Division 2.3 Section 3: (applicable to all approvals): Either the number of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Delegated Regulation , Commission Implementing Regulation or Statutory Instrument laying down the applicable requirements, or, where amended, of the latest Regulation/Directive /Statutory Instrument amending that Regulation/Directive /Statutory Instrument.F1F2

For F3a GB type-approval in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/858, ‘2018/858’ shall be indicated. However:

1. (a)

   in the case of a GB type-approval of vehicles produced in F4medium series in accordance with Article 41 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, the letters ‘KS’ in capitals shall replace the first two digits of that Regulation’s number (i.e. ‘KS18/858’);

2. (b)

   in the case of a F5... type-approval of vehicles produced in small series in accordance with Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, the letters ‘NKS’ in capitals shall replace the first two digits of that Regulation’s number (i.e. ‘NKS18/858’);

3. (c)

   F6...

4. (d)

   in the case of F7an individual vehicle approval in accordance with Article 45 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, the letters ‘NIV’ in capitals shall replace the first two digits of that Regulation’s number (i.e. ‘NIV18/858’).

Where a F8Directive, Regulation or Statutory Instrument laying down the applicable requirements, or its amendment, contains different technical prescriptions to be applied from specific dates, section 3 shall be followed by one or more alphabetical characters, as prescribed in the applicable Directive, Regulation or Statutory Instrument to identify against which requirements the approval was granted. Where different vehicle categories are concerned, the character may also refer to a specific vehicle category.