PART 5VALIDITY OF APPROVALS AND END-OF SERIES VEHICLES
Validity of EC type approvals29
1
Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), an EC type approval ceases to be valid with respect to a vehicle for the purposes of Part 2 of these Regulations at the date when—
a
a new requirement imposed by a regulatory act becomes a mandatory condition for the registration, sale or entry into service of the vehicle,
b
production of the vehicle is voluntarily discontinued, or
c
it expires by virtue of a special restriction to which it is subject.
2
An EC type approval does not cease to be valid in relation to a class of vehicles by virtue of paragraph (1)(a) if, at the date on which the new requirement becomes a mandatory condition, it has been updated to ensure that that class of vehicles complies with the new requirement.
3
An EC type approval which applies to vehicles of more than one class ceases to be valid only with respect to those classes of vehicle to which the circumstances described in paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c) apply.
4
Where an EC type approval granted by the approval authority is about to become invalid the holder must inform the approval authority of that fact without delay.
5
Where the approval authority becomes aware that an EC type approval is about to become invalid the authority must inform the corresponding authorities in other member States of all the relevant details as soon as reasonably practicable.
6
In this regulation “EC type approval” means a type approval granted by the approval authority under these Regulations or under regulation 4 of the 1998 Regulations.