1.With effect from 15 December 2006, Member States shall not, in respect of a type of vehicle which complies with the requirements of this Directive:
(a)refuse to grant EC or national type-approval,
(b)prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of new vehicles.
2.With effect from 15 December 2008, Member States shall, in respect of a type of vehicle which does not comply with the requirements of this Directive:
(a)refuse to grant EC type-approval;
(b)refuse to grant national type-approval.
3.With effect from 15 July 2010, Member States shall, if the requirements of this Directive are not met:
(a)consider certificates of conformity which accompany new vehicles as no longer valid for the purposes of Article 7(1) of Directive 70/156/EEC;
(b)refuse the registration, sale or entry into service of new vehicles, save where Article 8(2)(b) of Directive 70/156/EEC applies.
4.Article 7 shall apply with effect from 15 December 2006.