CHAPTER 6FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 24Transitional provisions

1

Without prejudice to Article 10(3), where the obligations referred to in Article 9 have not been complied with, Member States shall prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of:

F1a

vehicles in the groups 4, 5, 9 and 10, including the sub-group ‘v’ in each vehicle group, as defined in Table 1 of Annex I, as from 1 July 2019;

b

vehicles in the groups 1, 2, and 3, as defined in Table 1 of Annex I, as from 1 January 2020;

c

vehicles in the groups 11, 12 and 16, as defined in Table 1 of Annex I, as from 1 July 2020.

2

Notwithstanding paragraph 1(a), the obligations referred to in Article 9 shall apply from 1 January 2019 with regard to all vehicles in the groups 4, 5, 9 and 10 with production date on or after 1 January 2019. F1For vehicles in the sub-group ‘v’ of any of those vehicle groups, the obligation referred to in Article 9 shall apply as from the entry into force of this Regulation.

F2For the purposes of the first subparagraph, the production date shall mean:

a

the date of signature of the certificate of conformity;

b

where a certificate of conformity has not been issued, the date on which the vehicle identification number was affixed for the first time on the relevant parts of the vehicle.

F23

The second subparagraph of Article 20(1) and the second, third and fourth subparagraphs of Article 20(2) shall apply from 1 July 2020. Remedial measures under Articles 21(5) and 23(6) shall apply pursuant to an investigation into a vehicle failure in the verification testing procedure set out in Annex Xa as from 1 July 2023.