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Amendments to Directives 70/156/EEC and 2005/55/EC 1. Directive 70/156/EEC shall be amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

2. Directive 2005/55/EC is hereby amended as follows:

(a) The title shall be replaced by the following: ‘Directive 2005/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 September 2005 on type approval of heavy duty vehicles and engines with respect to their emissions (Euro IV and V)’;

(b) Article 1 shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 1 For the purposes of this Directive the following definitions shall apply:

(a) “vehicle” means any motor vehicle as defined in Article 2 of Directive 70/156/EEC with a reference mass exceeding 2 610 kg;

(b) “engine” means the motive propulsion source of a vehicle for which type-approval as a separate technical unit, as defined in Article 2 of Directive 70/156/EEC, may be granted;

(c) “enhanced environment-friendly vehicle (EEV)” means a vehicle propelled by an engine which complies with the permissive emission limit values set out in row C of the tables in Section 6.2.1 of Annex I.’;

(c) Section 1 of Annex I shall be replaced by the following: ‘1. This Directive applies to the control of gaseous and particulate pollutants, useful life of emission control devices, conformity of in-service vehicles/engines and on-board diagnostic (OBD) systems of all motor vehicles, and to engines as specified in Article 1 with the exception of those vehicles of category M1, N1, N2 and M2 for which type-approval has been granted under Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 ().