
Article 1 
Annex II to Directive 76/756/EEC is replaced by the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2 
With effect from 10 July 2011, if the requirements laid down in Directive 76/756/EEC, as amended by this Directive, are not complied with, Member States, on grounds related to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices, 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Certificates of Conformity which accompany new vehicles in accordance with the provisions of Directive 70/156/EEC to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 7(1) of that Directive.
Article 3 

1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 9 July 2008, 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 10 July 2008.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 4 
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 5 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 June 2007.
For the Commission
Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President
ANNEX


‘ANNEX II  1. The technical requirements are those set out in paragraphs 2, 5 and 6 of UN/ECE Regulation No 48 and Annexes 3 to 9 thereto.
 2. 

((a)) “Unladen vehicle” means a vehicle the mass of which is described in point 2.6 of Appendix 1 of Annex I to this Directive, without driver;
((b)) “Communication form” shall be understood as the type-approval-certificate set out in Appendix 2 of Annex I to this Directive;
((c)) “Contracting Parties to the respective regulations” shall be understood as Member States;
((d)) the reference to Regulation No 3 shall be construed as reference to Directive 76/757/EEC;
((e)) footnote (2) in paragraph 2.7.25 shall not apply;
((f)) footnote (8) in paragraph 6.19 shall not apply;
((g)) footnote (1) in Annex 5 shall be understood as follows: “For definitions of the categories, see Annex II A to Directive 70/156/EEC”.
 3. Without prejudice to the requirements of Article 8(2)(a) and (c) and (3) of Directive 70/156/EEC, of this Annex and to any requirements in any of the separate directives, the installation of any other lighting or light-signalling device than those defined in paragraph 2.7 of UN/ECE Regulation No 48 is prohibited.

