Council Directive of 21 December 1977 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the wiper and washer systems of motor vehicles (78/318/EEC) (repealed)

[F1 7.2. This mark shall consist of a rectangle surrounding the letter ‘ e ’ followed by the distinguishing number or letters of the Member State which has granted type-approval: U.K.

1

for Germany,

2

for France,

3

for Italy,

4

for the Netherlands,

6

for Belgium,

[F2 7

for Hungary,

8

for the Czech Republic,]

9

for Spain,

11

for the United Kingdom,

13

for Luxemburg,

18

for Denmark,

[F3 19

for Romania,]

[F2 20

for Poland,]

21

for Portugal,

23

for Greece,

[F4 25

for Croatia,]

[F2 26

for Slovenia,

27

for Slovakia,

29

for Estonia,

32

for Latvia,

[F3 34

for Bulgaria,]

36

for Lithuania,]

IRL

for Ireland [F5 ,]

[F2 CY

for Cyprus,

MT

for Malta.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Inserted by Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded.

F3 Inserted by Council Directive 2006/96/EC of 20 November 2006 adapting certain Directives in the field of free movement of goods, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania.

F4 Inserted by Council Directive 2013/15/EU of 13 May 2013 adapting certain directives in the field of free movement of goods, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia.

F5 Substituted by Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded.

It must also include in the vicinity of the rectangle the ‘ base approval number ’ contained in section 4 of the type-approval number referred to in Annex VII of Directive 70/156/EEC, preceded by the two figures indicating the sequence number assigned to the most recent major technical amendment to Directive 78/318/EEC on the date EEC type-approval was granted. In this Directive the sequence number is 00.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Directive 94/68/EC of 16 December 1994 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 78/318/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the windscreen wiper and washer systems of motor vehicles.