Transitional provisions
Article 3
1. With effect from 1 January 2026, national authorities shall refuse to grant new type approvals or extensions for existing approvals for vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units, where those do not comply with the technical specifications set out in CEN/TS 17184:2022 and CEN/TS 17240:2018 or with the standards EN 17184:2024 and EN 17240:2024, if a manufacturer so requests. 2. With effect from 1 January 2027, national authorities shall refuse to grant new type approvals for vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units, where those do not comply with the standards EN 17184:2024 and EN 17240:2024. 3. With effect from 1 January 2027, in the case of new vehicles approved after 31 March 2018 in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/758 which do not comply with the technical specifications set out in CEN/TS 17184:2022 and CEN/TS 17240:2018 or with the standards EN 17184:2024 and EN 17240:2024, national authorities shall consider the certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 48(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858. 4. With effect from 1 January 2028, in the case of new vehicles approved after 31 March 2018 in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/758 which do not comply with the standards EN 17184:2024 and EN 17240:2024, national authorities shall consider the certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 48(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858. 5. With effect from 1 January 2028, national authorities shall refuse to grant new type approvals for vehicles, systems or separate technical units, where those do not comply with the technical requirements to enable periodic roadworthiness tests in accordance with Annex VII to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/79 as amended by this Regulation. 6. With effect from 1 January 2027, national authorities shall refuse to grant new type approvals for vehicles, systems or separate technical units, where those do not comply with the requirements for the performance of the back-up power supply in accordance with Annex X to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/79.