Upon registration in accordance with Article 22, each vehicle shall be assigned a European vehicle number (EVN) by the competent authority in the Member State of registration. Each vehicle shall be marked with an assigned EVN.

The specifications of the EVN shall be set out in the measures referred to in Article 47(2), in accordance with the relevant TSI.

Each vehicle shall be assigned an EVN only once, unless otherwise specified in the measures referred to in Article 47(2), in accordance with the relevant TSI.

Notwithstanding paragraph 1, in the case of vehicles operated or meant to be operated from or to third countries the track gauge of which is different from that of the main rail network within the Union, Member States may accept vehicles clearly identified in accordance with a different coding system.