Article 2 U.K.

For the purposes of this Regulation:

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.

‘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 trailers(1),

• Council Directive 92/61/EEC of 30 June 1992 relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles(2).

(1)

OJ L 42, 23. 2. 1970, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 97/27/EC (OJ L 233, 25. 8. 1997, p. 1).

(2)

OJ L 225, 10. 8. 1992, p. 72. Directive as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession.