# Directive 2005/64/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to their reusability, recyclability and recoverability and amending Council Directive 70/156/EEC, Article 10: Implementation dates for type-approval

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. With effect from 15 December 2006, Member States shall not, in respect of a type of vehicle which complies with the requirements of this Directive:
(a) refuse to grant EC or national type-approval,
(b) prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of new vehicles.
2. With effect from 15 December 2008, Member States shall, in respect of a type of vehicle which does not comply with the requirements of this Directive:
(a) refuse to grant EC type-approval;
(b) refuse to grant national type-approval.
3. With effect from 15 July 2010, Member States shall, if the requirements of this Directive are not met:
(a) consider certificates of conformity which accompany new vehicles as no longer valid for the purposes of Article 7(1) of Directive 70/156/EEC;
(b) refuse the registration, sale or entry into service of new vehicles, save where Article 8(2)(b) of Directive 70/156/EEC applies.
4. Article 7 shall apply with effect from 15 December 2006.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2005/64/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2005-64/article-10
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