
Article 1 
Directive 72/245/EEC is amended as follows:

1.. In Annex I, the following points are inserted after point 2.1.12.2:
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2.1.13. “24 GHz short-range radar equipment” means a radar as defined in Article 2(2) of Commission Decision 2005/50/EC, and satisfying the performance requirements of Article 4 of that Decision.

2.1.14. “79 GHz short-range radar equipment” means a radar as defined in Article 2(b) of Commission Decision 2004/545/EC, and satisfying the performance requirements of Article 3 of that Decision.
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2.. In Annex II A, the following points are inserted after point 12.2.7:
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12.7.1. vehicle equipped with a 24 GHz short-range radar equipment: Yes/No (strike out which is not applicable)

12.7.2. vehicle equipped with a 79 GHz short-range radar equipment: Yes/No (strike out which is not applicable)
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3.. In the appendix to Annex III A the following points are inserted after point 1.3:
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1.3.1. vehicle equipped with a 24 GHz short-range radar equipment: Yes/No (strike out which is not applicable)

1.3.2. vehicle equipped with a 79 GHz short-range radar equipment: Yes/No (strike out which is not applicable)
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Article 2 
Directive 70/156/EEC is amended as follows.

1.. In Annexes I and III, the following points are inserted after point 12.6.4:
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12.7.1. vehicle equipped with a 24 GHz short-range radar equipment: Yes/No (strike out which is not applicable)

12.7.2. vehicle equipped with a 79 GHz short-range radar equipment: Yes/No (strike out which is not applicable)
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2.. In Annex IX on Side 2 of all models of the Certificate of conformity (COC), item 50 is replaced by the following:
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50.  50.1. vehicle equipped with a 24 GHz short-range radar equipment: Yes/No (strike out which is not applicable)
 50.2. vehicle equipped with a 79 GHz short-range radar equipment: Yes/No (strike out which is not applicable)
 50.3. Other remarks … 
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Article 3 

1. With effect from 1 July 2006, if the provisions laid down in Directive 72/245/EEC, as amended by this Directive, are not fulfilled, Member States, on grounds related to electromagnetic compatibility:
(a) shall consider certificates of conformity which accompany new vehicles in accordance with the provisions of Directive 70/156/EEC to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 7(1) of that Directive;
(b) may refuse the registration, sale or entry into service of new vehicles.Existing approvals for vehicles not fitted with 24 GHz or 79 GHz short-range radar equipment remain unchanged.
2. With effect from 1 July 2013, Member States shall prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of vehicles equipped with 24 GHz short-range radar equipment.
3. In case the reference date in Article 2(5) of Decision 2005/50/EC is modified in accordance with Article 5 of that Decision, Member States shall prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of vehicles equipped with 24 GHz short-range radar equipment after the modified reference date.
Article 4 

1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 30 June 2006 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.They shall apply those provisions from 1 July 2006.When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such 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 texts of the main provisions of national law, which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.
Article 5 
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 6 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 July 2005.
For the Commission
Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President