Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683Show full title

2.3 Section 3: (applicable to all approvals): Either the number of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Delegated Regulation or Commission Implementing Regulation laying down the applicable requirements, or, where amended, of the latest Regulation/Directive amending that Regulation/Directive.

For an EU whole-vehicle type-approval in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/858, ‘2018/858’ shall be indicated. However:

(a)

in the case of an EU type-approval of vehicles produced in small series in accordance with Article 41 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, the letters ‘KS’ in capitals shall replace the first two digits of that Regulation’s number (i.e. ‘KS18/858’);

(b)

in the case of a national type-approval of vehicles produced in small series in accordance with Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, the letters ‘NKS’ in capitals shall replace the first two digits of that Regulation’s number (i.e. ‘NKS18/858’);

(c)

in the case of an EU individual vehicle approval in accordance with Article 44 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, the letters ‘IV’ in capitals shall replace the first two digits of that Regulation’s number (i.e. ‘IV18/858’);

(d)

in the case of a national individual vehicle approval in accordance with Article 45 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, the letters ‘NIV’ in capitals shall replace the first two digits of that Regulation’s number (i.e. ‘NIV18/858’).

Where a Directive or Regulation laying down the applicable requirements, or its amendment, contains different technical prescriptions to be applied from specific dates, section 3 shall be followed by one or more alphabetical characters, as prescribed in the applicable Directive or Regulation to identify against which requirements the approval was granted. Where different vehicle categories are concerned, the character may also refer to a specific vehicle category.