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be type-approved, chosen by the applicant in agreement with the technical service responsible for conducting approval tests.
3.2.4. Instructions in triplicate in accordance with paragraph 8 below.
4.  APPROVAL
4.1. If the VAS submitted for approval pursuant to this Regulation meets the requirements of paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 below, approval of that type of VAS shall be granted.
4.2. An approval number of which the first two digits (currently 01 for the 01 series of amendments) 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 of VAS.
4.3. Notice of approval or of extension or of refusal of approval of a type of VAS pursuant to this Regulation shall be communicated to the Contracting Parties to the Agreement applying this Regulation by means of a form conforming to the model in Annex 1 to this Regulation.
4.4. There shall be affixed, conspicuously and in a readily accessible place specified on the approval form, to the main component(s) of the VAS conforming to a type of VAS 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 which has granted approval [3]/;
4.4.2. The number of this Regulation, followed by the letter "R", a symbol "A" or "I" or "AI" indicating if the system is a vehicle alarm system or an immobiliser or a combination of both, a dash and the approval number in the vicinity of the circle prescribed in paragraph 4.4.1.
4.4.3. The approval mark shall be clearly legible and indelible.
4.4.4. Annex 5 to this Regulation gives examples of arrangements of approval marks.
4.5. As an alternative to the approval mark described in paragraph 4.4. above, a certificate of conformity shall be issued for every VAS offered for sale.
 Where a VAS manufacturer supplies an approved unmarked VAS to a vehicle manufacturer, for fitment by that manufacturer as original equipment for a vehicle model or range of vehicle models, the VAS manufacturer shall supply a number of copies of the certificate of conformity to the vehicle manufacturer, sufficient for that manufacturer to obtain the vehicle approval to Part II of this Regulation.
 If the VAS is made up of separate components, its main component(s) shall bear a reference mark and the certificate of conformity shall provide a list of such reference marks.
 A model of the certificate of conformity is given in Annex 6 to this Regulation.
5. GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
5.1. VAS shall, in the event of intrusion into or interference with