‘step-by-step type-approval’ means the procedure consisting of the step-by-step collection of the whole set of EU type-approval certificates or UN type-approval certificates for the systems, components and separate technical units forming part of a vehicle, and which leads, in its final stage, to the whole-vehicle type-approval;
ciallaíonn “cineálcheadú céim ar chéim” an nós imeachta lena mbailítear le chéile, céim ar chéim, tacar iomlán na ndeimhnithe ar chineálcheadú AE nó na ndeimhnithe ar chineálcheadú NA do na córais, do na comhpháirteanna agus do na haonaid theicniúla ar leithligh ar cuid d'fheithicil iad, agus as a leanann, ag an gcéim dheiridh, cineálcheadú feithicle ina hiomláine;