APPROVAL MARK AND CERTIFICATE
I. APPROVAL MARK
1. The approval mark shall be made up of:
a rectangle, within which shall be placed the letter ‘e’ followed by a distinguishing number or letter for the country which has issued the approval in accordance with the following conventional signs:
Belgium | 6, |
Bulgaria | 34, |
Czech Republic | 8, |
Denmark | 18, |
Germany | 1, |
Estonia | 29, |
Ireland | 24, |
Greece | 23, |
Spain | 9, |
France | 2, |
Croatia | 25, |
Italy | 3, |
Cyprus | CY, |
Latvia | 32, |
Lithuania | 36, |
Luxembourg | 13, |
Hungary | 7, |
Malta | MT, |
Netherlands | 4, |
Austria | 12, |
Poland | 20, |
Portugal | 21, |
Romania | 19, |
Slovenia | 26, |
Slovakia | 27, |
Finland | 17, |
Sweden | 5, |
United Kingdom | 11, |
and
an approval number corresponding to the number of the approval certificate drawn up for the prototype of the recording equipment or the record sheet or to the number of a tachograph card, placed at any point within the immediate proximity of that rectangle.
2. The approval mark shall be shown on the descriptive plaque of each set of equipment and on each record sheet and on each tachograph card. It must be indelible and must always remain clearly legible.
3. The dimensions of the approval mark drawn below (13) are expressed in millimetres, these dimensions being minima. The ratios between the dimensions must be maintained.

II. APPROVAL CERTIFICATE FOR ANALOGUE TACHOGRAPHS
A Member State which has granted approval shall issue the applicant with an approval certificate, the model of which is given below. When informing other Member States of approvals issued or, if the occasion should arise, withdrawn, a Member State shall use copies of that certificate.
APPROVAL CERTIFICATE
Name of competent administration …
Notification concerning (14):
approval of a type of recording equipment
withdrawal of approval of a type of recording equipment
approval of a model record sheet
withdrawal of approval of a model record sheet
…
Approval No …
1. Trade mark or name …
2. Name of type or model …
3. Name of manufacturer …
4. Address of manufacturer …
5. Submitted for approval on …
6. Tested at …
7. Date and number of the test(s) …
8. Date of approval …
9. Date of withdrawal of approval …
10. Type or types of recording equipment in which sheet is designed to be used …
11. Place …
12. Date …
13. Descriptive documents annexed …
14. Remarks (including the position of seals if applicable)
…
(Signature)
III. APPROVAL CERTIFICATE FOR DIGITAL TACHOGRAPHS
A Member State which has granted approval shall issue the applicant with an approval certificate, the model of which is given below. When informing other Member States of approvals issued or, if the occasion should arise, withdrawn, a Member State shall use copies of that certificate.
APPROVAL CERTIFICATE FOR DIGITAL TACHOGRAPHS
Name of competent administration …
Notification concerning (15):
□ approval of: | □ withdrawal of approval of: |
□ recording equipment model
□ recording equipment component (16)
□ a driver’s card
□ a workshop card
□ a company card
□ a controller’s card
…
Approval No …
1. Manufacturing brand or trademark …
2. Name of model …
3. Name of manufacturer …
4. Address of manufacturer …
5. Submitted for approval for …
6. Laboratory(-ies) …
7. Date and number of test report …
8. Date of approval …
9. Date of withdrawal of approval …
10. Model of recording equipment(s) with which the component is designed to be used …
11. Place …
12. Date …
13. Descriptive documents annexed …
14. Remarks
…
(Signature)