65To accept that a defeat device such as that described in paragraph 63 above may fall within the exception provided for in Article 5(2)(a) of Regulation No 715/2007, would result in that exception being applicable for most of the year under real driving conditions prevalent in the territory of the European Union, with the result that the principle of the prohibition of such defeat devices, laid down in Article 5(2) of that regulation, could, in practice, be applied less frequently than that exception.
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