Article 2
1. With effect from 1 October 1992 no Member State may (a) - refuse, in respect of a type of vehicle, to grant EC type-approval, or to issue the copy of the certificate provided for in the last indent of Article 10 (1) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC (2), or to grant national type-approval, or - prohibit the entry into service of vehicles, on grounds relating to their steering mechanism if this has been approved in accordance with Directive 74/297/EEC as amended by this Directive; (b) - refuse to grant EC type-approval in respect of a type of steering control intended for installation in a vehicle or vehicles, or - prohibit the placing on the market of steering controls intended for installation in a vehicle or vehicles if the said steering control complies with the requirements of Directive 74/297/EEC as amended by this Directive. 2. With effect from 1 October 1996, in respect of motor vehicles of category M1 which are not forward control, Member States: - shall no longer issue the copy of the certificate provided for in the last indent of Article 10 (1) of Directive 70/156/EEC, and - may refuse to grant national type-approval on grounds relating to the steering mechanism if this does not comply with the requirements of Directive 74/297/EEC as amended by this Directive. 3. With effect from 1 October 1995, in respect of forward-control motor vehicles of category M1 and all N1 motor vehicles with a permissible maximum mass not exceeding 1 500 kilograms, Member States: - shall no longer issue the copy of the certificate provided for in the last indent of Article 10 (1) of Directive 70/156/EEC, and - may refuse to grant national type-approval on grounds relating to the steering mechanism if this does not comply with the requirements of Directive 74/297/EEC as amended by this Directive. 4. With effect from 1 October 1996, in respect of types of steering control, Member States: - shall no longer issue the copy of the certificate provided for in the last indent of Article 10 (1) of Directive 70/156/EEC, and - may refuse to grant national type-approval on grounds relating to steering controls if these steering controls do not comply with the requirements of paragraphs 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 of Annex I to Directive 74/297/EEC as amended by this Directive. 5. With effect from 1 October 1996 Member States may prohibit the first entry into service of vehicles in which the steering mechanisms do not comply with the requirements of Directive 74/297/EEC, as amended by this Directive. However, this shall not apply until 1 October 1997: - to a forward-control vehicle of category M1, or - to a vehicle of category N1 with a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 1 500 kilograms, or - in the case of a vehicle of category M1 other than a forward-control vehicle, with respect to the requirements laid down in paragraph 5.1 of Annex I (maximum vertical displacement of the steering column). 6. With effect from 1 October 1995 Member States may prohibit the placing on the market of steering controls intended for the installation in a vehicle or vehicles if these steering controls do not comply with the requirements laid down in paragraphs 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 of Annex I to Directive 74/297/EEC, as amended by this Directive.