CELEX: 32014R0575
Language: en
Date: 2014-05-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 575/2014 of 27 May 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 383/2012 laying down technical requirements with regard to driving licences which include a storage medium (microchip)  Text with EEA relevance

28.5.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 159/47
            
         COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 575/2014
   of 27 May 2014
   amending Regulation (EU) No 383/2012 laying down technical requirements with regard to driving licences which include a storage medium (microchip)
   (Text with EEA relevance)
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on driving licences (1), and in particular Article 1(2) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Commission Regulation (EU) No 383/2012 (2) applies to driving licences which include a microchip and lays down a series of technical requirements.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               In particular, Section III.4.2 of Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 383/2012 lays down an EU type-approval numbering system based on the assignment of a distinguishing number for the Member State which has granted the EU type-approval.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Following the accession of Croatia to the Union, it is necessary to provide for a distinguishing number for this country which is in compliance with the UN/ECE numerical order for type-approval.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Regulation (EU) No 383/2012 should therefore be amended accordingly.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on driving licences,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Section III.4.2 of Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 383/2012 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 27 May 2014.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         
            The President
         
         José Manuel BARROSO
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 403, 30.12.2006, p. 18.
   
      (2)  Commission Regulation (EU) No 383/2012 of 4 May 2012 laying down technical requirements with regard to driving licences which include a storage medium (microchip) (OJ L 120, 5.5.2012, p. 1).
   
      ANNEX
      Section III.4.2 of Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 383/2012 is replaced by the following:
      
         ‘III.4.2   Numbering system
         
         The EU type-approval numbering system shall consist of:
         
                     (a)
                  
                  
                     The letter “e” followed by a distinguishing number for the Member State which has granted the EU type-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
                              
                           
                                 19
                              
                              
                                 for Romania
                              
                           
                                 20
                              
                              
                                 for Poland
                              
                           
                                 21
                              
                              
                                 for Portugal
                              
                           
                                 23
                              
                              
                                 for Greece
                              
                           
                                 24
                              
                              
                                 for Ireland
                              
                           
                                 25
                              
                              
                                 for Croatia
                              
                           
                                 26
                              
                              
                                 for Slovenia
                              
                           
                                 27
                              
                              
                                 for Slovakia
                              
                           
                                 29
                              
                              
                                 for Estonia
                              
                           
                                 32
                              
                              
                                 for Latvia
                              
                           
                                 34
                              
                              
                                 for Bulgaria
                              
                           
                                 36
                              
                              
                                 for Lithuania
                              
                           
                                 49
                              
                              
                                 for Cyprus
                              
                           
                                 50
                              
                              
                                 for Malta.
                              
                           
               
                     (b)
                  
                  
                     The letters DL preceded by a hyphen and followed by the two figures indicating the sequence number assigned to this Regulation or latest major technical amendment to this Regulation. The sequence number for this Regulation is 00.
                  
               
                     (c)
                  
                  
                     A unique identification number of the EU type-approval attributed by the issuing Member State.
                  
               Example of the EU type-approval numbering system: e50-DL00 12345
         The approval number shall be stored on the microchip in DG 1 for each driving licence carrying such microchip.’