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Regulation 2 Interpretation

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In these Regulations —

(a)

“equipment” means equipment providing vehicle radar functions for collision mitigation and traffic safety applications;

(b)

“dBm” means decibel milliWatt;

(c)

“dBm/MHz” means decibel milliWatt per megahertz;

(d)

“duty cycle” means the ratio of time during any one hour period when equipment is actively transmitting;

(e)

“eirp” means effective isotropically radiated power;

(f)

“exclusion zone”, in relation to each of the radio astronomy stations specified in Column 1 of the Schedule, means the zone within the circle whose centre is the location (expressed by longitude and latitude coordinates) of the radio astronomy station, as specified in Column 2 of the Schedule, and whose radius is the distance specified in Column 3 of the Schedule; and

(g)

“vehicle” has the meaning given by Article 2 of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailersf1, as amendedf2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

OJ No L 42, 23.02.70, p1.

f2

Article 2 was amended by Council Directive No 92/53/EEC amending Directive 70/156 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, OJ No. L 225, 10.8.92, p. 1. There are other amendments to Article 2 and to other parts of Council Directive 70/156/EEC not relevant to these Regulations.