# Missing data plate. — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Missing data plate., defect is Missing data plate; category is Minor; inspection item number is 1.1.17; defect reference is (e); inspection item is Load sensing valve, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Missing data plate. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Minor
- **Inspection item number:** 1.1.17
- **Defect reference:** (e) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Load sensing valve
- **Authority:** EU Directive 2014/45/EU Annex I _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (e) | Missing data plate. | | 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/).