1.With effect from 1 January 2006, for vehicles, components or separate technical units which comply with the provisions laid down in Annexes I to X to Directive 72/245/EEC as amended by this Directive, no Member State may, on grounds relating to electromagnetic compatibility:
(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 July 2006, for a type of vehicle, component or separate technical unit where the requirements laid down in Annexes I to X to Directive 72/245/EEC, as amended by this Directive, are not fulfilled, Member States, on grounds related to electromagnetic compatibility:
(a)shall no longer grant EC type-approval, and
(b)may refuse to grant national type-approval.
3.With effect from 1 January 2009, if the provisions laid down in Annexes I to X to Directive 72/245/EEC, as amended by this Directive, are not fulfilled, Member States, on grounds related to electromagnetic compatibility:
(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certificates of conformity which accompany new vehicles in accordance with the provisions of Directive 70/156/EEC to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 7(1) of that Directive;
(b)may refuse the registration, sale or entry into service of new vehicles.
4.As from 1 January 2009, the provisions laid down in Annexes I to X to Directive 72/245/EEC, as amended by this Directive, relating to electromagnetic compatibility, shall apply to components or separate technical units for the purposes of Article 7(2) of Directive 70/156/EEC.