Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00229:reg:4:p14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00229
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 14/42)
Character Range: 41095–43829

of Annex I, no Member State may, on grounds relating to the gaseous and particulate pollutants and opacity of smoke emissions from an engine:

   (a)   refuse to grant EC type-approval pursuant to Article 4(1) of Directive 70/156/EEC or to grant national type-approval for a type of vehicle propelled by a compression-ignition or gas engine;

   (b)   prohibit the registration, sale, entry into service or use of new vehicles propelled by a compression-ignition or gas engine;

   (c)   refuse to grant EC type-approval for a type of compression- ignition or gas engine;

   (d)   prohibit the sale or use of new compression-ignition or gas engines.

 5.        With effect from 1 October 2005, for types of compression-ignition or gas engines and types of vehicle propelled by compression-ignition or gas engines which do not meet the requirements set out in Annexes I to VIII and in Articles 3 and 4 and in particular where the emissions of gaseous and particulate pollutants and opacity of smoke from the engine do not comply with the limit values set out in row B1 of the tables in Section 6.2.1 of Annex I, Member States:

   (a)   shall refuse to grant EC type-approval pursuant to Article 4(1) of Directive 70/156/EEC; and

   (b)   shall refuse national type-approval.

 6.        With effect from 1 October 2006 and except in the case of vehicles and engines intended for export to third countries or replacement engines for in-service vehicles, Member States shall, where the requirements set out in Annexes I to VIII and in Articles 3 and 4 are not met and in particular where the emissions of gaseous and particulate pollutants and opacity of smoke from the engine do not comply with the limit values set out in row B1 of the tables in Section 6.2.1 of Annex I:

   (a)   consider certificates of conformity which accompany new vehicles or new engines pursuant to Directive 70/156/EEC as no longer valid for the purposes of Article 7(1) of that Directive; and

   (b)   prohibit the registration, sale, entry into service or use of new vehicles propelled by a compression-ignition or gas engine and the sale or use of new compression-ignition or gas engines.

 7.        With effect from 1 October 2008, for types of compression-ignition or gas engines and types of vehicle propelled by compression-ignition or gas engines which do not meet the requirements set out in Annexes I to VIII and in Articles 3 and 4 and in particular where the emissions of gaseous and particulate pollutants and opacity of smoke from the engine do not comply with the limit values set out in row B2 of the tables in Section 6.2.1 of Annex I, Member States:

   (a)   shall refuse to grant EC type-approval pursuant to Article 4(1)