# Council Directive 1999/37/EC of 29 April 1999 on the registration documents for vehicles, Division II.4

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The first page of Part I of the Registration Certificate shall contain:
the name of the Member State issuing Part I of the Registration Certificate,
the distinguishing mark of the Member State issuing Part I of the registration certificate, namely:
B Belgium
BG Bulgaria
CZ Czech Republic
DK Denmark
D Germany
EST Estonia
GR Greece
E Spain
F France
HR Croatia
IRL Ireland
I Italy
CY Cyprus
LV Latvia
LT Lithuania
L Luxembourg
H Hungary
M Malta
NL Netherlands
A Austria
PL Poland
P Portugal
RO Romania
SLO Slovenia
SK Slovakia
FIN Finland
S Sweden
UK United Kingdom,
the name of the competent authority,
the words ‘ Part I of the Registration Certificate ’ or, if the certificate consists of one part only, the words ‘ Registration Certificate ’ , printed in large type in the language or languages of the Member States issuing the Registration Certificate; they shall also appear, after a suitable space, in small type in the other languages of the European Community,
the words ‘ European Community ’ , printed in the language or languages of the Member State issuing Part I of the Registration Certificate,
the number of the document.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1999/37/annex/I/division/II/division/II.4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1999-37/annex-I/division-II/division-II.4
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