EN Official Journal of the European Union L 315/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1171/2014

of 31 October 2014

amending and correcting Annexes I, III, VI, IX, XI and XVII to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (Framework Directive) (1), and in particular Article 39(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Directive 2007/46/EC establishes a harmonised framework containing the administrative provisions and general technical requirements for new vehicles. Directive 2007/46/EC made the EC whole-vehicle type-approval mandatory for all vehicle categories, including those built in multi stages, in accordance with the timetable set out in its Annex XIX.

(2) It is necessary to supplement the requirements of Annex XVII to Directive 2007/46/EC on the procedure to be followed during multi-stage EC approval to make this procedure fully operational. Annexes I, III and IX of Directive 2007/46/EC need also to be amended to ensure the link between the different stages of construction of a multi-stage built vehicle.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), provided for the repeal of several directives and their replacement by the corresponding United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Regulations. With the repeal of most of those directives by Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 from 1 November 2014, it is appropriate to update the relevant entries in Annex VI to Directive 2007/46/EC.

(4) It is appropriate to correct Annex IX to Directive 2007/46/EC to ensure consistency in the numbering used in the different models of certificate of conformity for the entries concerning the mass in running order and the actual mass. In addition, it is necessary to clarify in Annex XI that head restraint systems are only mandatory for vehicles of category M1.

(5) Directive 2007/46/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6) It is necessary to give sufficient time to manufacturers to adapt their vehicles to the new requirements concerning the multi-stage type-approval procedure and to modify the certificate of conformity, as required by this Regulation.

(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Technical Committee — Motor Vehicles,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. Annexes I, III, VI, IX and XI to Directive 2007/46/EC are amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

2. Annex XVII to Directive 2007/46/EC is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 2

Type-approvals of new vehicle types shall be granted in accordance with Directive 2007/46/EC as amended by this Regulation.

Manufacturers shall deliver certificates of conformity in accordance with Directive 2007/46/EC as amended by this Regulation for all new vehicles.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2016. It may apply before this date at the request from manufacturers to the approval authority.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 31 October 2014. For the Commission The President José Manuel BARROSO

(1) OJ L 263, 9.10.2007, p. 1.

(2) Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor (OJ L 200, 31.7.2009, p. 1.)

ANNEX I Directive 2007/46/EC is amended as follows: (1) Annex I is amended as follows: (a) the following point 0.2.2 is inserted: ‘0.2.2. For multi-stage approved vehicles, type-approval information of the base/previous stage vehicle (list the information for each stage. This can be done with a matrix) Type: Variant(s): Version(s): Type-approval number, including extension number’ (b) the following point 0.5.1 is inserted: ‘0.5.1. For multi-stage approved vehicles, company name and address of the manufacturer of the base/previous stage(s) vehicle’ (2) Annex III is amended as follows: (a) the following point 0.2.2 is inserted: ‘0.2.2. For multi-stage approved vehicles, type-approval information of the base/previous stage vehicle (list the information for each stage. This can be done with a matrix): Type: Variant(s): Version(s): Type-approval number, including extension number’ (b) the following point 0.5.1 is inserted: ‘0.5.1. For multi-stage approved vehicles, company name and address of the manufacturer of the base/previous stage(s) vehicle’ (c) the following points 2.17, 2.17.1 and 2.17.2 are inserted: ‘2.17. Vehicle submitted to multi-stage type-approval (only in the case of incomplete or completed vehicles of category N1 within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007: yes/no (1) 2.17.1. Mass of the base vehicle in running order: kg. 2.17.2. Default added mass (DAM), calculated in accordance with Section 5 of Annex XII to Regulation (EC) No 692/2008: kg.’ (3) Annex VI is amended as follows: (a) Model A, point 0.5 is amended as follows: ‘0.5. Company name and address of manufacturer of the complete/completed vehicle (1)’ (b) Model A, the following point 0.5.1 is inserted: ‘0.5.1. For multi-stage approved vehicles, company name and address of the manufacturer of the base/previous stage(s) vehicle’ (c) Model A, the Appendix is replaced by the following: ‘Appendix List of regulatory acts to which the type of vehicle complies (to be filled in only in the case of type-approval in accordance with Article 6(3)). Subject (1) Regulatory act reference (1) As amended by Applicable to variants 1. Permissible sound level 2. Emissions 3. Fuel tanks/Rear protective devices … (4) Annex IX is amended as follows: (a) Part I, Complete and completed vehicles, is amended as follows: (i) in ‘Model B — Side 1, Completed vehicles, EC certificate of conformity’, point 0.2.2 is replaced by the following: ‘0.2.2. For multi-stage approved vehicles, type-approval information of the base/previous stages vehicle (list the information for each stage): Type: Variant (a): Version (a): Type-approval number, extension number’ (ii) in ‘Model B — Side 1, Completed vehicles, EC certificate of conformity’, point 0.5.1 is replaced by the following: ‘0.5.1. For multi-stage approved vehicles, company name and address of the manufacturer of the base/previous stage(s) vehicle’ (iii) in ‘Side 2 — Vehicle category O3 and O4 (complete and completed vehicles)’, the following point 13.2 is inserted: ‘13.2. Actual mass of the vehicle: kg’ (b) Part II, Incomplete vehicles, is amended as follows: (i) in ‘Model C1 — Side 1, Incomplete vehicles, EC certificate of conformity’, the following point 0.2.2 is inserted: ‘0.2.2. For multi-stage approved vehicles, type-approval information of the base/previous stages vehicle (list the information for each stage): Type: Variant (a): Version (a): Type-approval number, extension number’ (ii) in ‘Model C1 — Side 1, Incomplete vehicles, EC certificate of conformity’, the following point 0.5.1 is inserted: ‘0.5.1. For multi-stage approved vehicles, company name and address of the manufacturer of the base/previous stage(s) vehicle’ (iii) in ‘Side 2 — Vehicle category M1 (incomplete vehicles)’, point 13.2 is deleted (iv) in ‘Side 2 — Vehicle category M1 (incomplete vehicles)’, point 14 is replaced by the following: ‘14. Mass in running order of the incomplete vehicle: … kg’ (v) in ‘Side 2 — Vehicle category M1 (incomplete vehicles)’, the following point 14.2 is inserted: ‘14.2. Actual mass of the vehicle of the incomplete vehicle: … kg’ (vi) in ‘Side 2 — Vehicle category M2 (incomplete vehicles)’, point 14 is replaced by the following: ‘14. Mass in running order of the incomplete vehicle: … kg’ (vii) in ‘Side 2 — Vehicle category M2 (incomplete vehicles)’, the following point 14.2 is inserted: ‘14.2. Actual mass of the incomplete vehicle: … kg’ (viii) in ‘Side 2 — Vehicle category M3 (incomplete vehicles)’, point 14 is replaced by the following: ‘14. Mass in running order of the incomplete vehicle: … kg’ (ix) in ‘Side 2 — Vehicle category M3 (incomplete vehicles)’, the following point 14.2 is inserted: ‘14.2. Actual mass of the incomplete vehicle: … kg’ (x) in ‘Side 2 — Vehicle category N1 (incomplete vehicles)’, point 13 is deleted (xi) in ‘Side 2 — Vehicle category N1 (incomplete vehicles)’, point 14 is replaced by the following: ‘14. Mass in running order of the incomplete vehicle: … kg’ (xii) in ‘Side 2 — Vehicle category N1 (incomplete vehicles)’, the following point 14.2 is inserted: ‘14.2. Actual mass of the incomplete vehicle: … kg’ (xiii) in ‘Side 2 — Vehicle category N2 (incomplete vehicles)’, point 14 is replaced by the following: ‘14. Mass in running order of the incomplete vehicle: … kg’ (xiv) in ‘Side 2 — Vehicle category N2 (incomplete vehicles)’, the following point 14.2 is inserted: ‘14.2. Actual mass of the incomplete vehicle: … kg’ (xv) in ‘Side 2 — Vehicle category N3 (incomplete vehicles)’, point 14 is replaced by the following: ‘14. Mass in running order of the incomplete vehicle: … kg’ (xvi) in ‘Side 2 — Vehicle category N3 (incomplete vehicles)’, the following point 14.2 is inserted: ‘14.2. Actual mass of the incomplete vehicle: … kg’ (xvii) in ‘Side 2 — Vehicle category O1 and O2 (incomplete vehicles)’, point 14 is replaced by the following: ‘14. Mass in running order of the incomplete vehicle: … kg’ (xviii) in ‘Side 2 — Vehicle category O1 and O2 (incomplete vehicles)’, the following point 14.2 is inserted: ‘14.2. Actual mass of the incomplete vehicle: … kg’ (xix) in ‘Side 2 — Vehicle category O3 and O4 (incomplete vehicles)’, point 14 is replaced by the following: ‘14. Mass in running order of the incomplete vehicle: … kg’ (xx) in ‘Side 2 — Vehicle category O3 and O4 (incomplete vehicles)’, the following point 14.2 is inserted: ‘14.2. Actual mass of the incomplete vehicle: … kg’ (xxi) in the explanatory notes relating to Annex IX, footnote e is replaced by the following: ‘(e) Entries 4 and 4.1 shall be completed in accordance with definitions 25 (Wheelbase) and 26 (Axle spacing) of Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 respectively’ (5) Annex XI is amended as follows: (a) In appendix 1, entry 38A is amended as follows: ‘38A Head restraints (headrests), whether or not incorporated in vehicle seats Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 UNECE Regulation No 25 D G+D’ (b) In appendix 4, entry 38A shall be deleted. (1) In accordance with Annex IV to this Directive’