L 330/12 Official Journal of the European Union 28.11.2006 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2006/1 19/EC of 27 November 2006 amending for the purposes of adapting to technical progress Directive 2001/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning heating systems for motor vehicles and their trailers (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (') and in particular Article 13(2) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Directive 2001/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) is one of the separate directives under the EC type-approval procedure which has been established by Directive 70/156/EEC. Directive 2001/56/EC lays down requirements for the type-approval of vehicles fitted with combustion heaters and of combustion heaters as components. (2)  United Nations ECE Regulation No 122 concerning the approval of vehicles of categories M, N and O with regard to their heating systems entered into force on 18 January 2006. Since this regulation is applicable to the Community, it is necessary to provide equivalence between the requirements laid down in Directive 2001/56/EC and those laid down in United Nations ECE Regulation No 122. Therefore, the specific requirements set out in Annex 9 to United Nations ECE Regulation No 122, concerning the heating systems of vehicles transporting dangerous goods, shall be introduced in Directive 2001/56/EC. (3)  Directive 2001/56/EC should therefore be amended accordingly. (4)  The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Adap- tation to Technical Progress established under Article 13 of Directive 70/156/EEC, () O] L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/40/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (O] L 161, 14.6.2006, p. 12). () O] L 292, 9.11.2001, p. 21. Directive as last amended by the Commission Directive 2004/78/EC (O] L 231, 30.6.2004, p. 69). HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Amendment to Directive 2001/56/EC Directive 2001/56/EC is amended in accordance with the text set out in the Annex to this Directive. Atticle 2 Transitional provisions 1. With effect from 1 October 2007, in respect of a type of vehicle fitted with an LPG fuelled heating system which complies with the requirements laid down in Directive 2001/56/EC as amended by this Directive, Member States may not, on grounds relating to heating systems take either of the following measures: (a) refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval; (b) prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of a vehicle of that type. 2. With effect from 1 October 2007, in respect of a type of LPG fuelled combustion heater as a component which complies with the requirements laid down in Directive 2001/56/EC as amended by this Directive, Member States may not take either of the following measures: (a) refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval; (b) prohibit the sale or entry into service of a component of that type. 3. With effect from 1 April 2008, in respect of a type of vehicle fitted with an LPG fuelled heating system, or a type of LPG fuelled combustion heater as a component, which does not comply with the requirements laid down in Directive 2001/56/EC as amended by this Directive, Member States shall refuse to grant EC type-approval and may refuse to grant national type-approval.