# Inscription missing or illegible — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Inscription missing or illegible, category is Major; inspection item number is 0.1; defect reference is (b); inspection item is Registration number plates (if needed by requirements 1 ); authority is EU Directive 2014/45/EU Annex I, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Inscription missing or illegible _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Major
- **Inspection item number:** 0.1
- **Defect reference:** (b) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Registration number plates (if needed by requirements 1 )
- **Authority:** EU Directive 2014/45/EU Annex I _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (b) | Inscription missing or illegible | | | X |

## Source

- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32014L0045

Last verified: 2026-08-06. Review by: 2027-02-02.
Part of [Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts](https://referencesource.org/vehicle-inspection-defect-categories/).