{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-78/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-78/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/78",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-78",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Timetable for application to vehicles",
  "text": "1. With effect from the date set out in the second paragraph of Article 16, the approval authority shall refuse, on grounds relating to pedestrian protection, to grant GB type-approval..., in respect of the following new vehicle types:\n(a) category M1 which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 4 of Annex I;\n(b) category M1 of maximum mass not exceeding 2 500 kg which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 2 or Section 3 of Annex I;\n(c) category N1 derived from M1 and of maximum mass not exceeding 2 500 kg which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Sections 2 and 4 or Sections 3 and 4 of Annex I.\n2. With effect from 24 February 2011, the Secretary of State shall, on grounds relating to pedestrian protection, consider the certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 48 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, and shall prohibit the registration, sale and entry into service of the following new vehicles which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 4 of Annex I to this Regulation:\n(a) vehicles of category M1;\n(b) vehicles of category N1 derived from M1 and of maximum mass not exceeding 2 500 kg.\n3. With effect from 24 February 2013, the approval authority shall refuse, on grounds relating to pedestrian protection, to grant GB type-approval..., in respect of the following new vehicle types:\n(a) category M1 of maximum mass not exceeding 2 500 kg which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 3 of Annex I;\n(b) category N1 derived from M1 and of maximum mass not exceeding 2 500 kg which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 3 of Annex I.\n4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n5. With effect from 24 February 2015, the approval authority shall refuse, on grounds relating to pedestrian protection, to grant GB type-approval... in respect of the following new vehicle types:\n(a) category M1 of maximum mass exceeding 2 500 kg which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 3 of Annex I;\n(b) category N1 which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Sections 3 and 4 of Annex I.\n6. With effect from 24 August 2015, the Secretary of State shall, on grounds relating to pedestrian protection, 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 category N1 vehicles which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 4 of Annex I to this Regulation.\n7. With effect from 24 February 2018, the Secretary of State shall, on grounds relating to pedestrian protection, 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 the following new vehicles:\n(a) category M1 of maximum mass not exceeding 2 500 kg, which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 3 of Annex I to this Regulation;\n(b) category N1 derived from M1, and of maximum mass not exceeding 2 500 kg, which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 3 of Annex I to this Regulation.\n8. With effect from 24 August 2019, the Secretary of State shall, on grounds relating to pedestrian protection, 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 the following new vehicles:\n(a) category M1 of maximum mass exceeding 2 500 kg, which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 3 of Annex I to this Regulation;\n(b) category N1 which do not comply with the technical provisions set out in Section 3 of Annex I to this Regulation.\n9. Without prejudice to paragraphs 1 to 8 of this Article and subject to the entry into force of the measures adopted pursuant to Article 4(6), if a manufacturer so requests, the approval authority shall not, on grounds relating to pedestrian protection, refuse to grant GB type-approval... for a new type of vehicle or prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of a new vehicle, where the vehicle concerned complies with the technical provisions set out in Sections 3 or 4 of Annex I.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 9(1) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 50(10)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 9 substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 50(10)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 9(1) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 50(10)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 9(2) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 50(10)(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 9(2) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 50(10)(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Art. 9(3) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 50(10)(d)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Art. 9(3) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 50(10)(d)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Art. 9(4) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 50(10)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Art. 9(5) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 50(10)(f)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Art. 9(5) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 50(10)(f)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in Art. 9(6) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 50(10)(g)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in Art. 9(6) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 50(10)(g)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in Art. 9(7) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 50(10)(g)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in Art. 9(7) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 50(10)(g)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Words in Art. 9(8) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 50(10)(g)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Words in Art. 9(8) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 50(10)(g)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "Words in Art. 9(9) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 50(10)(h)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F18",
      "text": "Words in Art. 9(9) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 50(10)(h)(ii)"
    }
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  },
  "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."
}