Text file: 10846.txt
author: Clovekzareforme
downvotes: 8
end consideration date: 2020-03-06
id: '10846'
number comments: 18
number views: 1344
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: 'Response from the Ministry of Infrastructure

  Road vehicles or their components, systems and separate technical units must be
  type-approved before being placed on the market. This includes the lighting equipment
  of the vehicle, where the light sources (e.g. bulbs), lamps or headlamps are approved,
  as well as their installation on the vehicle (dimensions, number, geometric visibility,
  etc.). The manufacturer of the vehicle type must approve the vehicle type in accordance
  with all the type-approval regulations relevant for the specific vehicle category.

  Pursuant to Article 18(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act (Official Journal of the Republic
  of Slovenia No 75/17), any modification to the vehicle which relates to information
  recorded in the vehicle registration procedure or which affects or may affect the
  approved parts of the vehicle or which affects or may affect the safety of the vehicle
  shall be subject to the procedure for individual approval of the modified vehicle.

  The replacement of the light source in a lamp or headlamp shall be considered as
  a modification of the vehicle, which shall be subject to the procedure for individual
  approval of the modified vehicle at the technical service responsible for the inspection
  of modified vehicles. There, the vehicle and the conversion are inspected, if necessary
  certain measurements are taken and, if the conversion is satisfactory, the conversion
  is entered in the vehicle approval document (certificate of conformity or declaration
  of conformity). This procedure has been established and established for many years
  and therefore no further legalisation is required.

  However, it should be stressed that the manufacturer of the lamp or headlamp has
  carried out the type-approval procedure with the light source specified. If a lamp
  or headlamp has been type-approved with a halogen lamp, the replacement of the light
  source implies new type-approval measurements in the relevant laboratory. The question
  is whether a headlamp is even structurally suitable for a different light source,
  especially from the point of view of heat dissipation. In the case of such a conversion
  of a lamp or headlamp, the conversion will therefore have to be examined in accordance
  with the conformity assessment regulations and, if the conversion is appropriate,
  it will be entered in the vehicle type-approval document.'
response date: 2020-04-14
response due date: null
sent date: 2020-02-05
title: Legalisation of replacements of halogen headlamps with LED or HID
upvotes: 23
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/10846
