# Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 January 2009 on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to the protection of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users, amending Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directives 2003/102/EC and 2005/66/EC (Text with EEA relevance), Article 10: Application to frontal protection systems

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

1. The approval authority shall refuse to grant GB type-approval ... of a new type of vehicle with regard to it being fitted with a frontal protection system, or GB separate technical unit type-approval of a new type of frontal protection system, which does not comply with the requirements laid down in Sections 5 and 6 of Annex I.
2. The Secretary of State shall, on grounds relating to frontal protection systems, consider the certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 48 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 and shall prohibit the registration, sale and entry into service of new vehicles which do not comply with the requirements laid down in Sections 5 and 6 of Annex I to this Regulation.
3. The requirements set out in Sections 5 and 6 of Annex I to this Regulation shall apply to frontal protection systems supplied as separate technical units for the purposes of Article 50 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/78/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-78/article-10
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