CHAPTER VU.K.AMENDMENTS TO AND VALIDITY OF [F1GB]  TYPE-APPROVALS

Article 35U.K.Termination of validity

1.Seven years after the latest update of the information package in case of [F2a GB]  whole-vehicle type-approval certificate for vehicles of categories M1 and N1, and 10 years for vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2, N3 and O, the approval authority shall verify that the type of vehicle complies with all the regulatory acts that are relevant to that type.

Where the approval authority carries out the verification referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, it is not necessary for the tests referred to in Article 30 to be repeated.

2.[F3A GB]  type-approval shall become invalid in each of the following cases:

(a)where new requirements applicable to the approved type of vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit become mandatory for the making available on the market, registration or entry into service and the [F4GB type]-approval cannot be extended on the grounds laid down in point (c) of Article 34(2);

(b)where a verification carried out in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article concludes that the vehicle does not comply with all the regulatory acts that are relevant to that type;

(c)where the production of vehicles in conformity with the approved type of vehicle is definitively discontinued on a voluntary basis, which shall be deemed to have occurred where no vehicle of the type concerned has been produced in the previous two years; however, such type-approvals shall continue to be valid for the purpose of registration or entry into service as long as point (a) of this paragraph is not applicable;

(d)where the [F5GB type]-approval has been withdrawn in accordance with Article 31(7);

(e)where the validity of the [F6GB type]-approval certificate expires due to a restriction referred to in Article 39(6);

(f)where the type-approval was found to be based on false declarations, falsified test results or where data were withheld which would have led to the refusal to grant the type-approval.

3.Where the whole-vehicle type-approval of only one variant within a type of vehicle or one version within a variant becomes invalid, the whole-vehicle type-approval of the type of vehicle in question shall become invalid only in so far as the particular variant or version is concerned.

4.Where the production of a particular type of vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit is definitively discontinued, the manufacturer shall notify the approval authority F7... without delay.

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5.Where [F9a GB]  type-approval certificate is due to become invalid, the manufacturer shall notify the approval authority F10... without delay.

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Textual Amendments

Textual Amendments