For the purposes of this Regulation:

1. 1.

   ‘distinguishing sign of the Member State of registration’ shall mean a set composed of one to three letters in Latin capitals indicating the Member State in which the vehicle is registered;

2. 2.

   ‘Vehicle’ shall mean any motor vehicle and its trailer as defined in:

   • Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers5,

   • Council Directive 92/61/EEC of 30 June 1992 relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles6.