Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2012C00283:front:0:p13
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unless its original characteristics or technical parameters are changed in such a way that the functionality of the engine or pollution control system is affected.
  4.  Approval
              4.1. If the vehicle type submitted for approval following this amendment meets the requirements of paragraph 5. below, approval of that vehicle type shall be granted.
              4.2. An approval number shall be assigned to each type approved.
               Its first two digits shall indicate the series of amendments according to which the approval was granted. The same Contracting Party shall not assign the same number to another vehicle type.
              4.3. Notice of approval or of extension or refusal of approval of a vehicle type pursuant to this Regulation shall be communicated to the Parties to the Agreement which apply this Regulation by means of a form conforming to the model in Annex 2 to this Regulation.
              4.3.1. In the event of amendment to the present text, for example, if new limit values are prescribed, the Parties to the Agreement shall be informed which vehicle types already approved comply with the new provisions.
              4.4. There shall be affixed, conspicuously and in a readily accessible place specified on the approval form, to every vehicle conforming to a vehicle type approved under this Regulation, an international approval mark consisting of:
              4.4.1. A circle surrounding the letter "E" followed by the distinguishing number of the country that has granted approval[4].
              4.4.2. The number of this Regulation, followed by the letter "R", a dash and the approval number to the right of the circle described in paragraph 4.4.1.
              4.4.3. The approval mark shall contain an additional character after the type approval number, the purpose of which is to distinguish vehicle category and class for which the approval has been granted. This letter should be chosen according to the Table 1 in Annex 3 to this Regulation.
              4.5. If the vehicle conforms to a vehicle type approved, under one or more other Regulations annexed to the Agreement, in the country which has granted approval under this Regulation, the symbol prescribed in paragraph 4.4.1. need not be repeated; in such a case, the Regulation and approval numbers and the additional symbols of all the Regulations under which approval has been granted in the country which has granted approval under this Regulation shall be placed in vertical columns to the right of the symbol prescribed in paragraph 4.4.1.
              4.6. The approval mark shall be clearly legible and be indelible.
              4.7. The approval mark shall be placed close to or on the vehicle data plate.
              4.8. Annex 3 to this Regulation gives examples of arrangements of the approval mark.
              4.9.  Additional requirements for approval of flex fuel vehicles

              4.9.1. For the type approval