Commission Directive 2005/21/ECShow full title

Article 1

The Annexes to Directive 72/306/EEC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

With effect from 9 March 2006, Member States:

• shall no longer grant EC type-approval pursuant to Article 4(1) of Directive 70/156/EEC, and

• may refuse national type-approval,

for a new type of vehicle on grounds relating to the emission of pollutants from diesel engines if it fails to comply with the provisions of Directive 72/306/EEC, as amended by this Directive.

This Directive shall not invalidate any approval previously granted pursuant to Directive 72/306/EEC nor prevent extensions to such approvals under the terms of the Directive under which they were originally granted.

Article 3

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 8 March 2006. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. They shall apply this Directive from 9 March 2006.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at 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 texts of the main provisions of the national law that they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.

Article 4

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

Article 5

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 March 2005.

For the Commission

Markos Kyprianou

Member of the Commission