Commission Directive 2006/26/EC of 2 March 2006 amending, for the purposes of their adaptation to technical progress, Council Directives 74/151/EEC, 77/311/EEC, 78/933/EEC and 89/173/EEC relating to wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 26)

Article 1 Amendment to Directive 74/151/EEC

Directive 74/151/EEC is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Directive.

Article 2 Amendment to Directive 77/311/EEC

Directive 77/311/EEC is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Directive.

Article 3 Amendment to Directive 78/933/EEC

Directive 78/933/EEC is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Directive.

Article 4 Amendment to Directive 89/173/EEC

Directive 89/173/EEC is amended in accordance with Annex IV to this Directive.

Article 5 Transitional provisions

1. With effect from 1 January 2007, with respect to vehicles which comply with the requirements laid down respectively in Directives 74/151/EEC, 78/933/EEC, 77/311/EEC and 89/173/EEC as amended by this Directive, Member States shall not, on grounds relating to the subject-matter of the Directive concerned:

(a) refuse to grant EC type-approval or to grant national type-approval;

(b) prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of such a vehicle.

2. With effect from 1 July 2007, with respect to vehicles which do not comply with the requirements laid down respectively in Directives 74/151/EEC, 78/933/EEC, 77/311/EEC and 89/173/EEC as amended by this Directive, and on grounds relating to the subject-matter of the Directive concerned, Member States:

(a) shall no longer grant EC type-approval;

(b) may refuse to grant national type-approval.

3. With effect from 1 July 2009, with respect to vehicles which do not comply with the requirements laid down respectively in Directives 74/151/EEC, 78/933/EEC, 77/311/EEC and 89/173/EEC as amended by this Directive, and on grounds relating to the subject-matter of the Directive concerned, Member States:

(a) shall consider certificates of conformity which accompany new vehicles in accordance with the provisions of Directive 2003/37/EC to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 7(1);

(b) may refuse the registration, sale or entry into service of those new vehicles.

Article 6 Transposition

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 2006 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 7 Entry into force

This Directive shall enter into force on 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 8 Addressees

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 2 March 2006.

For the Commission

Günter Verheugen

Vice-President