Application for type-approval
Article 3
Open ↗1. In one or more of the cases referred to in Article 1(2) of this Regulation, applications for approval of a type of vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit, in accordance with the requirements set out in the UN regulations listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/2144, shall be submitted to the type-approval authority by manufacturers or their representatives, using the model information document laid down in Part 1 of Annex I. 2. Any EU or UN type-approved components and separate technical units which are installed on a vehicle or incorporated within a second component or separate technical unit need not to be fully described in terms of their particulars in the information document referred to in paragraph 1 where the type-approval certificate numbers and markings are provided in the information document and the relevant type-approval certificates, with their attachments, are made available to the type-approval authority. 3. Components and separate technical units which have a valid EU type-approval mark shall be accepted even in cases where they are applied instead of components and separate technical units that are required to bear an UN type-approval mark in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 and the delegated acts and implementing acts adopted pursuant to it, setting out provisions in areas covered by UN regulations.