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including the samples and test pieces submitted for approval, shall bear a trade name or mark of the manufacturer as listed under item 3 of Annex 1.  Manufactured parts shall bear the ECE Regulation No. 43 number allocated to the prime manufacturer. The marking shall be clearly legible and indelible.
5.  Approval
5.1. Approval for a type of glazing
 If the samples submitted for approval meet the requirements of paragraphs 6. to 8. of this Regulation, approval of the pertinent type of safety glazing material shall be granted.
5.2. An approval number shall be assigned to each type as defined in Annexes 5, 7, 11, 12, 14, 15 and 16 or, in the case of windscreens, to each group approved. Its first two digits (at present 01 for the Regulation in its original form) shall indicate the series of amendments incorporating the most recent major technical amendments made to the Regulation at the time of issue of the approval. The same Contracting Party may not assign the same number to another type or group of safety glazing material.
5.3. Notice of approval or extension of approval or refusal of approval of a type of safety glazing material pursuant to this Regulation shall be communicated to the Parties to the Agreement applying this Regulation, by means of a form conforming to the model in Annex 1 ‑ and its appendices ‑ to this Regulation.
5.3.1. In the case of windscreens, the notice of approval shall be accompanied by a document listing every windscreen model in the approved group, together with the characteristics of the group pursuant to Annex 1, Appendix 8.
5.4. There shall be affixed conspicuously to every piece of glazing and multiple-glazed unit conforming to a type approved under this Regulation, in addition to the marking prescribed in paragraph 4.1., an international approval mark. Any specific approval mark assigned to each pane forming a multiple-glazed unit may also be affixed. This approval mark shall consist of:
5.4.1. A circle surrounding the letter "E" followed by the distinguishing number of the country which has granted approval[3];
5.4.2. The number of this Regulation, followed by the letter "R", a dash and the approval number to the right of the circle prescribed in paragraph 5.4.1.
5.5. The following additional symbols shall be affixed near the above approval mark:
5.5.1. In the case of a windscreen:
 I for toughened glass
 II for ordinary laminated glass
 III for treated laminated glass
 IV for glass-plastics glazing.
                  5.5.2. V in the case of safety glazing having a regular light transmittance less than 70 per cent.
                  5.5.3. VI in the case of multiple-glazed unit
                  5.5.4. VII in the case of uniformly-toughened glass glazing which can be used