S.L. 427.23 Art. 17Validity of an EC type-approval of vehicles.

(1) An EC type-approval of a vehicle shall cease to be valid in any of the following cases:

(a) new requirements in any regulatory act applicable to the approved vehicle become mandatory for the registration, sale or entry into service of new vehicles, and it is not possible to update the approval accordingly;

(b) production of the approved vehicle is definitively discontinued voluntarily;

(c) the validity of the approval expires by virtue of a special restriction.

(2) Where only one variant within a type or one version within a variant becomes invalid, the EC type-approval of the vehicle in question shall lose validity only in so far as the particular variant or version is concerned.

(3) When production of a particular type of vehicle is definitively discontinued, the manufacturer shall notify the type-approval authority. Upon receiving such notification, the approval authority shall inform the approval authorities of the other Member States accordingly within twenty working days.

(4) (a) Without prejudice to sub-regulation (3), in cases where an EC type-approval of a vehicle is due to become invalid, the manufacturer shall notify the approval authority.

(b) The approval authority shall without unjustified delay communicate all relevant information to the approval authorities of the other Member States so as to enable the application, where appropriate, of the provisions of Schedule XII relating to end-of-series vehicles. That communication shall specify, in particular, the date of production and the vehicle identification number of the last vehicle produced.