1.If all the relevant requirements are met, the approval authority shall grant [F2a GB type-approval] for replacement pollution control devices as separate technical units and issue a type-approval number in accordance with the numbering system set out in [F3Annex IV to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683].
The approval authority shall not assign the same number to another replacement pollution control device type.
The same type-approval number may cover the use of that replacement pollution control device type on a number of different vehicle or engine types.
2.For the purposes of paragraph 1, the approval authority shall issue [F4a GB type-approval] certificate established in accordance with the model set out in Appendix 2 to Annex XI.
3.If the manufacturer is able to demonstrate to the approval authority that the replacement pollution control device is of a type referred to in point 3.2.12.2 of Appendix 4 to Annex I, the granting of a type-approval shall not be dependent on verification of compliance with the requirements set out in Section 4 of Annex XI.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 17 heading substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 65(17)(a)
F2Words in Art. 17(1) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 65(17)(b)
F3Words in Art. 17(1) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 65(17)(c)
F4Words in Art. 17(2) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 65(17)(b)