Implementation dates for type-approval
Article 10
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the requirements of this Directive are not met: (a) consider certificates of conformity which accompany new vehicles as no longer valid for the purposes of Article 7(1) of Directive 70/156/EEC; (b) refuse the registration, sale or entry into service of new vehicles, save where Article 8(2)(b)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.