Council Directive of 17 December 1973 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to devices to prevent the unauthorized use of motor vehicles (74/61/EEC) (repealed)

[F1 5. EEC type-approval mark U.K.

5.1. Every vehicle alarm system and every immobilizer, conforming to a type approved pursuant to this Directive, shall bear an EEC type-approval mark. This mark shall consist of: U.K.

5.1.1. a rectangle surrounding the lowercase letter ‘ e ’ followed by the distinguishing letters or number of the Member State granting the approval: U.K.

• ‘ 1 ’ Germany

• ‘ 2 ’ France

• ‘ 3 ’ Italy

• ‘ 4 ’ Netherlands

• ‘ 5 ’ Sweden

• ‘ 6 ’ Belgium

• [F2 ‘ 7 ’ Hungary

• ‘ 8 ’ the Czech Republic]

• ‘ 9 ’ Spain

• ‘ 11 ’ United Kingdom

• ‘ 12 ’ Austria

• ‘ 13 ’ Luxembourg

• ‘ 17 ’ Finland

• ‘ 18 ’ Denmark

• [F3 ‘ 19 ’ for Romania]

• [F2 ‘ 20 ’ Poland]

• ‘ 21 ’ Portugal

• ‘ 23 ’ 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

• ‘ CY ’ for Cyprus]

• ‘ IRL ’ Ireland

• [F2 ‘ 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.

5.1.2. in the vicinity of the rectangle the ‘ base approval number ’ contained in Section 4 of the type-approval number referred to in Annex VII to Directive 70/156/EEC, preceded by the two figures indicating the sequence number assigned to the most recent major technical amendment to Directive 74/61/EEC on the date EEC type-approval was granted. In this Directive, the sequence number is 00; U.K.

5.1.3. the additional symbol ‘ A ’ or ‘ I ’ or ‘ AI ’ , indicating if the component or the separate technical unit is a vehicle alarm system or an immobilizer or a combination of both. U.K.

5.2. Examples of EEC type-approval marks are given below (1) : U.K.

5.3. As an alternative to the approval mark described in items 5.1 and 5.2, a certificate of conformity shall be issued for every vehicle alarm system offered for sale. U.K.

Where a vehicle alarm system manufacturer supplies an approved unmarked vehicle alarm system to a vehicle manufacturer, for fitment by the manufacturer as original equipment for a vehicle model or range of vehicle models, the vehicle alarm system manufacturer shall supply a number of copies of the certificate of conformity to the vehicle manufacturer, sufficient for that manufacturer to obtain the vehicle approval to Part II of Annex VI to this Directive.

If the vehicle alarm system is made up of separate components, its main component(s) shall bear a reference mark and the certificate of conformity shall provide a list of such reference marks.

A model of the certificate of conformity is given in Appendix I to this Annex.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Directive 95/56/EC of 8 November 1995 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 74/61/EEC relating to devices to prevent the unauthorized use of motor vehicles (Text with EEA relevance).

(1)

[F1 The above approval mark affixed to a vehicle alarm system or to an immobilizer shows that the alarm system (A) or the immobilizer (I) or an alarm system in combination with an immobilizer (AI) has been approved in Spain (e 9), under the base approval number 1406. The first two digits (00) indicate that the approval was granted pursuant to this Directive.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Directive 95/56/EC of 8 November 1995 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 74/61/EEC relating to devices to prevent the unauthorized use of motor vehicles (Text with EEA relevance).