# Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/166 of 3 February 2015 supplementing and amending Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the inclusion of specific procedures, assessment methods and technical requirements, and amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Commission Regulations (EU) No 1003/2010, (EU) No 109/2011 and (EU) No 458/2011 (Text with EEA relevance), Article 3: Type-approval

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

1. Where the type of vehicle, component or separate technical unit presented for type-approval complies with the relevant technical prescriptions and measures to ensure conformity of production with the UNECE regulations made compulsory by Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 and where the applicant fulfils the relevant requirements laid down in Article 2 of this Regulation, the type-approval authority shall grant an EC type-approval pursuant to Article 13(15)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 and issue a type-approval number in accordance with the numbering system set out in Annex VII to Directive 2007/46/EC.
2. A Member State may not assign the same number to another type of vehicle, component or separate technical unit.
3. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the type-approval authority shall deliver an EC type-approval certificate established in accordance with the model set out in Part 2 of Annex I in case of a type of vehicle, component or separate technical unit incorporating new technologies or new concepts incompatible with UNECE regulations, or Part 3 of Annex I in case of a type of vehicle, component or separate technical unit complying with the essential technical requirements of UNECE regulations and/or in case of self-testing and/or virtual testing.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/166/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-166/article-3
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