1.At the request of the manufacturer and within the quantitative limits set out in Section 1 of Part A of Annex XII, Member States shall grant, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 6(4), an EC type-approval in respect of a type of vehicle which satisfies at least the requirements listed in the Appendix to Part I of Annex IV.
2.Paragraph 1 shall not apply to special purpose vehicles.
3.EC type-approval certificates shall be numbered in accordance with Annex VII.