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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-78/annex-1/annex-IV",
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  "legislation": "eur/2009/78",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 January 2009 on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to the protection of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users, amending Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directives 2003/102/EC and 2005/66/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-78",
  "path": "annex/1/annex/IV",
  "kind": "appendix",
  "number": "ANNEX IV",
  "heading": "GB TYPE-APPROVAL MARK",
  "text": "1.\nThis mark shall consist of:\n1.1.\nA rectangle surrounding the lower-case letter ‘g’ followed by the number 11.\n1.2.\nIn the vicinity of the rectangle the ‘base approval number’ contained in Section 4 of the type-approval number referred to in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2020/683, preceded by the two figures indicating the sequence number assigned to the latest major technical amendment to this Regulation on the date the GB type-approval was granted. The sequence number for this Regulation is 02.\n1.3.\nThe following additional letters located above the rectangle:\n1.3.1.\n‘A’ to indicate that the frontal protection system was approved in compliance with the requirements of point 5.1.1.1 of Annex I and is suitable for fitting to vehicles that comply with Section 2 of Annex I;\n1.3.2.\n‘B’ to indicate that the frontal protection system was approved in compliance with the requirements of point 5.1.1.2 of Annex I and is suitable for fitting to vehicles that comply with Section 3 of Annex I;\n1.3.3.\n‘X’ to indicate that the frontal protection system was approved under the consideration, for the legform impactor test, allowed by points 5.1.1.3 or 5.1.2.2 of Annex I and is only suitable for fitting to vehicles that do not comply with either Section 2 or Section 3 of Annex I.\n1.4.\nThe GB type-approval mark shall be clearly legible, indelible and clearly visible when installed on the vehicle.\n1.5.\nAn example of the approval mark is given in the Appendix to this Annex.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 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), 51(7)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 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), 51(7)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 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), 51(7)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 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), 51(7)(a)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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