Article 1

Directive 2007/46/EC shall be amended as follows:

  1. (1)

    Annex II is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Regulation;

  2. (2)

    Annex IV is amended as set out in Annex II to this Regulation;

  3. (3)

    Annex IX is amended as set out in Annex III to this Regulation;

  4. (4)

    Annex XI is amended as set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall not invalidate any vehicle type-approval granted before 29 October 2012 nor prevent extension of such approvals.

Article 3

1.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply to new vehicle types for which approval will be granted on and after 29 October 2012.

However, the requirements set out in Annex II and in points 1 and 2 of Annex IV shall apply from 9 April 2011.

2.

By way of derogation from paragraph 1 second subparagraph manufacturers may as from 4 August 2011 apply any provision of this Regulation.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 14 July 2011.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso