Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Article 9 Timetable for application to vehicles

1. With effect from the date set out in the second paragraph of Article 16, national authorities shall refuse, on grounds relating to pedestrian protection, to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval, in respect of the following new vehicle types:

(a) category M₁ which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 4 of Annex I;

(b) category M₁ of maximum mass not exceeding 2 500 kg which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 2 or Section 3 of Annex I;

(c) category N₁ derived from M₁ and of maximum mass not exceeding 2 500 kg which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Sections 2 and 4 or Sections 3 and 4 of Annex I.

2. With effect from 24 February 2011, national authorities shall, on grounds relating to pedestrian protection, consider the certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 26 of Directive 2007/46/EC, and shall prohibit the registration, sale and entry into service of the following new vehicles which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 4 of Annex I to this Regulation:

(a) vehicles of category M₁;

(b) vehicles of category N₁ derived from M₁ and of maximum mass not exceeding 2 500 kg.

3. With effect from 24 February 2013, national authorities shall refuse, on grounds relating to pedestrian protection, to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval, in respect of the following new vehicle types:

(a) category M₁ of maximum mass not exceeding 2 500 kg which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 3 of Annex I;

(b) category N₁ derived from M₁ and of maximum mass not exceeding 2 500 kg which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 3 of Annex I.

4. With effect from 31 December 2012, national authorities shall, on grounds relating to pedestrian protection, consider the certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 26 of Directive 2007/46/EC, and shall prohibit the registration, sale and entry into service of the following new vehicles which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 2 or Section 3 of Annex I to this Regulation:

(a) vehicles of category M₁ of maximum mass not exceeding 2 500 kg;

(b) vehicles of category N₁ derived from M₁, and of maximum mass not exceeding 2 500 kg.

5. With effect from 24 February 2015, national authorities shall refuse, on grounds relating to pedestrian protection, to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval in respect of the following new vehicle types:

(a) category M₁ of maximum mass exceeding 2 500 kg which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 3 of Annex I;

(b) category N₁ which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Sections 3 and 4 of Annex I.

6. With effect from 24 August 2015, national authorities shall, on grounds relating to pedestrian protection, consider the certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 26 of Directive 2007/46/EC, and shall prohibit the registration, sale and entry into service of new category N₁ vehicles which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 4 of Annex I to this Regulation.

7. With effect from 24 February 2018, national authorities shall, on grounds relating to pedestrian protection, consider the certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 26 of Directive 2007/46/EC, and shall prohibit the registration, sale and entry into service of the following new vehicles:

(a) category M₁ of maximum mass not exceeding 2 500 kg, which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 3 of Annex I to this Regulation;

(b) category N₁ derived from M₁, and of maximum mass not exceeding 2 500 kg, which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 3 of Annex I to this Regulation.

8. With effect from 24 August 2019, national authorities shall, on grounds relating to pedestrian protection, consider the certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 26 of Directive 2007/46/EC, and shall prohibit the registration, sale and entry into service of the following new vehicles:

(a) category M₁ of maximum mass exceeding 2 500 kg, which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 3 of Annex I to this Regulation;

(b) category N₁ which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 3 of Annex I to this Regulation.

9. Without prejudice to paragraphs 1 to 8 of this Article and subject to the entry into force of the measures adopted pursuant to Article 4(6), if a manufacturer so requests, the national authorities shall not, on grounds relating to pedestrian protection, refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval for a new type of vehicle or prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of a new vehicle, where the vehicle concerned complies with the technical provisions set out in Sections 3 or 4 of Annex I.