The Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979
1. Section 63(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1972, as amended by the Designation of Approval Marks (European Communities) Regulations 1973, enacts that where any international agreement to which the United Kingdom is a party, or a Community obligation, provides—for markings to be applied:to motor vehicle parts of any description to indicate conformity with a type approved by any country; orto a motor vehicle to indicate that the vehicle is fitted with motor vehicle parts of any description and either that the parts conform with a type approved by any country or that the vehicle is such that as so fitted it conforms with a type so approved; andfor motor vehicle parts or, as the case may be, motor vehicles, bearing those markings to be recognised as complying with the requirements imposed by the law of another country,