Motor vehicles and trailers: recognition of the distinguishing sign of the Member state of registration

The amended proposal particularly incorporates the amendments seeking to: - extend the scope of the Regulation to trailers; - stipulate that Member States must recognise the distinguishing sign displayed on the extreme left of the registration plate in accordance with the provisions of the annex to the Regulation as being equivalent to any other distinguishing sign which they recognise for the purposes of identifying the State of registration of the vehicle. The amendments were rejected which sought: - to insert in the definition of the sign a reference to the place where the sign must appear, namely on the extreme left of the plate; - to insert a new annex compelling Member States also to recognise a different distinguishing sign (elliptical). �