# 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), Appendix ANNEX IV: GB TYPE-APPROVAL MARK

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

1.
This mark shall consist of:
1.1.
A rectangle surrounding the lower-case letter ‘g’ followed by the number 11.
1.2.
In 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.
1.3.
The following additional letters located above the rectangle:
1.3.1.
‘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;
1.3.2.
‘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;
1.3.3.
‘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.
1.4.
The GB type-approval mark shall be clearly legible, indelible and clearly visible when installed on the vehicle.
1.5.
An example of the approval mark is given in the Appendix to this Annex.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/78/annex/1/annex/IV (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-78/annex-1/annex-IV
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