Article 2
1. With effect from 11 September 2007, if the requirements laid down in Directive 70/221/EEC, as amended by this Directive, are not complied with, a Member State, on grounds related to rear underrun protection: (a) shall refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval of a type of vehicle; (b) shall refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval of a rear underrun protection device, as a separate technical unit, 2. With effect from 11 March 2010, if the requirements laid down in Directive 70/221/EEC, as amended by this Directive, are not complied with, a Member State, on grounds related to rear underrun protection: (a) shall refuse the registration or prohibit the sale or entry into service of new vehicles; (b) shall prohibit the sale or entry into service of a rear underrun protection device, as a separate technical unit.