Division 2.1
Section 1 denotes the Member State issuing the EU type-approval; begins with the lower-case letter ‘e’ and is followed by the distinguishing number of the Member State, applicable for all EU type-approval numbers:
| 1 | Germany | 19 | Romania |
| 2 | France | 20 | Poland |
| 3 | Italy | 21 | Portugal |
| 4 | The Netherlands | 23 | Greece |
| 5 | Sweden | 24 | Ireland |
| 6 | Belgium | 25 | Croatia |
| 7 | Hungary | 26 | Slovenia |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 27 | Slovakia |
| 9 | Spain | 29 | Estonia |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 32 | Latvia |
| 12 | Austria | 34 | Bulgaria |
| 13 | Luxembourg | 36 | Lithuania |
| 17 | Finland | 49 | Cyprus |
| 18 | Denmark | 50 | Malta |