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Article 2 F1

United Kingdom

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No Member State may, on grounds relating to the permissible sound level and the exhaust system, refuse to grant EEC or national type-approval in respect of a type of motor vehicle or type of exhaust system or component of such a system regarded as a separate technical unit,

  • if the vehicle satisfies the requirements of Annex I as regards the sound level and exhaust system,

  • if the exhaust system or any component thereof, considered as a separate technical unit within the meaning of F2Article 2 of Directive 70/156/EEC satisfies the requirements of Annex II.

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Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Commission Directive of 13 April 1981 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/157/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound level and the exhaust system of motor vehicles (81/334/EEC).

F2

Substituted by Commission Directive 96/20/EC of 27 March 1996 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/157/EEC relating to the permissible sound level and the exhaust system of motor vehicles (Text with EEA relevance).