ANNEX V
The number shall consist of five sections separated by the ‘*’ character. Section 1: | the lower case letter ‘e’ followed by the distinguishing number of the Member State issuing the approval: 1 for Germany 2 for France 3 for Italy 4 for the Netherlands 5 for Sweden 6 for Belgium 7 for Hungary 8 for the Czech Republic 9 for Spain 11 for the United Kingdom 12 for Austria 13 for Luxembourg 17 for Finland 18 for Denmark 20 for Poland 21 for Portugal 23 for Greece 24 for Ireland 26 for Slovenia 27 for Slovakia 29 for Estonia 32 for Latvia 36 for Lithuania 49 for Cyprus 50 for Malta Section 2: | the number of this Directive. Section 3: | the number of the latest amending Directive applicable to the approval. As it contains different implementation dates and different technical standards, an alphabetical character shall be added in accordance with the table in section 4 below. This character refers to the different application dates for the stages of severity on the basis of which type-approval was granted. Section 4: | a four-digit sequential number (with leading zeros as applicable) to denote the base approval number. The sequence shall start from 0001. Section 5: | a two-digit sequential number (with a leading zero as applicable) to denote the extension. The sequence shall start from 01 for each base approval number. Example for the third approval (with, as yet, no extension) corresponding to application date B1 with OBD stage I, issued by the United Kingdom: e11*2004/…*2005/…B*0003*00 Example of the second extension to the fourth approval corresponding to application date B2, with OBD stage II, issued by Germany: e1*2004/…*2005/…F*0004*02 Character | Row (*1) | OBD Stage I (*2) | OBD Stage II | Durability and in-use | NOx control (*3) A | A | — | — | — | — B | B1(2005) | YES | — | YES | — C | B1(2005) | YES | — | YES | YES D | B2(2008) | YES | — | YES | — E | B2(2008) | YES | — | YES | YES F | B2(2008) | — | YES | YES | — G | B2(2008) | — | YES | YES | YES H | C | YES | — | YES | — I | C | YES | — | YES | YES J | C | — | YES | YES | — K | C | — | YES | YES | YES
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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-10 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.