1 Scope
This document is applicable to electric light sources (see Note 1) for use in automotive
applications, for example in road illumination devices and/or light signalling devices
for road vehicles.
It is especially applicable to light sources listed in UN Resolution R.E.5 and light
sources subject to other legislations.
This document specifies the technical requirements for interchangeability for example
dimensional, electrical and photometrical characteristics, and includes test methods.
For the light sources listed in this document, the data sheets are contained either
in this document or are included by reference to UN Resolution R.E.5.
Performance requirements are specified in IEC 60810, for example life, torsion strength, resistance to vibration and shock.
The requirements for miniature light sources for supplementary purposes, not subject
to legislation, are specified in IEC 60983.
NOTE 1 The terms "lamp" and "light source" are both used in this document to mean the same
product, so the two terms are interchangeable throughout this document.
NOTE 2 In various vocabularies and standards, different terms are used for "incandescent
lamp" (IEC 60050‑845:1987, 845‑07‑04), "discharge lamp" (IEC 60050‑845:1987, 845‑07‑17) and "LED lamp". In this document "filament lamp", "discharge lamp" and "LED light
source" are used, however, where only "lamp" or "light source" is written, all light
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