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Regulation No 107 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UNECE) — Uniform provisions concerning the approval of category M2 or M3 vehicles with regard to their general construction [2015/922]

Regulation No 107 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UNECE) — Uniform provisions concerning the approval of category M
2
or M
3
vehicles with regard to their general construction [2015/922]
1. SCOPE
2. DEFINITIONS
3. APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL
4. APPROVAL
5. REQUIREMENTS
6. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF APPROVAL OF A VEHICLE OR BODYWORK TYPE
7. CONFORMITY OF PRODUCTION
8. PENALTIES FOR NON-CONFORMITY OF PRODUCTION
9. PRODUCTION DEFINITIVELY DISCONTINUED
10. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
11. NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF TECHNICAL SERVICES RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING APPROVAL TESTS AND OF TYPE APPROVAL AUTHORITIES
12. RESERVED
ANNEX 1
PART 1
Appendix 1
Approval documentation — Model Information documents
MODEL INFORMATION DOCUMENT
pursuant to Regulation No 107 relating to type approval of category M
2
or M
3
vehicles with regard to their general construction
1. GENERAL
2. GENERAL CONSTRUCTION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VEHICLE
3. MASSES AND DIMENSIONS (e) (IN kg AND mm) (REFER TO DRAWING WHERE APPLICABLE)
4. BODYWORK
5. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR VEHICLES USED FOR THE CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS COMPRISING MORE THAN EIGHT SEATS IN ADDITION TO THE DRIVER'S SEAT
6. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR TROLLEYBUSES
6.2. Vehicle
6.3. Electric motor
6.4. Power electronics
6.6. Current collector
6.6.2. Operation of current collector
Appendix 2
MODEL INFORMATION DOCUMENT
relating to Regulation No 107 relating to type approval of bodywork for category M
2
or M
3
vehicles with regard to their general construction
1. GENERAL
2. GENERAL CONSTRUCTION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VEHICLE
3. MASSES AND DIMENSIONS (e) (IN kg AND mm) (REFER TO DRAWING WHERE APPLICABLE)
4. BODYWORK
5. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR VEHICLES USED FOR THE CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS COMPRISING MORE THAN EIGHT SEATS IN ADDITION TO THE DRIVER'S SEAT
6. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR TROLLEYBUSES
6.2. Vehicle
6.3. Electric motor
6.4. Power electronics
6.6. Current collector
Appendix 3
MODEL INFORMATION DOCUMENT
pursuant to Regulation No 107 relating to type approval of a M
2
or M
3
vehicle where the bodywork has previously obtained the type approval as a separate technical unit, with respect to its general construction
1. GENERAL
2. GENERAL CONSTRUCTION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VEHICLE
3. MASSES AND DIMENSIONS (e) (IN kg AND mm) (REFER TO DRAWING WHERE APPLICABLE)
4. [RESERVED]
5. [RESERVED]
6. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR TROLLEYBUSES
6.2. Vehicle
6.3. Electric motor
6.4. Power electronics
6.6. Current collector
PART 2
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
ANNEX 2
ARRANGEMENTS OF APPROVAL MARKS
MODEL A
(See paragraph 4.4 of this Regulation)
MODEL B
(See paragraph 4.5 of this Regulation)
MODEL C
(See paragraph 4.4.3 of this Regulation)
ANNEX 3
REQUIREMENTS TO BE MET BY ALL VEHICLES
1.-6. (RESERVED)
7. REQUIREMENTS
7.1 General
7.2. Masses and dimensions
7.2.2. Area available for passengers.
7.2.3. Marking of vehicles
7.3. Prevention of accidents
7.4. Stability test
7.5. Protection against fire risks
7.5.1. Engine compartment
7.5.2. Electrical equipment and wiring
7.5.3. Batteries
7.5.4. Fire extinguishers and first-aid equipment
7.5.5. Materials
7.5.6. Fire detection
7.6. Exits
7.6.1. Number of exits
7.6.2. Positioning of exits
7.6.3. Minimum dimensions of exits
7.6.4. Technical requirements for all service doors
7.6.5. Additional technical requirements for power-operated service doors
7.6.6. Additional technical requirements for automatically-operated service doors
7.6.6.1. Activation of the opening controls.
7.6.6.2. Opening of automatically-operated service doors.
7.6.6.3. Closing of automatically-operated service doors.
7.6.6.4. Inhibition of the automatic closing process on doors marked for special service, e.g. for passengers with prams, passengers with reduced mobility, etc.
7.6.7. Technical requirements for emergency doors
7.6.8. Technical requirements for emergency windows.
7.6.9. Technical requirements for escape hatches.
7.6.10. Technical requirements for retractable steps
7.6.11. Safety signs
7.6.12. Service-door lighting
7.7. Interior arrangements
7.7.1. Access to service doors (see Annex 4, Figure l)
7.7.2. Access to emergency doors (see Annex 4, Figure 5)
7.7.3. Access to emergency windows
7.7.4. Access to escape hatches
7.7.4.1. Escape hatches in the roof
7.7.4.2. Escape hatches in the floor.
7.7.5. Gangways (see Annex 4, Figure 6)
7.7.6. Slope of gangway
7.7.7. Steps (see Annex 4, Figure 8)
7.7.8. Passenger seats (including folding seats) and space for seated passengers
7.7.8.1. Minimum seat width (see Annex 4, Figure 9)
7.7.8.2. Minimum depth of seat cushion (dimension K, see Annex 4, Figure 11)
7.7.8.3. Height of seat cushion (dimension H, see Annex 4, Figure 11a)
7.7.8.4. Seat spacing (see Annex 4, Figure 12)
7.7.8.5. Space for seated passengers (see Annex 4, Figure 13)
7.7.8.6. Free height over seating positions
7.7.9. Communication with the driver
7.7.9.2. Communication with the crew compartment
7.7.9.3. Communication with the toilet compartment
7.7.10. Hot drink machines and cooking equipment
7.7.11. Doors to interior compartments
7.7.12. Intercommunication staircase of a double-deck vehicle (see Annex 4, Figure 1).
7.7.13. Driver's compartment
7.7.14. Driver's seat
7.8. Artificial interior lighting
7.9. Articulated section of articulated vehicles
7.10. Direction-holding of articulated vehicles
7.11. Handrails and handholds
7.11.1. General requirements
7.11.2. Additional requirements for handrails and handholds for vehicles designed to carry standing passengers
7.11.3. Handrails and handholds for service doors
7.11.4. (Reserved)
7.11.5. Handrails and handholds for intercommunication staircases in double-deck vehicles.
7.12. Guarding of step wells and exposed seats
7.13. Baggage racks and occupant protection
7.14. Trap doors, if fitted
7.15. Visual entertainment
7.16. Trolleybuses
7.17. Passenger protection in vehicles without a roof
7.18. Vision and communication aid
Appendix
Verification of static tilting limit by means of calculation
3. Preparations for calculation
4. Validity of the calculation method
ANNEX 4
EXPLANATORY DIAGRAMS
Figure 1
Access to service doors
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.1)
Figure 2
Access to service doors
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.1.4)
Figure 3
Determination of unobstructed access to door (dimensions in mm)
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.1.9.1)
Figure 4
Determination of unobstructed access to door (dimensions in mm)
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.1.9.2)
Figure 5
Access to emergency doors
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.2)
Figure 6
Gangway mannequin
Figure 7
Forward limitation of the gangway (dimensions in mm)
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.5.1.1.1)
Figure 8
Steps for passengers (dimensions in mm)
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.7)
Figure 9
Width of passenger seats (dimensions in mm)
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.8.1)
Figure 9A
Width of passenger seats (dimensions in mm)
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.8.1.3)
Figure 10
Permitted intrusion at shoulder height (dimensions in mm)
Transversal section of the minimum available space at shoulder height for a seat adjacent to the wall of the vehicle
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.8.1.4)
Figure 11a
Seat-cushion depth and height
(See Annex 3, paragraphs 7.7.8.2 and 7.7.8.3)
Figure 11b
Space for feet of seated passengers behind a seat or at a seat facing the gangway
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.8.5.2)
Figure 12
Seat spacing
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.8.4)
Figure 13
Space for seated passengers behind a partition or other rigid structure other than a seat
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.8.5.1)
Figure 14
Permitted intrusion into space above seat (dimensions in mm)
Transversal section of the minimum free space above a seating place adjacent to the wall of the vehicle
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.8.6.3.1)
Figure 15
Permitted intrusion above a seating position
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.8.6.3.2)
Figure 16
Permitted intrusion in lower part of passenger space (dimensions in mm)
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.8.6.3.3)
Figure 17
Permitted intrusion at rear corner seats
View of the prescribed area of the seat (two side seats at the rear)
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.8.6.3.4)
Figure 18
Permitted intrusion of a wheel arch not extending beyond the vertical centre line of the side seat
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.8.6.4.2.1)
Figure 19
Permitted intrusion of a wheel arch extending beyond the vertical centre line of the side seat (dimensions in mm)
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.8.6.4.2.2)
Figure 20
Testing device for positioning of handholds
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.11.2.1)
Figure 21
Reference wheelchair
(See Annex 8, paragraph 3.6.4)
Figure 22
Minimum clear space for the wheelchair user at the wheelchair space (dimensions in mm)
(See Annex 8, paragraph 3.6.1)
Figure 23
Accessibility symbols
(See Annex 8, paragraphs 3.2.8, 3.6.6 and 3.10.4)
Figure 23 A
Pictogram for wheelchair users
Figure 23 B
Pictogram for passengers with reduced mobility other than wheelchair users
Figure 23 C
Pictogram for pram and pushchair area
Figure 24
(Reserved)
Figure 25
Passenger foot space
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.1.6)
Figure 26
Reserved
Figure 27
Access to driver's door
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.6.1.7.2)
Figure 28
Access to driver's door
(See Annex 3, paragraph 7.6.1.9.3)
Figure 29
Example of a backrest for a rearward-facing wheelchair
(See Annex 8, paragraph 3.8.6)
Figure 30
ANNEX 5
ANNEX 6
Guidelines for measuring the closing forces of power-operated doors (see Annex 3, paragraph 7.6.5.6.1.1) and the reactive forces of power-operated ramps (see Annex 8, paragraph 3.11.4.3.3)
1. GENERAL
2. DEFINITIONS
Figure 1
3. MEASUREMENTS
4. MEASURING DEVICE
Figure 2
ANNEX 7
ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR VEHICLES OF CLASSES A AND B
1.1. Minimum dimensions for exits
ANNEX 8
ACCOMMODATION AND ACCESSIBILITY FOR PASSENGERS WITH REDUCED MOBILITY
1. GENERAL
2. SCOPE
3. REQUIREMENTS
3.1. Steps
3.2. Priority seats and space for passengers with reduced mobility
3.3. Communication devices
3.4. Handrails to priority seating
3.5. Floor slope
3.6. Wheelchair accommodation provisions
3.7. Seats and standing passengers in the wheelchair space
3.8. Stability of wheelchairs
3.8.2. Forward-facing wheelchair — static test requirements
3.8.3. Forward-facing wheelchair — hybrid test requirements
3.8.4. Rearward facing wheelchair — static test requirements
3.8.5. Backrest and support requirements
3.8.6. Example of a backrest meeting the requirements of paragraph 3.8.4.1.3 above (see Annex 4, Figure 29).
3.9. Door controls
3.10. Provisions for the accommodation of unfolded prams and pushchairs
3.11. Provisions for boarding devices
3.11.2. Kneeling system
3.11.3. Lift
3.11.3.1. General provisions
3.11.3.2. Additional technical requirements for power-operated lifts
3.11.3.3. Operation of power operated lifts
3.11.3.4. Manually operated lift
3.11.4. Ramp
3.11.4.1. General provisions
3.11.4.2. Modes of operation
3.11.4.3. Additional technical requirements for power-operated ramps
3.11.4.4. Operation of power-operated ramps
3.11.4.5. Operation of manually-operated ramp
ANNEX 9
ANNEX 10
Type approval for a separate technical unit and type approval of a vehicle fitted with a bodywork already approved as a separate technical unit
1. SEPARATE TECHNICAL UNIT TYPE APPROVAL.
2. TYPE APPROVAL OF A VEHICLE FITTED WITH A BODYWORK ALREADY APPROVED AS A SEPARATE TECHNICAL UNIT.
ANNEX 11
MASSES AND DIMENSIONS
2. DEFINITIONS
3. REQUIREMENTS
3.1. Measurement of the mass of the vehicle in running order and of its distribution among the axles
3.2. Mass distribution calculations
3.2.1. Calculation procedure
3.2.2. Loading limitations
3.2.3. Loading conditions
3.3. Marking of vehicles
3.4. Manoeuvrability
Figure A
Figure B
Figure C
ANNEX 12
ADDITIONAL SAFETY PRESCRIPTIONS FOR TROLLEYBUSES
1. DEFINITIONS AND OPERATING PARAMETERS
2. CURRENT COLLECTION
3. TRACTION AND AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT
3.10. Wiring and apparatus
4. ELECTRICAL SAFETY OF PASSENGERS AND CREW
5. THE DRIVER'S COMPARTMENT