Paragraph 2 I1

The number shown outside and below the circle in any such marking will be varied, where appropriate, so as to be the number assigned by the competent authority of a Contracting State to distinguish the manufacturer of the motor vehicle or motor vehicle part concerned. The said number will be close to and outside the circle in such a position relative thereto as may be authorised by the relevant ECE Regulation, so however that it shall be read in the same direction as the number inside the circle.