ANNEX IIISupplementary provisions
ANNEX III Templates for the certificate of conformity 1. Objectives The certificate of conformity enables the competent authorities of the Member States to register vehicles without requiring the applicant to supply additional technical documentation. For these purposes, the certificate of conformity shall include: (a) the vehicle identification number; (b) the exact technical characteristics of the vehicle (e.g. it is not permitted to mention any range of value in the various entries). 2. General requirements 2.1. The vehicle manufacturer shall provide, in accordance with Article 33(1) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013, a certificate of conformity for each vehicle in the series of the type which has been approved, which template is set out in the Appendix 1. 2.2. The certificate of conformity shall consist of two sections: (a) section 1 contains a statement of compliance by the manufacturer. There are different templates for section 1 according to the vehicles covered, as specified in point 3; (b) section 2 is a technical description of the main characteristics of the vehicle. There are different templates for section 2 according to the vehicles' category covered, as specified in point 4. Those entries which are not applicable to the certified vehicle can be supressed. 2.3. The certificate of conformity shall be no bigger than A4 paper format (210 × 297 mm). 2.4 All information on the certificate of conformity shall be provided in ISO 8859 series (Information technology — 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets) characters (for certificates of conformity issued in Bulgarian language in Cyril characters, for certificates of conformity issued in Greek language in Greek characters) and Arabic numerals. 2.5. Without prejudice to the provisions in point 1(b), the values and units indicated in section 2 of the certificate of conformity shall be those given in the information document of the vehicle type. The tolerances allowed are those laid down in the relevant requirements of the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 167/2013. Maximum and minimum values are accepted for vehicles' dimensions (Length, Width and Height) to take into account their different configurations of wheels and tyres. 3. Models of section 1 of the certificate of conformity 3.1. Model A of section 1 of the certificate of conformity (complete vehicles) shall cover vehicles which can be used on the road without further approval. 3.2. Model B of section 1 of the certificate of conformity (completed vehicles) shall cover vehicles which can also be used on the road without requiring any further approval, and which have previously undergone an additional approval stage. This is the normal result of the multi-stage approval process (e.g. a T1-category tractor built by a second-stage manufacturer on a chassis built by another vehicle manufacturer). The additional features added during the multi-stage process shall be described briefly and the certificates of conformity obtained at the previous stages shall be annexed. 3.3. Model C of section 1 of the certificate of conformity (incomplete vehicles) shall cover vehicles which need a further stage for their approval and cannot be permanently registered or used on the road (e.g. a chassis of a T2-category tractor). 4. Models of section 2 of the certificate of conformity There are two models of section 2 of the certificate of conformity: (a) Model 1 of section 2 of the certificate of conformity for wheeled tractors (T category vehicles) and track-laying tractors (C category vehicles); (b) Model 2 of section 2 of the certificate of conformity for trailers (R-category vehicles) and interchangeable towed equipment (S-category vehicles). 5. Paper and features to prevent forgery 5.1. In accordance with Article 33(2) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013, the certificate of conformity shall be made in such a way as to prevent any forgery. For this purpose, the paper used for the certificate of conformity shall be protected by a watermark in the form of the registered mark of the manufacturer or brand name and by coloured graphics. 5.2. As an alternative to the requirements set out in point 5.1, the paper of the certificate of conformity may be not protected by a watermark in the form of the registered mark of the manufacturer or brand name. In this case, the coloured graphics shall be supplemented with at least one additional security printing feature (e.g. ultraviolet fluorescent ink, inks with viewing angle-dependent colour, inks with temperature-dependent colour, micro printing, guilloche printing, iridescent printing, laser engraving, custom holograms, variable laser images, optical variable images, physically embossed or engraved manufacturer's logo, etc.) 5.3. Manufacturers may provide the certificate of conformity with security printing features additional to those set out in points 5.1 and 5.2. 6. Special provisions 6.1. The certificate of conformity of tractors (T- and C-category vehicles) type-approved with machinery mounted on them and of R- and S-category vehicles shall have as attachment the EC declaration of conformity in compliance with the national provisions implementing Directive 2006/42/EC.