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

Adopting the report by Mr Fernand LE RACHNINEL (NI, F), the European Parliament amended the proposal for a regulation to the effect that Member States requiring vehicles from other Member States to display a distinguishing sign of the state of registration should recognize, in addition to the oval sticker required under the Vienna Convention, the sign included in the Community registration plate (abbreviation consisting of one, two or three letters representing the country of registration in white or yellow on an elliptical blue background and surrounded by a circle of 12 yellow stars representing the Community flag). Recognition of both distinctive registration signs would eliminate the risk of action being taken against Community citizens whose vehicles did not display the sign recognized by the country visited. �