The Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979

SCHEDULE 3 APPROVAL MARKS REQUIRED BY ECE REGULATIONS—REQUIREMENTS AND PERMITTED VARIATIONS

1.  The number shown inside the circle in a marking in column (2) of Schedule 2 will be varied, where appropriate, so as to be the number assigned by the relevant ECE Regulation to the Contracting State which granted the approval in relation to the particular vehicle or vehicle part on which the marking is placed.

2.  The number shown outside and below the circle in any such marking will be varied, where appropriate, so as to be the number assigned by the competent authority of a Contracting State to distinguish the manufacturer of the motor vehicle or motor vehicle part concerned. The said number will be close to and outside the circle in such a position relative thereto as may be authorised by the relevant ECE Regulation, so however that it shall be read in the same direction as the number inside the circle.

3.  The Roman numeral shown outside and on the left of the circle in the marking relating to item No. 3 in Schedule 2 will be varied, where appropriate, to be either I or III in cases where the motor vehicle part to which the marking relates was placed in Class I or in Class III, and not in Class II, when it was approved in accordance with the requirements of the ECE Regulation specified in column (5) of Schedule 2 in relation to that marking.

4.  The number mentioned in paragraph 2 above and the Roman numeral mentioned in paragraph 3 above may be placed in any position in relation to the circle in the said marking so long as they are diametrically opposite to each other.

5.  The figure following the number 24 shown outside and on the right of the circle in the marking relating to item No. 24 in Schedule 2 (which indicates the corrected absorption coefficient of the vehicle part to which that marking relates) will be varied, where appropriate, in accordance with the requirements of the ECE Regulation specified in column (5) of Schedule 2 in relation to that marking.

6.  The number shown outside and on the right of the circle in the markings relating to the items numbered 8B, 8D, 8F, 8N, 20A, 20B, 20C, 20D, 20E, 20F, 20M, 20N, 31, 31A and 31D in Schedule 2 will be varied, where appropriate, in accordance with the requirements of the ECE Regulation specified in column (5) of Schedule 2 in relation to those markings.

7.  The Roman numeral shown outside and on the right of the circle in the marking relating to item No. 36 in Schedule 2 will be varied, where appropriate, in cases where the vehicle to which the marking relates was placed in a class other than Class II when it was approved in accordance with the requirements of the ECE Regulation specified in column (5) of Schedule 2 in relation to that marking.

8.  The arrow shown below the circle in the marking relating to item No. 6 in Schedule 2 will point right or left according to whether the category of the motor vehicle part to which the marking relates, specified in the ECE Regulation referred to in column (5) of Schedule 2 in relation to that item, is such that the said ECE Regulation requires the arrow to point right or left. The number shown above the circle in the marking relating to the said item No. 6 will be varied, where appropriate, to the numbers 1, 2a, 2b, 3 or 5 according to the requirements of the said ECE Regulation as to the minimum angle required for the light distribution and the level of illumination of the category of motor vehicle part to which that marking relates.

9.  The arrow shown below the circle in the markings relating to items numbered 7, 7A and 7C in Schedule 2 will—

(1) point right in cases where the photometric specifications in the ECE Regulation referred to in column (5) of Schedule 2 in relation to those items are satisfied as to the angle specified in that ECE Regulation on the right side of the vehicle;

(2) point left in cases where the photometric specifications in the said ECE Regulation are satisfied as to the angle specified in that ECE Regulation on the left side of the vehicle; and

(3) be omitted in cases where the photometric specifications in the said ECE Regulation are satisfied as to the angle specified in that ECE Regulation on both the right and the left of the vehicle.

10.  The figure “1” which follows the letter “S” in the markings relating to items numbered 7B and 7C in Schedule 2 will be varied, where appropriate, to the figure “2” according to whether the category of motor vehicle part to which those markings relate has one level of illumination or two levels of illumination in accordance with the requirements of the ECE Regulation referred to in column (5) of Schedule 2 in relation to those items.

11.  The marking relating to item No. 37A may be used as an alternative to the marking relating to item No. 37 where there is insufficient space to affix on the lamp the marking relating to item No. 37.

12.  The number mentioned in paragraph 2 above and the additional symbol prescribed by the ECE Regulation which relates to item No. 38 in Schedule 2 may be placed in any position round the circle in the marking so long as they are diametrically opposite to each other in relation to the circle.

13.  The additional symbol AR shown above the circle in the marking relating to item No. 23A in Schedule 2 must be placed close to the circle and either above or below the “E” or to the left or right of that letter.