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of26June2000
ontheapproximationofthelawsoftheMember Statesrelating tothefrontunderrunprotection
ofmotorvehiclesandamendingCouncilDirective 70/156/EEC
(OJL203,10.8.2000,p.9)
Amendedby:
OfficialJournal
No page date
►A1Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the
Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia,
the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of
Malta,theRepublicofPoland,theRepublicofSloveniaandtheSlovakRepublic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the EuropeanUnionisfoundedL236 33 23.9.2003
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DIRECTIVE 2000/40/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
ANDOFTHECOUNCIL
of26June2000
on the approximationof the lawsofthe Member States relating to
the front underrun protection of motor vehicles and amending
CouncilDirective 70/156/EEC
THEEUROPEANPARLIAMENTANDTHECOUNCILOFTHE
EUROPEANUNION,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanCommunity,and
inparticularArticle95thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee(2),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of
theTreaty(3),
Whereas:
(1)By Decision 97/836/EC(4), the Council, with the assent of the
European Parliament, authorised the Community to accede tothe Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commissionfor Europe (ECE) concerning the adoption of uniformtechnicalprescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts whichcan be fitted to and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the
conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on
the basis of these prescriptions, done at Geneva on 20 March1958,asrevisedon16October1995.
(2)Through its accession to the said Agreement, the Community
subscribed to a defined list of Regulations established pursuant
to that Agreement. This list includes UN/ECE Regulation No93(
5).
(3)InordertoreducethenumberofEuropeanroadaccidentcasual-
ties, it is necessary to introduce without delay the measures
established by UNE/ECE Regulation No 93 into the EC type-approval procedure set upbyCouncil Directive 70/156/EEC(
6),
so as to improve the protection of the occupants of passengercars and light vans frominjury in the event of a collision withthefrontofheavygoodsvehiclesandtoallowmanufacturersof
such devices and of vehicles equipped with such devices to
obtain an EC type-approval if they meet the technical require-mentsofthatRegulation.
(4)Inaccordancewiththeprinciplesofsubsidiarityandproportion-
ality asset outin Article 5of the Treaty, the objectives of this
Directive cannot be sufficiently achieved bythe Member Statesonaccount ofthescale andeffectoftheaction proposedintherelevant sector, and can therefore be better achieved by theCommunity. This Directive does not go beyond what is neces-
sary for the attainment of its objective, namely EC type-
approval.
(5)This Directive is one of the separate directives which must becomplied with in order to conform to the EC type-approvalprocedure. Consequently, the provisions laid down in Directive2000L0040—EN—01.05.2004—001.001—2
(1) OJC89,30.3.1999,p.11.
(2) OJC209,22.7.1999,p.8.
(3) OpinionoftheEuropean Parliament of27.10.1999(OJC154,5.6.2000,p.
50), Council Common Position of 27.3.2000 (OJ C 178, 27.6.2000, p. 1),andDecisionoftheEuropeanParliamentof17.5.2000.
(
4) OJL346,17.12.1997,p.78.
(5) UNEconomicCommissionforEurope,documentE/ECE/324.
(6) OJL42,23.2.1970,p.1.Directive aslastamendedbyDirective 98/91/EC
oftheEuropeanParliamentandoftheCouncil(OJL11,16.1.1999,p.25).
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70/156/EEC relating to vehicles, vehicle systems, components
andseparatetechnicalunitsapplytothisDirective.
(6)Inview ofthe considerable number of road accidents involvingcommercialvehicleshavingamassofmorethan3,5tonnes,andconsequently in order to increase road safety, the provisionsconcerning such vehicles should be made mandatory by thisDirective without awaiting anyfurther supplements to ECtype-approvalforthiscategoryofvehicles.
(7)Directive70/156/EECshouldbeamendedinconsequence,
HAVEADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE:
Article 1
ForthepurposesofthisDirective:(a) ‘vehicle’ means any motor vehicle as defined in Section A of
AnnexIItoDirective70/156/EEC;
(b) ‘frontunderrunprotective device’ meansafrontunderrunprotec-
tive device which is intended to be part of a vehicle and whichcan be approved as a separate technical unit in accordance with
Article2ofDirective70/156/EEC.
Article 2
1. Witheffectfrom10August2001or,ifthepublicationreferredto
inArticle 3isdelayedbeyond10February2001,sixmonthsafterthedate of the said publication, Member States may not, on grounds
relatingtothefrontunderrunprotectionofavehicle:
(a) refuse,inrespectofatypeofvehicle,oratypeofafrontunderrun
protective device considered as a separate technical unit, to grant
ECtype-approvalornationaltype-approval;or
(b) prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of vehicles or
frontunderrunprotectivedevicesconsideredasaseparatetechnicalunit;
ifthevehiclesorseparatetechnicalunitscomplywiththerequirements
ofthisDirective.
2. Witheffectfrom10August2003,MemberStates:
(a) shall no longer grant EC type-approval or national type-approval
foratype ofvehicle oratype offront underrunprotective deviceasaseparatetechnicalunit;
(b) shallrefusetheregistration,saleorentryintoserviceofnewvehi-
clesornewfrontunderrunprotectivedevicesasseparatetechnical
units;
ongroundsrelatingtothefrontunderrunprotectioniftherequirements
ofthisDirectivearenotcompliedwith.
3. The administrative provisions governing EC type-approval shall
beassetoutinAnnexI.
The scope of this Directive, and the technical requirements to be
fulfilled for the award of EC type-approval, shall be as laid down in
AnnexII.
Article 3
Regulation No 93 of the United Nations Economic Commission for
Europe shall be published in the Official Journal of the European
Communitiesbefore10February2001.2000L0040—EN—01.05.2004—001.001—3
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Article 4
Directive70/156/EECisamendedasfollows:
1. AnnexIshallbeamendedasfollows:
(a) Item2.3.4shallbereplacedbythefollowing:
‘2.3.4. Width of the foremost axle (measured at the outermost
partofthetyresexcludingthebulgingofthetyresclosetotheground):…’.
(b) Thefollowingitemsshallbeinserted:
‘9.22. Frontunderrunprotection
9.22.1. Drawing of the vehicle parts relevant to the front
underrun protection, i.e. drawing of the vehicle and/or
chassis with position and mounting of the widest front
axle,drawingofthemountingand/orfittingofthefrontunderrun protection. If the underrun protection is nospecial device, the drawing must clearly show that therequireddimensionsaremet:…
9.22.2. In the case of special device, full description and/or
drawing of the front underrun protection (includingmountings and fittings), or, if approved as a separatetechnicalunit,type-approvalnumber:…’.
2. AnnexVshallbeamendedasfollows:
(a) InPartI,thefollowingitemshallbeadded:
‘Subject DirectiveNoOfficialJournal
referenceApplicability
M1M2M3N1N2N3O1O2O3O4
57.Front
underrunprotection2000/40/EC L203of
10.8.2000,p.9XX ’
(b) InPartII,thefollowingitemshallbeadded:
‘SubjectBasic
Regulation
NoSeriesof
amend-
mentsSupplementCorri-
genda(2)
57.Front
underrunprotec-
tion93 — — —’
Article 5
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directivebefore 10 August 2001. However, if the publication referred to inArticle 3 is delayed beyond 10 February 2001, Member States shallfulfil this obligation within six months of the said publication. They
shallforthwithinformtheCommissionthereof.
MemberStatesshallapplythesemeasuresasfrom10August2001or,
if the publication referred to in Article 3 is delayed beyond 10February2001,sixmonthsafterthesaidpublication.
WhenMemberStatesadoptthesemeasures,theyshallcontainarefer-
encetothisDirectiveorshallbeaccompaniedbysuchreferenceontheoccasion of their official publication. The methods of making suchreferenceshallbelaiddownbytheMemberStates.2000L0040—EN—01.05.2004—001.001—4
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2. MemberStatesshallcommunicate totheCommissionthetextof
the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the fieldgovernedbythisDirective.
Article 6
ThisDirectiveshallenterintoforceonthedayofitspublicationinthe
Official Journal of the European Communities .
Article 7
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LIST OF ANNEXES
ANNEXI: AdministrativeprovisionsforECtype-approval
Appendix1: InformationdocumentrelatingtotheECtype-approvalofa
frontunderrunprotectivedeviceasaseparatetechnicalunit
Appendix2: InformationdocumentrelatingtotheECtype-approvalofa
vehicle type with regard to the installation of front
underrun protective devices which have been type-
approvedasaseparatetechnicalunit
Appendix3: InformationdocumentrelatingtotheECtype-approvalofa
vehicletypewithregardtoitsfrontunderrunprotection
Appendix4: Model EC type-approval certificate (for a type of front
underrunprotectivedeviceasaseparatetechnicalunit)
Appendix5: ModelECtype-approvalcertificate(foravehicletypewith
regard to the installation of front underrun protective
deviceswhichhavebeentype-approvedasaseparatetech-
nicalunit)
Appendix6: ECtype-approvalcertificate(foravehicletypewithregard
toitsfrontunderrunprotection)
Appendix7: ModelfortheECtype-approvalmark
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ANNEX I
ADMINISTRATIVEPROVISIONSFORECTYPE-APPROVAL
1. APPLICATIONFORTYPE-APPROVAL
1.1. ApplicationforECtype-approvalofafrontunderrunprotectivedevice
asaseparatetechnicalunit
1.1.1. ApplicationforECtype-approvalpursuanttoArticle3(4)ofDirective
70/156/EEC in respect of a front underrun protective device consid-
ered to be a separate technical unit within the meaning of Article 2
of Directive 70/156/EEC shall be submitted by the manufacturer of
thefrontunderrunprotectivedevice.
1.1.2. AmodelfortheinformationdocumentisgiveninAppendix1.
1.1.3. Arepresentativesampleofthetypeofdevicetobeapprovedshallbe
submittedtothetechnicalserviceresponsibleforconductingthetype-
approvaltests.Thatservicemay,ifitisconsiderednecessary,request
a further sample. The samples shall be clearly and indelibly marked
withtheapplicant'stradenameormarkandthetypedesignation.
1.2. ApplicationforECtype-approvalofavehicletypewithregardtothe
installationoffrontunderrunprotectivedeviceswhichhavebeentype-
approvedasseparatetechnicalunit
1.2.1. ApplicationforECtype-approvalpursuanttoArticle3(1)ofDirective
70/156/EECshallbesubmittedbythevehiclemanufacturer.
1.2.2. AmodelfortheinformationdocumentisgiveninAppendix2.
1.2.3. Avehiclerepresentativeofthetypetobeapprovedaswellasafront
underrunprotectionfortheinstallation,whichhasbeenapprovedasa
separate technical unit, shall be submitted to the technical service
responsibleforconductingtheapprovaltests.
1.3. Application for EC type-approval of avehicle type withregard to its
frontunderrunprotection
1.3.1. ApplicationforECtype-approvalpursuanttoArticle3(1)ofDirective
70/156/EECshallbesubmittedbythevehiclemanufacturer.
1.3.2. AmodelfortheinformationdocumentisgiveninAppendix3.
1.3.3. Avehiclerepresentativeofthetypetobeapprovedshallbesubmitted
tothetechnicalserviceresponsibleforconductingtheapprovaltests.
2. GRANTINGOFECTYPE-APPROVAL
2.1. Iftherelevantrequirementsaresatisfied,ECtype-approvalpursuantto
Article 4(3) and, if applicable 4(4) of Directive 70/156/EEC shall be
granted.
2.2. AmodelfortheECtype-approvalcertificateisgiven:
2.2.1. for a front underrun protective device as a separate technical unit in
Appendix4;
2.2.2. for a vehicle type with regard to the installation of a front underrun
protective device which hasbeen type-approved as separate technical
unitinAppendix5;
2.2.3. for a vehicle type with regard to its front underrun protection in
Appendix6.
2.3. An approval number in accordance with Annex VII to Directive 70/
156/EEC shall be assigned to each type of front underrun protective
deviceoreachtypeofvehicleapproved.ThesameMemberStateshall
notassignthesamenumbertoanothertypeoffrontunderrunprotec-
tivedeviceortoanothertypeofvehicle.
3. EC TYPE-APPROVAL MARKING FOR SEPARATE TECHNICAL
UNITS
3.1. Every front underrun protective device conforming to the type
approved under this Directive as a separate technical unit shall bear
anECtype-approvalmark.2000L0040—EN—01.05.2004—001.001—7
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3.2. This mark shall consist of a rectangle surrounding the letter ‘e’
followed by the distinguishing number of the Member State which
hasgrantedtype-approval:
1 forGermany
2 forFrance
3 forItaly4 fortheNetherlands5 forSweden
6 forBelgium
7 forHungary
8 fortheCzechRepublic
9 forSpain
11 fortheUnitedKingdom12 forAustria13 forLuxembourg
17 forFinland
18 forDenmark
20 forPoland21 forPortugal
23 forGreece24 forIreland
26 forSlovenia
27 forSlovakia29 forEstonia
32 forLatvia
36 forLithuaniaCY forCyprus
MT forMalta
Itmustalsoincludeinthevicinityoftherectanglethe‘baseapproval
number’ contained in Section 4 of the type-approval number referred
toinAnnexVIItoDirective70/156/EEC,precededbythetwofigures
indicating the sequence number assigned to the most recent major
technical amendment to Directive 2000/40/EC on the date EC type-
approvalwasgranted.InthisDirectivethesequencenumberis00.
3.3. The EC type-approval mark must be affixed to the front underrun
protective device in suchawayastobe indelible and clearly legible
evenifthedeviceisfittedtoavehicle.
3.4. AnexampleoftheECtype-approvalmarkisshowninAppendix7.
4. MODIFICATION OF THE TYPE AND AMENDMENTS TO
APPROVALS
4.1. Inthecaseofmodificationofavehicletypeapprovedpursuanttothis
Directive, the provisions of Article 5 of Directive 70/156/EEC shall
apply.
5. CONFORMITYOFPRODUCTION
5.1. Measures to ensure the conformity of production shall be taken in
accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 10 of Directive
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Appendix 1
INFORMATIONDOCUMENTNo…
relating to the EC type-approval of a front underrun protective device as a separate technical unit
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Appendix 2
INFORMATIONDOCUMENTNo…
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Appendix 3
INFORMATIONDOCUMENTNo…
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Appendix 4
MODEL
(maximum format: A4 (210 mm × 297 mm))
ECTYPE-APPROVALCERTIFICATE
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Appendix 5
MODEL
(maximum format: A4 (210 mm × 297 mm))
ECTYPE-APPROVALCERTIFICATE
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Appendix 6
MODEL
(maximum format: A4 (210 mm × 297 mm))
ECTYPE-APPROVALCERTIFICATE
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Appendix 7
MODELFORTHEECTYPE-APPROVALMARK
ThefrontunderrunprotectivedevicebearingtheaboveECtype-approvalmarkisadevicewhichhas
beenapprovedinGermany(e1)underthebaseapprovalnumber2439onthebasisofthisDirective.
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ANNEX II
SCOPEANDTECHNICALREQUIREMENTS
1. SCOPE
1.1. ThisDirectiveappliesto:1.1.1. front underrun protective devices as separate technical units intended
tobefittedtovehiclesofcategoriesN
2andN3(1);
1.1.2. vehiclesofcategoryN2andN3withregardtotheinstallationoffront
underrun protective devices which have been type-approved as sepa-
ratetechnicalunits;
1.1.3. vehicles of category N2and N3with regard to their front underrun
protection.
1.2. Vehicles of categories N2with a maximum mass not exceeding 7,5
tonnes shall comply only with the ground clearance requirement of
400mmassetoutinthisDirective.
1.3. TherequirementsofthisDirectivedonotapplyto:
1.3.1. off-roadvehiclesofcategoriesN2andN3;
1.3.2. vehiclessuchthattheiruseisincompatiblewiththeprovisionsoffront
underrunprotection.
2. DEFINITIONS
ForthepurposeofthisDirective:
2.1. ‘maximum mass’ of the vehicle means the technically permissible
maximumladenmassdefinedinitem2.8ofAnnexItoDirective70/
156/EEC;
2.2. ‘unladenvehicle’,meansthevehicleinrunningorderhavingthemass
definedinitem2.6ofAnnexItoDirective70/156/EEC;
2.3. ‘type of front underrun protection device’, means front underrun
protective devices which do not differ with respect to the essential
characteristics such as shape, dimensions, attachment, materials and
themarkingscitedinitem1.1.3ofAnnexI;
2.4. ‘front underrun protection’ means the presence at the front of the
vehicleofeither:
aspecialfrontunderrunprotectiondevice;orbody work, chassis parts or other components, such that by virtue of
their shape and characteristics, these elements can be regarded as
fulfillingthefunctionofthefrontunderrunprotectiondevice;
2.5. ‘vehicle type’ means vehicles which do not essentially differ in such
aspectsas:
2.5.1. the width of the foremost axle measured at the outermost part of the
tyresexcludingthebulgingofthetyresclosetotheground;
2.5.2. thestructure,thedimensions,theshapeandmaterialsofthefrontpart
ofthevehicleinsofarastheyhaveabearingontherequirementsof
therelevantpartofthisDirective;
2.5.3. theapprovedfrontunderrunprotectivedevicefittedtothevehicle;
2.5.4. themaximummassofthevehicletype.
3. TECHNICALREQUIREMENTS
Thetechnicalrequirementswhichhavetobecompliedwithinorderto
obtainatype-approvalinaccordance withthisDirective arethoseset
out in paragraphs 6, 8 and 10, together with Annex 5 to UN/ECE
RegulationNo93,withthefollowingexceptions:
3.1. initem8.2,theterm‘communicationdocumentcontainedinannex1’
hastoberegardedas‘ECtype-approvalcertificatecontainedinAnnex
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3.2. in item8.3, the termin brackets ‘(annex 1, item9.)’ has to be
regardedas‘(AnnexI,Appendix4,Addendum,paragraph1.4)’;
3.3. in item8.6, the termin brackets ‘(annex 1, item8.)’ has to be
regardedas‘(AnnexI,Appendix1,paragraph2.3)’;
3.4. in item3.5.1 of Annex V the term‘for applications pursuant to Part
III’hastoberegardedas‘forapplicationspursuanttoAnnexI,para-
graph1.3’.2000L0040—EN—01.05.2004—001.001—22