Council Directive of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (70/156/EEC) (repealed)

[F1 ANNEX VII U.K. EC TYPE-APPROVAL CERTIFICATE NUMBERING SYSTEM (1)

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Directive 2001/116/EC of 20 December 2001 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Text with EEA relevance).

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:

• [F2 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;

• [F3 19 for Romania;]

• 20 for Poland;

• 21 for Portugal;

• 23 for Greece;

• 24 for Ireland;

• 26 for Slovenia;

• 27 for Slovakia;

• 29 for Estonia;

• 32 for Latvia;

• [F3 34 for Bulgaria;]

• 36 for Lithuania;

• CY for Cyprus;

• MT for Malta.]

Section 2

:

The number of the base Directive.

Section 3

:

The number of the latest amending Directive applicable to the EC type-approval.

• In the case of whole vehicle EC type-approvals, this means the latest Directive amending an Article (or Articles) of Directive 70/156/EEC.

• Means the latest Directive containing the actual provisions with which the system, component or technical unit conforms.

• Should a Directive contain different implementation dates referring to different technical standards, an alphabetical character shall be added to specify to which standard the approval was granted.

Section 4

:

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

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

F2 Substituted 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.

2. In the case of an EC type-approval for a whole vehicle, Section 2 shall be omitted. U.K.

3. On the vehicle's statutory plate(s) only, Section 5 shall be omitted. U.K.

4. Example of the third-system approval (with as yet no extension) issued by France to the braking Directive: U.K.

• e2*71/320*98/12*0003*00

  or

• e2*88/77*91/542A*0003*00 in the case of a Directive with two implementation stages A and B.

5. Example of the second extension to the fourth vehicle type-approval issued by the United Kingdom: U.K.

• e11*98/14*0004*02

Directive 98/14/EC being up to now the latest Directive amending the Articles of Directive 70/156/EEC.

6. Example of the EC type-approval number stamped on the vehicle's statutory plate(s): U.K.

• e11*98/14*0004]

(1)

[F1 Components and separate technical units shall be marked in accordance with the provisions of the relevant separate Directive.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Directive 2001/116/EC of 20 December 2001 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Text with EEA relevance).