With effect from 1 July 2016, national authorities shall, on grounds relating to the burning behaviour and/or the capability to repel fuel or lubricant of materials used in the construction, consider the certificates of conformity of new vehicles of category M3 Classes II and III to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 26 of Directive 2007/46/EC, and shall prohibit the registration, sale and entry into service of such vehicles where they do not comply with the provisions of UNECE Regulation No 118 as amended by the 01 series of amendments.