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Division 3.4.2.4

United Kingdom

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The bottom of the impactor shall be at ground reference level at the time of first contact with the bumper (see Figure 2), with a ± 10 mm tolerance.

When setting the height of the propulsion system, an allowance must be made for the influence of gravity during the period of free flight of the impactor.

At the time of first contact the impactor shall have the intended orientation about its vertical axis, for the correct operation of its knee joint, with a tolerance of ± 5° (see Figure 3).

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Substituted by Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2004/90/EC 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 (Official Journal of the European Union L 31 of 4 February 2004).