{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2005-40/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2005-40/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2005/40",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2005/40/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 amending Council Directive 77/541/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to safety belts and restraint systems of motor vehicles (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2005-40",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Implementation",
  "text": "1. As from 20 April 2006, with respect to the installation of safety belts and/or restraint systems which comply with the requirements set out in Directive 77/541/EEC as amended by this Directive, Member States shall not:\n(a) refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval, in respect of a type of vehicle;\n(b) prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of new vehicles.\n2. As from 20 October 2006, with respect to the installation of safety belts and/or restraint systems which do not comply with the requirements set out in Directive 77/541/EEC as amended by this Directive, Member States shall, in respect of a new type of vehicle:\n(a) no longer grant EC type-approval;\n(b) refuse to grant national type-approval.\n3. As from 20 October 2007, with respect to the installation of safety belts and/or restraint systems which do not comply with the requirements set out in Directive 77/541/EEC as amended by this Directive, Member States shall:\n(a) consider certificates of conformity which accompany new vehicles as no longer valid for the purpose of Article 7(1) of Directive 70/156/EEC;\n(b) refuse the registration, sale or entry into service of new vehicles, except where the provisions of Article 8(2) of Directive 70/156/EEC are invoked.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2005/40/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:42.183506+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."
}