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Directive 2005/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title
Directive 2005/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 relating to the use of frontal protection systems on motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 70/156/EEC (repealed)
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Article 3Type-approval provisions
1.With effect from 25 August 2006, in respect of a new type of vehicle fitted with a frontal protection system which complies with the requirements laid down in Annex I and Annex II, Member States shall not, on grounds relating to frontal protection systems:
(a)refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval;
(b)prohibit registration, sale or entry into service.
2.With effect from 25 August 2006, in respect of a new type of frontal protection system which is made available as a separate technical unit and which complies with the requirements laid down in Annex I and Annex II, Member States shall not:
(a)refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval;
(b)prohibit sale or entry into service.
3.With effect from 25 November 2006, in respect of a new type of vehicle fitted with a frontal protection system, or a new type of frontal protection system supplied as a separate technical unit, which does not comply with the requirements laid down in Annex I and Annex II, Member States shall refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval.
4.With effect from 25 May 2007, in respect of vehicles which do not comply with the requirements laid down in Annex I and Annex II, Member States shall, on grounds relating to frontal protection systems:
(a)consider certificates of conformity which accompany new vehicles in accordance with Directive 70/156/EEC to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 7(1) of that Directive;
(b)prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of new vehicles which are not accompanied by a certificate of conformity in accordance with Directive 70/156/EEC.
5.With effect from 25 May 2007, the requirements under Annex I and Annex II relating to frontal protection systems made available as separate technical units, shall apply for the purposes of Article 7(2) of Directive 70/156/EEC.
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