Article 2 1. No Member State may refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval in respect of a type of tractor on grounds relating to the following parts and characteristics, if these satisfy the requirements set out in Annexes I to VI:
the maximum permissible laden mass,
the location and fitting of the rear registration plates,
fuel tanks,
ballast weights,
audible warning devices,
the permissible sound level and exhaust system (silencer),
2. With respect to vehicles which do not comply with the requirements laid down in this Directive, and on grounds relating to the subject-matter of this Directive, Member States:
shall no longer grant EC type-approval,
may refuse to grant national type-approval,
3. With respect to new vehicles which do not comply with the requirements laid down in this Directive, and on grounds relating to the subject-matter of this Directive, Member States:
shall consider certificates of conformity which accompany those new vehicles in accordance with the provisions of Directive 2003/37/EC to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 7(1) of that Directive,
may refuse the registration, sale or entry into service of those new vehicles.