. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/351 
10 November 2010  
 (10-6008) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EUROPEAN UNION
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
European Commission 
EU–TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu
 
Website:  http://www.ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  New L–category vehicles;  
(two– or three–wheel ve hicles and quadricycles ), as well as their sy stems, components and 
separate technical units. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for a 
Regulation of the European Parliament a nd of the Council on the approval and market 
surveillance of two– or three–wheel vehicl es and quadricycles (COM (2010) 542) (101 pages, 
in English). 
6. Description of content:  This proposal for a regulation spec ifies type approval and market 
surveillance requirements of L–category vehicles (two– or three–wheel vehicles and quadricycles) as well as for their systems, components and separate  technical units and 
provides measures addressing safety as well as emission requirements and provisions in 
relation to market surveillance.  
Technical details and the administrative pr ovisions related to this regulation will be 
subsequently adopted in sepa rate implementing re gulations. The date proposed for these 5 
regulations to become first applicab le will be as of 1 January 2013. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and safety.  Existi ng EU legislation is simplified, completed and 
updated to technical progress.  Certain UNECE regulations b ecome part of the EU type–
approvals.  G/TBT/N/EEC/351 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Existing EU legislation, listed UNECE regulations 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    End of October 2011 
20 days from publication in  the Official Journal 
of the EU (about a month after adoption approx.).  It shall apply from 1 January 2013 
10. Final date for comments:  90 days from date of notification 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and website addresses, if available of the other body:  
European Commission, 
EU–TBT Enquiry Point, 
Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43, 
E-mail:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available in English, French and Spanish on the EU–TBT Website: 
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/   
and at 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2010:0542:FIN:EN:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2010:0542:FIN:FR:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2010:0542:FIN:ES:PDF  
and in all 23 EU offici al languages on web page: 
http://ec.europa.eu/enterpris e/sectors/automotive/documents/proposals/index_en.htm#h2-1  
And can be downloaded at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/tbt/EEC/10_4253_00_e.pdf