# Council Directive of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound level and the exhaust system of motor vehicles (70/157/EEC), Division 4.2


The EC type-approval mark shall consist of a rectangle surrounding the lower case letter ‘ e ’ followed by the distinguishing letter(s) or number of the Member State which has granted the approval:
‘ 1 ’ for Germany
‘ 2 ” for France
‘ 3 ’ for Italy
‘ 4 ’ for the Netherlands
‘ 5 ’ for Sweden
‘ 6 ’ for Belgium
‘ 7 ’ for Hungary
‘ 8 ’ for the Czech Republic
‘ 9 ’ for Spain
‘ 11 ’ for the United Kingdom
‘ 12 ’ for Austria
‘ 13 ’ for Luxembourg
‘ 17 ’ for Finland
‘ 18 ’ for Denmark
‘ 19 ’ for Romania
‘ 20 ’ for Poland
‘ 21 ’ for Portugal
‘ 23 ’ for Greece
‘ 24 ’ for Ireland
‘ 25 ’ for Croatia
‘ 26 ’ for Slovenia
‘ 27 ’ for Slovakia
‘ 29 ’ for Estonia
‘ 32 ’ for Latvia
‘ 34 ’ for Bulgaria
‘ 36 ’ for Lithuania
‘ 49 ’ for Cyprus
‘ 50 ’ for Malta
It must also include in the vicinity of the rectangle the ‘ base approval number ’ contained in section 4 of the type-approval number referred to in Annex VII to Directive 70/156/EEC, preceded by the two figures indicating the sequence number assigned to the most recent major technical amendment to Council Directive 70/157/EEC which was applicable at the time of the vehicle type-approval. For Directive 70/157/ EEC, the sequence number is 00; for Directive 77/212/EEC the sequence number is 01; for Directive 84/424/EEC the sequence number is 02; for Directive 92/97/EEC and this Directive the sequence number is 03. Sequence number 03 reflects as well the technical requirements of the 00 series of amendments of UN/ECE Regulation No 59.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1970/157/attachment/3/division/division/4./division/4.2. (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1970-157/attachment-3/division/division-4./division-4.2.
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