AND FITTED BEFORE THAT DATE WITH SUCH EQUIPMENT , SO THAT THIS MAY BE USED UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1979 ;
WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 133 OF THE ACT OF ACCESSION AND TO POINT III PARAGRAPH 4 OF ANNEX VII THERETO , THE COMPULSORY USE OR RECORDING EQUIPMENT IS DEFERRED IN THE NEW MEMBER STATES UNTIL 1 JANUARY 1976 ; WHEREAS THE REFERENCE DATE FOR THE ABOVEMENTIONED DEROGATION IN THE MEMBER STATES SHOULD BE MADE TO COINCIDE WITH THIS DATE ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
SOLE ARTICLE
ARTICLE 20 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1463/70 SHALL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY THE FOLLOWING :
" 3 . BY WAY OF DEROGATION FROM ARTICLE 4 ( 1 ) ( B ) , THE INSTALLATION AND USE OF RECORDING EQUIPMENT CONFORMING TO ANNEXES I AND II OF THIS REGULATION SHALL BE COMPULSORY ONLY FROM 1 JANUARY 1980 FOR VEHICLES REGISTERED BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1975 AND FITTED BEFORE THAT DATE WITH RECORDING EQUIPMENT OF THE TYPE PERMITTED UNDER PARAGRAPH 1 OF THIS ARTICLE . FOR THE NEW MEMBER STATES THE DATE OF 1 JANUARY 1975 , SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE DATE OF 1 JANUARY 1976 . "
THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .
DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 25 JUNE 1973 .
FOR THE COUNCIL
THE PRESIDENT
R . VAN ELSLANDE