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Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (Framework Directive) (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)
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Indicate the identification code. [F2 This code shall contain not more than 25 characters for a variant and not more than 35 characters for a version.]
Indicate whether the vehicle is suitable for use in either right or left-hand traffic or both right and left-hand traffic.
Indicate whether the speedometer fitted has metric or both metric and imperial units.
This statement shall not restrict the right of the Member States to require technical adaptations in order to allow the registration of a vehicle in a Member State other than the one for which it was intended when the direction of the traffic is on the opposite side of the road.
This entry shall be only completed when the vehicle has two axles. [F3 For a centre-axle trailer with one single axle, indicate the horizontal distance between the vertical axis of the coupling and the centre of the axle.]
[ F4 ]
For hybrid electric vehicles, indicate both power outputs.
Optional equipment under this letter can be added under entry ‘ Remarks ’ .
The codes described in Annex II Letter C shall be used.
Indicate only the basic colour(s) as follows: white, yellow, orange, red, violet, blue, green, grey, brown or black.
Excluding seats designated for use only when the vehicle is stationary and the number of wheelchair positions.
For coaches belonging to the vehicle category M 3 the number of crew members shall be included in the passenger number.
Add the number of the Euro level and the character corresponding to the provisions used for type-approval.
Repeat for the various fuels that can be used. Vehicles that can be fuelled with both petrol and gaseous fuel but in which the petrol system is fitted for emergency purposes or for starting only and the petrol tank of which cannot contain more than 15 litres of petrol will be regarded as vehicles that can only run on a gaseous fuel.]
In case of EURO VI dual-fuel engines and vehicles, repeat as appropriate.
Solely emissions assessed in accordance with the applicable regulatory act or acts shall be stated.]
If the vehicle is equipped with 24 GHz short-range radar equipment in accordance with Commission Decision 2005/50/EC ( OJ L 21, 25.1.2005, p. 15 ), the manufacturer shall indicate here: ‘ Vehicle equipped with 24 GHz short-range radar equipment ’ .
The manufacturer may complete these entries either for international traffic or national traffic or both.
For national traffic, the code of the country where the vehicle is intended to be registered shall be mentioned. The code shall be in accordance with standard ISO 3166-1:2006.
For international traffic, the directive number shall be referred to (e.g. ‘ 96/53/EC ’ for Council Directive 96/53/EC).
Eco-innovations.
The general code of the eco-innovation(s) shall consist of the following elements, each separated by a blank space:
Code of the approval authority as set out in Annex VII;
Individual code of each eco-innovation fitted in the vehicle, indicated in chronological order of the Commission approval decisions.
(E.g. the general code of three eco-innovations approved chronologically as 10, 15 and 16 and fitted to a vehicle certified by the German type-approval authority should be: ‘ e1 10 15 16 ’ .)
Sum of the CO 2 emissions savings of each individual eco-innovation.]
In the case of completed vehicles of category N 1 within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007.] ]
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 385/2009 of 7 May 2009 replacing Annex IX to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (Framework Directive) (Text with EEA relevance).
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