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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1970-157/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eudr/1970/157",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound level and the exhaust system of motor vehicles (70/157/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1970-157",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "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,\nif the vehicle satisfies the requirements of Annex I as regards the sound level and exhaust system,\nif the exhaust system or any component thereof, considered as a separate technical unit within the meaning of Article 2 of Directive 70/156/EEC satisfies the requirements of Annex II.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "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)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1970/157/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:53.693025+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}