Commission Directive 2004/78/CShow full title

Article 1 Amendment to Directive 2001/56/EC

Directive 2001/56/EC is amended as follows:

(1)

Annexes I and II are amended in accordance with part A of Annex I to this Directive;

(2)

Annex VIII is replaced by the text set out in part B of Annex I to this Directive.

Article 2 Amendment to Directive 70/156/EEC

Directive 70/156/EEC is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Directive.

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certificates of conformity which accompany new vehicles in accordance with the provisions of Directive 70/156/EEC to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 7 (1) of that Directive, and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.

Article 4 Transposition

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 September 2004 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 5 Entry into force

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 6 Addressees

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 April 2004.

For the Commission

Erkki Liikanen

Member of the Commission