Commission Directive 2005/49/ECShow full title

Commission Directive 2005/49/EC of 25 July 2005 amending, for the purposes of their adaptation to technical progress, Council Directive 72/245/EEC relating to the radio interference (electromagnetic compatibility) of vehicles and Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Text with EEA relevance)

Article 3U.K.Transitional provisions

1.With effect from 1 July 2006, if the provisions laid down in 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certificates of conformity which accompany new vehicles in accordance with the provisions of Directive 70/156/EEC to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 7(1) of that Directive;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.

Existing approvals for vehicles not fitted with 24 GHz or 79 GHz short-range radar equipment remain unchanged.

2.With effect from 1 July 2013, Member States shall prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of vehicles equipped with 24 GHz short-range radar equipment.

3.In case the reference date in Article 2(5) of Decision 2005/50/EC is modified in accordance with Article 5 of that Decision, Member States shall prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of vehicles equipped with 24 GHz short-range radar equipment after the modified reference date.