Definitions
Article 3
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: (1) ‘CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption related properties’ means specific properties derived for a component, separate technical unit and system which determine the impact of the part on the CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption of a vehicle; (2) ‘input data’ means information on the CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption related properties of a component, separate technical unit or system which is used by the simulation tool for the purpose of determining CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption of a vehicle; (3) ‘input information’ means information relating to the characteristics of a vehicle which is used by the simulation tool for the purposes of determining their CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption of the vehicle and which is not part of an input data; (4) ‘manufacturer’ means the person or body who is responsible to the approval authority for all aspects of the certification process and for ensuring conformity of CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption related properties of components, separate technical units and systems. It is not essential that the person or body be directly involved in all stages of the construction of the component, separate technical unit or system which is the subject of the certification. (5) ‘authorised entity’ means a national authority authorised by a Member State to request relevant information from the manufacturers and vehicle manufacturers on the CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption related properties of a specific component, specific separate technical unit or specific system and CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption of new vehicles respectively. (6) ‘transmission’ means a device consisting of at least of two shiftable gears, changing torque and speed with defined ratios; (7) ‘torque converter’ means a hydrodynamic start-up component either as a separate component of the driveline or transmission with serial power flow that adapts speed between engine and wheel and provides torque multiplication; (8) ‘other torque transferring component’ or ‘OTTC’ means a rotating component attached to the driveline which produces torque losses dependent on its own rotational speed; (9) ‘additional driveline component’ or ‘ADC’ means a rotating component of the driveline which transfers or distributes power to other driveline components and produces torque losses dependant on its own rotational speed; (10) ‘axle’ means a central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear as drive axle of a vehicle; (11) ‘air drag’ means characteristic of a vehicle configuration regarding aerodynamic force acting on the vehicle opposite to the direction of air flow and determined as a product of the drag coefficient and the cross sectional area for zero crosswind conditions; (12) ‘auxiliaries’ means vehicle components including an engine fan, steering system, electric system, pneumatic system and air conditioning (AC) system whose CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption properties have been defined in Annex IX; (13) ‘component family’, ‘separate technical unit family’ or ‘system family’ means a manufacturer's grouping of components, separate technical units or systems, respectively, which through their design have similar CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption related properties; (14) ‘parent component’, ‘parent separate technical unit’ or ‘parent system’ means a component, separate technical unit or system, respectively, selected from a component, separate technical unit or system family, respectively, in such a way that its CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption related properties will be the worst case for that component family, separate technical unit family or system family;