Annex A — Definitions Overeenkomst betreffende de vaststelling van mondiale technische reglementen voor wielvoertuigen, uitrustingsstukken en onderdelen die kunnen worden aangebracht en/of gebruikt op wielvoertuigen
Definitions
For the purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:
1. With regard to the global technical regulations developed under this Agreement, the term ``accept" means the action by a Contracting Party of allowing the entry of products that comply with a global technical regulation into its market without having adopted that global technical regulation into its respective laws and regulations.
2. With regard to the global technical regulations developed under this Agreement, the term ``adopt" means the promulgation of a global technical regulation into the laws and regulations of a Contracting Party.
3. With regard to the global technical regulations developed under this Agreement, the term ``apply" means the action of requiring compliance with a global technical regulation by a Contracting Party as of a certain date; in other words, the effective date of the regulation within a Contracting Party's jurisdiction.
4. The term ``Article" means an article of this Agreement.
5. The term ``consensus vote" means a vote on a matter in which no Contracting Party present and voting objects to the matter in accordance with paragraph 7.2. of Article 7 of Annex B.
6. The term ``Contracting Party" means any country, or regional economic integration organization, that is a Contracting Party to this Agreement.
7. The term ``equipment and parts which can be fitted and/or be used on wheeled vehicles" means equipment or parts whose characteristics have a bearing on safety, environmental protection, energy efficiency, or anti-theft performance. Such equipment and parts include, but are not limited to, exhaust systems, tyres, engines, acoustic shields, anti-theft alarms, warning devices, and child restraint systems.
8. The term ``established global technical regulation" means a global technical regulation that has been placed on the Global Registry in accordance with this Agreement.
9. The term ``listed technical regulation" means a national or regional technical regulation that has been placed on the Compendium of Candidates in accordance with this Agreement.
10. The term ``manufacturer self-certification" means a Contracting Party's legal requirement that a manufacturer of wheeled vehicles, equipment and/or parts which can be fitted and/or be used on wheeled vehicles must certify that each vehicle, item of equipment or part that the manufacturer introduces into commerce satisfies specific technical requirements.
11. The term ``regional economic integration organization" means an organization which is constituted by, and composed of, sovereign countries, and which has competence in respect of matters covered by this Agreement, including the authority to make decisions binding on all of its Member Countries in respect of those matters.
12. The term ``Secretary-General" means the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
13. The term ``transparent procedures" means procedures designed to promote the public awareness of and participation in the regulatory development process under this Agreement. They shall include the publication of:
1. notices of meetings of the Working Parties and of the Executive Committee; and
2. working and final documents.
They shall also include the opportunity to have views and arguments represented at:
1. meetings of Working Parties through organizations granted consultative status; and
2. meetings of Working Parties and of the Executive Committee through pre-meeting consulting with representatives of Contracting Parties.
14. The term ``type approval" means written approval of a Contracting Party (or competent authority designated by a Contracting Party) that a vehicle and/or any item of equipment and/or part that can be fitted and/or be used on a vehicle, satisfies specific technical requirements, and is used as a precondition to the introduction of the vehicle, equipment or part into commerce.
15. The term ``UN/ECE Regulations" means United Nations/Economic Commission for Europe Regulations adopted under the 1958 Agreement.
16. The term ``Working Party" means a specialized technical subsidiary body under the ECE whose function is to develop recommendations regarding the establishment of harmonized or new global technical regulations for inclusion in the Global Registry and to consider amendments to the global technical regulations established in the Global Registry.
17. The term ``1958 Agreement" means the 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.
- Regeling
- Overeenkomst betreffende de vaststelling van mondiale technische reglementen voor wielvoertuigen, uitrustingsstukken en onderdelen die kunnen worden aangebracht en/of gebruikt op wielvoertuigen
- Afkortingen
- VN wielvoertuigen
- Soort
- Verdrag
- Geldend vanaf
- 05-03-2002
- BWB-id
- BWBV0001512
- Versie
- 2002-03-05_0