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Commission Directive 2004/78/CShow full title
Commission Directive 2004/78/C of 29 April 2004 amending Directive 2001/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to heating systems for motor vehicles and their trailers and Council Directive 70/156/EEC for the purposes of adapting to technical progress (Text with EEA relevance)
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Article 3 Transitional provisions
1.With effect from 1 October 2004, in respect of a new type of vehicle fitted with an LPG fuelled heating system which complies with the requirements laid down in Annexes I, II and IV to VIII of Directive 2001/56/EC, as amended by this Directive, Member States may not, on grounds relating to heating systems:
(a)refuse to grant EC type-approval, or national type-approval, or
(b)prohibit registration, sale or entry into service.
2.With effect from 1 October 2004, in respect of a new type of LPG fuelled combustion heater as a component which complies with the requirements laid down in Annexes I, II and IV to VIE of Directive 2001/56/EC, as amended by this Directive, Member States may not:
(a)refuse to grant EC type-approval, or national type-approval, or
(b)prohibit sale or entry into service.
3.With effect from 1 January 2006, in respect of a type of vehicle fitted with an LPG fuelled heating system, or a type of LPG fuelled combustion heater as a component, which does not comply with the requirements laid down in Annexes I, II and IV to VIII of Directive 2001/56/EC, as amended by this Directive, Member States shall refuse to grant EC type-approval and may refuse national type-approval.
4.With effect from 1 January 2007, in respect of vehicles fitted with LPG fuelled heating systems which do not comply with the requirements laid down in Annexes I, II, and IV to VIII of Directive 2001/56/EC, as amended by this Directive, Member States:
(a)shall consider certificates of conformity which accompany new vehicles in accordance with the provisions of Directive 70/156/EEC to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 7 (1) of that Directive, and
(b)may refuse the registration, sale or entry into service of new vehicles
on grounds relating to heating systems.
5.With effect from 1 January 2007
+the requirements of Annexes I, II and IV to VIII of Directive 2001/56/EC, as amended by this Directive, in relation to LPG fuelled combustion heaters as components shall apply for the purposes of Article 7(2) of Directive 70/156/EEC.
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