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[F1ANNEX VII U.K. EC TYPE-APPROVAL CERTIFICATE NUMBERING SYSTEM (1)

Textual Amendments

1. The EC type-approval number shall consist of four sections for whole vehicle type-approvals and five sections for system, component, and separate technical unit type-approvals as detailed below. In all cases, the sections shall be separated by the ‘*’ character. U.K.

Section 1

:

The lower case letter ‘ e ’ followed by the distinguishing number of the Member State issuing the EC type-approval:

1

for Germany;

2

for France;

3

for Italy;

4

for the Netherlands;

5

for Sweden;

6

for Belgium;

7

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;

19

for Romania;

20

for Poland;

21

for Portugal;

23

for Greece;

24

for Ireland;

[F225

for Croatia;]

26

for Slovenia;

27

for Slovakia;

29

for Estonia;

32

for Latvia;

34

for Bulgaria;

36

for Lithuania;

49

for Cyprus;

50

for Malta.

Section 2

:

The number of the base directive or regulation.

[F3In case of EC type-approval for systems, components or separate technical units covered by the implementing measures of Regulation (EC) No 661/2009, the base Regulation reference shall be the Regulation number (i.e. the implementing act) adopted pursuant to Article 14(1)(a) to (e) of Regulation (EC) No 661/2009.]

Section 3

:

[F4The number of the latest amending Directive or Regulation, including implementing acts applicable to the type-approval in accordance with the following indents. However, in case such amending Directive or Regulation or applicable implementing act does not yet exist, the number referred to in Section 2 is repeated in Section 3:]

  • in the case of whole vehicle type-approvals, this means the latest directive or regulation amending an Article (or Articles) of Directive 2007/46/EC,

  • in the case of whole vehicle type-approvals granted in accordance with the procedure described in Article 22, this means the latest directive or regulation amending an Article (or Articles) of Directive 2007/46/EC, except that the two first digits (e.g. 20) are replaced by the letters KS in block capitals,

  • this means the latest directive or regulation containing the actual provisions with which the system, component or technical unit conforms,

  • [F3this means the latest Regulation, containing amendments to implementing measures of Regulation (EC) No 661/2009, with which a system, component or technical unit complies,]

  • should a directive or regulation including their implementing acts contain different technical prescriptions to be applied from specific dates, Section 3 shall be followed with an alphabetical character to clearly identify against which technical prescriptions the approval was granted. When different vehicle categories are concerned, the character may also refer to a specific vehicle category.

Section 4

:

A four-digit sequential number (with leading zeros as applicable) for EC Whole vehicle type-approvals, or four or five digits for type-approval pursuant to a separate directive or regulation to denote the base type-approval number. The sequence shall start from 0001 for each base directive or regulation.

Section 5

:

A two-digit sequential number (with leading zeros if applicable) to denote the extension. The sequence shall start from 00 for each base approval number.]

Textual Amendments

(1)

[F1Components and separate technical units shall be marked in accordance with the provisions of the relevant regulatory acts.]

Textual Amendments