Regulation No.16
UNIFORM PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE APPROVAL OF:
I. SAFETY-BELTS, RESTRAINT SYSTEMS, CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS AND ISOFIX CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS FOR OCCUPANTS OF POWER-DRIVEN VEHICLES
II. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SAFETY-BELTS, SAFETY-BELT REMINDERS, RESTRAINT SYSTEMS, CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS AND ISOFIX CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS AND I-SIZE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS
CONTENTS
REGULATION
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Application for approval
4. Markings
5. Approval
6. Specifications
7. Tests
8. Requirements concerning the installation in the vehicle
9. Conformity of production
10. Penalties for non-conformity of production
11. Modifications and extension of approval of the vehicle type or safety-belt or restraint system type
12. Production definitively discontinued
13. Instructions
14. Names and addresses of Technical Services responsible for conducting approval tests, and of Type Approval Authorities
15. Transitional provisions
ANNEXES
1A Communication concerning the approval or extension or refusal or withdrawal of approval or production definitively discontinued of a vehicle type with regard to safety-belt pursuant to UN Regulation No. 16
1B Communication concerning the approval or extension or refusal or withdrawal of approval or production definitively discontinued of a type of safety-belt or restraint system for adult occupants of power-driven vehicles pursuant to UN Regulation No. 16
2 Arrangements of the approval marks
3 Diagram of an apparatus to test durability of retractor mechanism
4 Diagram of an apparatus to test locking of emergency locking retractors
5 Diagram of an apparatus for dust-resistance test
6 Description of trolley, seat, anchorages and stopping device
7 Description of manikin
8 Description of curve of trolley’s deceleration or acceleration as a function of time
9 Instructions
10 Dual buckle test
11 Abrasion and micro-slip test
12 Corrosion test
13 Order of tests
14 Control of conformity of production
15 Procedure for determining the “H” point and the actual torso angle for seating positions in motor vehicles
Appendix 1: Description of the three dimensional “H” point machine
Appendix 2: Three-dimensional reference system
Appendix 3: Reference data concerning seating positions
16 Safety-belt installation showing the belt types and retractor types
17 Requirements for the installation of safety-belts and restraint systems for adult occupants of power-driven vehicles on forward facing seats, for the installation of ISOFIX child restraint systems and i-size child restraint systems
Appendix 1: Provisions concerning the installation of “universal” category child restraint systems installed with the safety-belt equipment of the vehicle
Appendix 2: Provisions concerning the installation of forward-facing and rearward-facing ISOFIX child restraint systems of universal and semi-universal categories installed on ISOFIX or i-Size positions
Appendix 3: Example of detailed information e.g. for child restraint system manufacturers
Appendix 4: Installation of 10-year manikin
Appendix 5: Provisions concerning the installation of forward-facing booster seat child restraint systems of i-Size and specific categories installed on vehicle seating positions or i-Size seating positions
18 Safety-belt reminder tests
[REGULATION]
1. SCOPE
This Regulation applies to:
1.1. Vehicles of category M, N, O, L2, L4, L5, L6, L7 and T1), with regard to the installation of safety-belts and restraint systems which are intended for separate use, i.e. as individual fittings, by persons of adult build occupying forward-facing, rearward-facing and side-facing seats;
1.2. Safety-belts and restraint systems which are intended for separate use, i.e. as individual fittings, by persons of adult build occupying forward-facing, rearward-facing and side-facing seats, and are designed for installation in vehicles of category M, N, O, L2, L4, L5, L6, L7 and T1);
1.3. Vehicles of category M1 and N11 with regard to the installation of child restraint systems and ISOFIX child restraint systems.
1.4. All seating positions in vehicle categories M and N fitted with safety belt with regard to safety belt reminder.
1.5. At the request of the manufacturer, it also applies to the installation of child restraint systems and ISOFIX child restraint systems designated for installation in vehicles of categories M2 and M3 1.
1.6. At the request of the manufacturer, it also applies to safety-belts designated for installation on side-facing seats in vehicles of category M3 (Class II, III or B1).
1.7. At the request of the manufacturer, it also applies to installing i-Size child restraint systems, in case i-Size seating positions are defined by the vehicle manufacturer.
