Article 2
United Kingdom
With effect from 11 September 2007, if the requirements laid down in Directive 70/221/EEC, as amended by this Directive, are not complied with, a Member State, on grounds related to rear underrun protection:
shall refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval of a type of vehicle;
shall refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval of a rear underrun protection device, as a separate technical unit,
With effect from 11 March 2010, if the requirements laid down in Directive 70/221/EEC, as amended by this Directive, are not complied with, a Member State, on grounds related to rear underrun protection:
shall refuse the registration or prohibit the sale or entry into service of new vehicles;
shall prohibit the sale or entry into service of a rear underrun protection device, as a separate technical unit.