F1ANNEX XVEC type-approval of replacement brake lining assemblies as separate technical units
4.GRANTING OF EC TYPE-APPROVAL
4.1.
If the relevant requirements are satisfied, EC Type-Approval pursuant to Article 4(3) and, if applicable, Article 4(4) of Directive 70/156/EEC shall be granted.
4.2.
A model for the EC type-approval certificate is given in Annex XVI.
4.3.
An approval number in accordance with Annex VII to Directive 70/156/EEC shall be assigned to each type of replacement brake lining assembly approved. The same Member State shall not assign the same number to another brake lining assembly type. The same type-approval number may cover the use of that brake lining assembly type on a number of differing vehicle types.
4.4.
MARKING
4.4.1.
Every replacement brake lining conforming to the type approved under this Directive as a separate technical unit shall bear an EC type-approval mark.
4.4.2.
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 the type-approval:
- 1
for Germany
- 2
for France
- 3
for Italy
- 4
for the Netherlands
- 5
for Sweden
- 6
for Belgium
- F27
for Hungary
- 8
for the Czech Republic
- 9
for Spain
- 11
for the United Kingdom
- 12
for Austria
- 13
for Luxembourg
- 17
for Finland
- 18
for Denmark
- F319
for Romania
- F220
for Poland
- 21
for Portugal
- 23
for Greece
- F226
for Slovenia
- 27
for Slovakia
- 29
for Estonia
- 32
for Latvia
- F334
for Bulgaria
- 36
for Lithuania
- CY
for Cyprus
- IRL
for Ireland
F4.- F2MT
for Malta.
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 71/320/EEC on the date EC type-approval was granted. In this Directive the sequence number is 01. The additional three digits arranged in the vicinity of the rectangle shall be used to designate the shoe or backplate.
4.4.3.
The approval mark referred to in point 4.4.2 above shall be clearly legible and be indelible.
4.4.4.
Appendix 1 to this Annex gives examples of arrangements of the approval mark and approval data referred to above and in point 6.5 below.
Inserted by Commission Directive 98/12/EC of 27 January 1998 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 71/320/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the braking devices of certain categories of motor vehicles and their trailers (Text with EEA relevance).