# Commission Regulation (EU) No 575/2014 of 27 May 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 383/2012 laying down technical requirements with regard to driving licences which include a storage medium (microchip) (Text with EEA relevance), Annex

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

Section III.4.2 of Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 383/2012 is replaced by the following:
‘III.4.2
Numbering system
The EU type-approval numbering system shall consist of:
(a) The letter “e” followed by a distinguishing number for the Member State which has granted the EU type-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.
(b) The letters DL preceded by a hyphen and followed by the two figures indicating the sequence number assigned to this Regulation or latest major technical amendment to this Regulation. The sequence number for this Regulation is 00.
(c) A unique identification number of the EU type-approval attributed by the issuing Member State.
Example of the EU type-approval numbering system: e50-DL00 12345
The approval number shall be stored on the microchip in DG 1 for each driving licence carrying such microchip.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/575/annex (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-575/annex
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