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Commission Directive 2010/26/EU of 31 March 2010 amending Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery (Text with EEA relevance)
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Article 1U.K.Amendments to Directive 97/68/EC
Directive 97/68/EC is amended as follows:
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in Article 9a(7), the following subparagraph is added:
‘Notwithstanding the first subparagraph, an extension of the derogation period is granted until 31 July 2013, within the category of top handle machines, for professional use, multi-positional, hand-held hedge trimmers and top handle tree service chainsaws in which engines of classes SH:2 and SH:3 are installed.’;
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Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Directive;
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Annex II is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Directive;
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Annex III is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Directive;
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Annex V is amended in accordance to Annex IV to this Directive;
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Annex XIII is amended in accordance with Annex V to this Directive.
Article 2U.K.Transitional provision
With effect from the day following the publication of this Directive in the Official Journal, Member States may grant type-approval in respect of electronically controlled engines which comply with the requirements laid down in Annexes I, II, III, V and XIII to Directive 97/68/EC, as amended by this Directive.
Article 3U.K.Transposition
1.Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the Directive within 12 months after the publication of the Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
They shall apply those provisions from 31 March 2011.
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 4U.K.Entry into force
This Directive shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 5U.K.Addressees
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 31 March 2010.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso
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