
Article 1 
Article 9a of Directive 96/53/EC is amended as follows:

((1)) in paragraph 2, the second subparagraph, after point (d), is replaced by the following:
'To that end, the Commission shall take the measures necessary, within the framework of Directive 2007/46/EC, to provide for the type-approval of vehicles or vehicle combinations referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article by 1 November 2019.';
((2)) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
'
3. Paragraph 1 shall apply from 1 September 2020.'.
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 5 June 2019.
For the European Parliament
The President
A. TAJANI
For the Council
The President
G. CIAMBA