# Regulation (EU) No 540/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the sound level of motor vehicles and of replacement silencing systems, and amending Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directive 70/157/EEC (Text with EEA relevance), Division 3.3

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

A type-approval number in accordance with Annex IV to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683 shall be assigned to each type of replacement silencing system, or components thereof, approved as a separate technical unit; section 3 of the type-approval number shall indicate the number of this Regulation. Furthermore, if the replacement silencing system is intended to be fitted on vehicle types complying with the limit values of Phase 1 in Annex III only, section 3 of the type-approval number shall be followed by the character ‘A’. If the replacement silencing system is intended to be fitted on vehicle types complying with the limit values of Phase 2 in Annex III only, section 3 of the type- approval number shall be followed by the character ‘B’. If the replacement silencing system is intended to be fitted on vehicle types complying with the limit values of Phase 3 in Annex III, section 3 of the type- approval number shall be followed by the character ‘C’. The approval authority shall not assign the same number to another type of replacement silencing system, or components thereof.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/540/annex/IX/division/3/division/3.3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-540/annex-IX/division-3/division-3.3
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