerning the language to be used for the vehicle authorisation process pursuant to Article 10;

  12. (l)

    a description of the applicant's organisation for its part of the vehicle authorisation process including but not limited to the applicant's contact information, contact persons information, requests for setting up coordination and meetings with the authorising entity and the concerned NSAs for the area of use.