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Council Directive 1999/37/EC of 29 April 1999 on the registration documents for vehicles

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[F1II. Specifications of Part II of the registration certificate in paper format U.K.

II.1. The overall dimensions of the registration certificate shall not be greater than an A4 format (210 × 297 mm) or a folder of A4 format. U.K.

II.2. The paper used for part II of the registration certificate shall be made secure against forgery by using at least two of the following techniques: U.K.

  • graphics,

  • watermark,

  • fluorescent fibres, or

  • fluorescent imprints.

Member States are free to introduce additional security features.

II.3. Part II of the registration certificate may consist of several pages. Member States shall determine the number of pages in accordance with the information contained in the document and its layout. U.K.

II.4. The first page of Part II of the registration certificate shall contain U.K.

  • the name of the Member State issuing Part II of the registration certificate,

  • [F2the distinguishing mark of the Member State issuing Part II of the registration certificate, namely:

    B

    :

    Belgium

    [F3BG

    :

    Bulgaria]

    CZ

    :

    Czech Republic

    DK

    :

    Denmark

    D

    :

    Germany

    EST

    :

    Estonia

    GR

    :

    Greece

    E

    :

    Spain

    F

    :

    France

    [F4HR

    :

    Croatia]

    IRL

    :

    Ireland

    I

    :

    Italy

    CY

    :

    Cyprus

    LV

    :

    Latvia

    LT

    :

    Lithuania

    L

    :

    Luxembourg

    H

    :

    Hungary

    M

    :

    Malta

    NL

    :

    Netherlands

    A

    :

    Austria

    PL

    :

    Poland

    P

    :

    Portugal

    [F3RO

    :

    Romania]

    SLO

    :

    Slovenia

    SK

    :

    Slovakia

    FIN

    :

    Finland

    S

    :

    Sweden

    UK

    :

    United Kingdom,]

  • the name of the competent authority,

  • the words Part II of the Registration Certificate , printed in large type in the language or languages of the Member States issuing the registration certificate; they shall also appear, after a suitable space, in small type, in the other languages of the European Community,

  • the words European Community , printed in the language or languages of the Member State issuing Part II of the registration certificate,

  • the number of the document.

II.5. Part II of the Registration Certificate shall also contain the following data, preceded by the corresponding harmonised Community codes: U.K.

(A)

registration number

(B)

date of the first registration of the vehicle

(D)

vehicle:

(D.1)

make,

(D.2)

type,

  • variant (if available)

  • version (if available)

(D.3)

commercial description(s)

(E)

vehicle identification number

(K)

type-approval number (if available)

II.6. Part II of the registration certificate may, moreover, contain the following data, preceded by the corresponding harmonised Community codes: U.K.

(C)

personal data

(C.2)

owner of the vehicle,

(C.2.1)

surname(s) or business name,

(C.2.2)

other name(s) or initial(s) (where appropriate),

(C.2.3)

address in the Member State of registration, on the date of issue of the document,

(C.3)

natural or legal person who may use the vehicle by virtue of a legal right other than that of ownership,

(C.3.1)

surname(s) or business name,

(C.3.2)

other name(s) or initial(s) (where appropriate),

(C.3.3)

address in the Member State of registration, on the date of issue of the document

(C.5), (C.6)

where a change in the personal data given in point II.6, code C.2 and/or point II.6, code C.3 does not give rise to the issue of a new Part II of the Registration Certificate, the new personal data corresponding to these points may be included under codes (C.5) or (C.6); they are broken down in accordance with point II.6, code C.2 and point II.6, code C.3.

(J)

vehicle category.

II.7. Member States may include additional information in Part II of the registration certificate; in particular, they may add between brackets to the identification codes, as laid down under points II.5 and II.6, additional national codes.] U.K.

(1)

[F1This Annex is concerned only with Registration Certificates consisting of Parts I and II.]

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