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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1151/annex-XXI/division-1/division-5/division-5.0",
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  "legislation": "eur/2017/1151",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 of 1 June 2017 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information, amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1151",
  "path": "annex/XXI/division/1/division/5/division/5.0",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5.0",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Each of the vehicle families defined in paragraphs 5.6. to 5.9. shall be attributed a unique identifier of the following format:\nFT-nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn-WMI-x\nWhere:\nFT is an identifier of the family type:\n— IP Interpolation family as defined in paragraph 5.6.\n— RL Road load family as defined in paragraph 5.7.\n— RM Road load matrix family as defined in paragraph 5.8.\n— PR Periodically regenerating systems (K i ) family as defined in paragraph 5.9.\n— AT ATCT family as defined in paragraph 2. of Sub-Annex 6a.\nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn is a string with a maximum of fifteen characters, restricted to using the characters 0-9, A-Z and the underscore character ‘_’.\nWMI (world manufacturer identifier) is a code that identifies the manufacturer in a unique manner defined in ISO 3780:2009.\nx shall be set to ‘1’ or ‘0’ in accordance with the following provisions:\n(a)With the agreement of the approval authority and the owner of the WMI, the number shall be set to ‘1’ where a vehicle family is defined for the purpose of covering vehicles of:\n(i)a single manufacturer with one single WMI code;\n(ii)a manufacturer with several WMI codes, but only in cases when one WMI code is to be used;\n(iii)more than one manufacturer, but only in cases when one WMI code is to be used.\nIn the cases (i), (ii) and (iii), the family identifier code shall consist of one unique string of n-characters and one unique WMI code followed by ‘1’.\n(b)With the agreement of the approval authority, the number shall be set to ‘0’ in the case that a vehicle family is defined based on the same criteria as the corresponding vehicle family defined in accordance with point (a), but the manufacturer chooses to use a different WMI. In this case the family identifier code shall consist of the same string of n-characters as the one determined for the vehicle family defined in accordance with point (a) and a unique WMI code which shall be different from any of the WMI codes used under case (a), followed by ‘0’.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1832 of 5 November 2018 amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 for the purpose of improving the emission type approval tests and procedures for light passenger and commercial vehicles, including those for in-service conformity and real-driving emissions and introducing devices for monitoring the consumption of fuel and electric energy (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/1151/annex/XXI/division/1/division/5/division/5.0",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:48.753743+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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