Complete or completed vehicles which have been type-approved before 31 December 2002 according to  UN  Regulation  No.  1052  as  amended  by  the  01 series  of  amendments  or  the  corresponding provisions of Directive 98/91/EC3 and which do not comply with the requirements of Chapter 9.2 but comply with the requirements applicable to the construction of base vehicles (marginals 220 100 to 220 540 of Appendix B.2) applicable until 30 June 2001 may continue to be approved and used provided they are first registered or they entered into service before 1 July 2003.

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2    UN Regulation No. 105 (Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles intended for the carriage of dangerous goods with regard to their specific constructional features).

EX/II and EX/III vehicles which have been first approved before 1 July 2005 and which comply with the requirements of Part 9 in force up to 31 December 2004 but which do not however conform to the requirements applicable as from 1 January 2005 may still be used.

Tank-vehicles with fixed tanks with a capacity of more than 3 m3 intended for the carriage  of dangerous goods in the liquid or molten state tested with a pressure of less than 4 bar, which do not comply with the requirements of 9.7.5.2, first registered (or which entered into service if the registration is not mandatory) before 1 July 2004, may still be used.

Certificates of approval which conform to the model shown in 9.1.3.5 applicable up to 31 December 2006 and those which conform to the model shown in 9.1.3.5 applicable from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2008 may continue to be used. Certificates of approval which conform to the model shown in 9.1.3.5 applicable from 1 January 2009 up to 31 December 2014 may continue to be used.

MEMUs which have been constructed and approved before 1 July 2009 in accordance with the provisions of national law but which do not, however, conform to the construction and approval requirements applicable as from 1 January 2009 may be used with the approval of the competent authorities in the countries of use.

EX/III and FL vehicles registered or entering into service before 1 April 2012, the electrical connections of which do not comply with the requirements of 9.2.2.6.3, but comply with the requirements applicable until 31 December 2010, may still be used.

Trailers first registered (or which entered into service if registration was not mandatory) before 1 July 1995 equipped with anti-lock braking system in conformity with UN Regulation No. 13, 06 series of amendments but which do not comply with the technical requirements for category A anti-lock braking system may still be used.

MEMUs which have been approved before 1 July 2013 in accordance with the provisions of ADR in force  up  to  31  December  2012,  but  which  do  not  conform to  the  requirements  of  6.12.3.1.2 or 6.12.3.2.2 applicable as from 1 January 2013, may still be used.
 

As regards the application of the provisions of Part 9, vehicles first registered or entered into service before 1 November 2014 and which have been approved according to the provisions of the directives repealed by the Regulation (EC) No. 661/20094, may continue to be used.

EX/II, EX/III, FL and OX vehicles registered before 1 April 2018, fitted with fuel tanks not approved according to UN Regulation No. 34 may still be used.

Vehicles first registered or entering into service before 1 April 2018 that do not comply with subsection 9.2.2.8.5 or standards ISO 6722-1:2011 + Cor 01:2012 or ISO 6722-2:2013 for cables of subsection 9.2.2.2.1, but comply with the requirements applicable until 31 December 2016, may continue to be used.

Vehicles first registered or entering into service before 1 April 2018 approved specifically as OX vehicle may continue to be used for the carriage of substances of UN No. 2015.

As regards the annual technical inspection of the vehicles first registered or entering into service before 1 April 2018 approved specifically as OX vehicle, the requirements of Part 9 in force up to 31December 2016 may still be applied.

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3     Directive 98/91/EC of the European  Parliament and  of the  Council of 14  December 1998  relating to  motor  vehicles and their trailers intended for the transport of dangerous goods by road and amending Directive 70/156/EEC relating to the type approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Official Journal of the European Communities No. L 011 of 16 January 1999, pp. 0025-0036).
4    Regulation (EC) 661/2009 of 13 July 2009 concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of
motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor (Official Journal L 200 of 31.7.2009, p. 1).

Certificates of approval for OX vehicles which conform to the model shown in 9.1.3.5 applicable up to 31 December 2016 may continue to be used.