The Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Emission of Gaseous and Particulate Pollutants) Regulations 1999

Regulations 2(3) and 9(5)

Schedule 7 (ANNEX VII to Directive 97/68/EC)APPROVAL CERTIFICATE NUMBERING SYSTEM(see Article 4(2))

1.  The number shall consist of five sections separated by the (*) character.

• Section 1: the lower case letter ‘e’ followed by the distinguishing letter(s) or number of the Member State issuing the approval:

  1	for Germany
  2	for France
  3	for Italy
  4	for the Netherlands
  5	for Sweden
  6	for Belgium
  9	for Spain
  11	for the United Kingdom
  12	for Austria
  13	for Luxembourg
  17	for Finland
  18	for Denmark
  21	for Portugal
  23	for Greece
  IRL	for Ireland

• Section 2: the number of this Directive. As it contains different implementation dates and different technical standards, two alphabetical characters are added. These characters refer to the different application dates for the stages of severity and to the application of the engine for different specification of mobile machinery, on the basis of which type-approval was granted. The first character is defined in Article 9. The second character is defined in Annex I, section 1 with regard to the test mode defined in Annex III, section 3.6.

• Section 3: the number of the latest amending Directive applicable to the approval. If applicable two further alphabetical characters are to be added depending on the conditions described in section 2, even if as a result of the new parameters only one of the characters was to be changed. If no change of these characters apply they shall be omitted.

• Section 4: a four-digit sequential number (with leading zeros as applicable) to denote the base approval number. The sequence shall start from 0001.

• Section 5: a two-digit sequential number (with a leading zero if applicable) to denote the extension. The sequence shall start from 01 for each base approval number.

2.  Example of the third approval (with, as yet, no extension) corresponding to application date A (stage I, upper powerband) and to the application of the engine for specification A of mobile machinery, issued by the United Kingdom.

• e 11*98/…AA*00/000XX*0003*00

3.  Example of the second extension to the fourth approval corresponding to application date E (stage II, medium powerband) for the same specification of machinery (A), issued by Germany:

• e1*01/…EA*00/000XX*0004*02