Appendix 5

In the case of an axle being type approved accordant to this Annex, the axle shall bear:

1. 1.1.

   F1The manufacturer's name or trade mark

2. 1.2

   The make and identifying type indication as recorded in the information referred to in paragraph 0.2 and 0.3 of Appendix 2 to this Annex

3. 1.3

   F2The certification mark as a rectangle surrounding the lower-case letter ‘g’ followed by the number 11.

The certification mark shall also include in the vicinity of the rectangle the ‘base certification number’ as specified for Section 4 of the type-approval number set out in F3point 2.4 of Annex IV to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683, preceded by the two figures indicating the sequence number assigned to the latest technical amendment to this Regulation and by a character ‘L’ indicating that the certificate has been granted for an axle.

For this Regulation, the sequence number shall be 00.

The above certification mark affixed to an axle shows that the type concerned has been approved F5... pursuant to this Regulation. The first two digits (00) are indicating the sequence number assigned to the latest technical amendment to this Regulation. The following letter indicates that the certificate was granted for an axle (L). The last four digits (0004) are those allocated by the type-approval authority to the axle as the base certification number.

Upon request of the applicant for a certificate and after prior agreement with the type-approval authority other type sizes than indicated in 1.4.1 may be used. Those other type sizes shall remain clearly legible.

The markings, labels, plates or stickers must be durable for the useful life of the axle and must be clearly legible and indelible. The manufacturer shall ensure that the markings, labels, plates or sticker cannot be removed without destroying or defacing them.

The certification number shall be visible when the axle is installed on the vehicle and shall be affixed to a part necessary for normal operation and not normally requiring replacement during component life.

Certification number for axles shall comprise the following:

F6g11*YYYY/YYYY*ZZZZ/ZZZZ*L*0000*00