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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(72)1440final
Brussels .24November 1972
!
Proposal fora
REGULATION OFTHECOUNCIL
amendingCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1463/70of20July1970
ontheintroduction ofrecording equipment inroadtransport
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MMORMDIM
Under "thecombinedprovisions ofArticles 4said20ofCouncil Regu­
lation(EEC)N°1463/70^of20July197°°ntheintroduction ofrecor­
dingequipment inroadtransport ,theinstallation anduseofsuchequip­
ment–ofatypecomplying with'therequirements ofthatRegulation and
thusqualifying forEECapproval–iscompulsory t
a)from1January1975forvehiolesregistered forthefirsttimeonor
afterthdtdate(Article4(l)(a)),andforvehiclesusedforthe,
carriage ofdangerous goodsvjhateverthedateoftheirregistration
(Article4(l)(b)):
b)from1January1978for'othervehiolescovered "bytheRegulation and.
whiohonthatdatearenotfittedwithequipment ofatypewhichhas
reoeivednationalapproval(Article4(2))J
o)from1January1980forvehiclesotherthanthosespeoified .undera)
andwhichon1January1978arealreadyfittedwithequipment ofa
typewhichhasrecesivednationalapproval (Article20(2))•
Moreover,Article20(l)ofRegulation (EEC)1463/fOconferson
MemberStatesthepower,asregardsvehioules registered intheirterri­
tory,toprescribe,during'theperiodprecedingthecompulsory introduc­
tionofCommunity recording equipment ,namelyuntil1January1975»"the
introduction ofreoording equipment ofatypewhichhasreoeivednational
approval.
(l)0JN°LI64,27July1970.

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In-theinterests ofroadtraffic,variousMemberStateswantoertain
classesofvehicleto"befittedwithrecording equipment assoonaspossi­
bleandtherefore proposetoexeroisethepoweroonfered onthembyArti­
cle20(l)«Theysirefindingitdifficulttopresoribetheinstallation
®freoording equipment onvehioles usedforthecarriageofdangerous
goods,beoauseunderArticle4(l)(b)oertainequipment ,installed onsuch
vehicleswillhavetobereplaoed on1January1975 "by"Community equip­
ment",i.e.afterperiodsoftimewhichwillnotbesufficiently longfor
thecostoftheequipment tobeabsorbed# In.addition ,itmustnot.be
forgotten thataccording to.presentinformation itisnotoertainthat
equipment oonforming toCommunity standards willbeonthemarketby
1January19751forthiswouldhaveenabledsuchequipment tobeinstal­
ledandusedbeforethatdate,removingtheneedforearlyreplacements .
Thisofcourseoouldnotbeforeseen whentheRegulation wasadopted.The
problemherebeoomesallthemoredifficult sinqeitaffectsacategory
ofvehioles –thosetobeusedfortheoarriage ©fdangerous goods–for
whichtheinstallation anduseofreoording equipment isparticularly
essential andurgentforroadsafetyreasons.
Todealwiththisproblemitwouldappeartobeappropriate .totreat
vehiclesusedforthecarriageofdangerous goodsandcoveredbyArtiole
4(l)(b)inthesamewayasothervehiolesand,thusto^extendthedero­
gationprovidedforinArticle20(2)tothisoategoryofvehiole,so
that...equipmentfittedpnthesevehioles oancontinuetobeuseduntil
31December 1979*<,Thissolutionisacceptable fromthesafetypointof
viewsine9alreadycertainequipment available onthemarketisefficient

enough -to"bepermitted until31December 19T9»evenonvehiolesusedfor
theoarriage ofdangerous goods#
Inthisconnection itisnotedthatunderArtiole 21oftheRegu­
lationinquestion theMemberStateswillhavetosubmitforconsultac­
tionwiththeCommission allmeasures whichtheydecidetotakeforthe
Introduction ofsuchequipment *
Inoonclusion|itisproposedthatCouncilRegulation (EEC)N°I463/7O
"beamendedinaooordanoe withthefollowing instrument :
»•*/

PROPOSAL FOR::A
HEGUIATIOW OPTHSCOUÏÏCÏL
amendingCouncilRegulation (EEG)U01463/ifOof20Juli15TJO
ontheintroduction ofreoording equipment inroadtransport
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN OCffffilUlTDTIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Eoonomic Com­
munity,andinparticular Artiole75thereof;
Havingregardtotheproposal fromtheCommission }
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean Parliament ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomic andSocialCommittee ,
Whereasoertain IlemberStateshaveinformed theCommission that':'
theyproposetoexercisethepoweroonferedonthembyArtiole20(l)of
Regulation (EEC)N°1463/70aocordingto,whieheachMemberStatemay''
prescribe duringtheperiodpreceding ,thecompulsory introduction of•=
reoording equipment meetingtherequirements oftheRegulation ,"the
installation anduseofrecording equipment ofatypewhichhasreceived
national approval ;
Whereas,whereMemberStatesexercisethatpower,equipment ofa
typewhichhasreceivednational approval maycontinuetobeuseduntil
SIDecember1979pursuanttothederogation providedforinArticle20(2)
ofRegulation (EEC)I463/7O,except,however,onvehiclesregistered

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forthefirst time onorafter 1January 1975 oronvehioles used forthe
carriage ofdangerous goods whatever thedate oftheir registration ?
Whereas Member States wishing toexeroise thepower oonfered "by-
Article 20(l)have found itdifficult toprescribe that carriers must
instal anduse ,onvehioles used forthecarriage ofdangerous goods ,
reoording equipment whioh does notoomply with therequirements ofRegu­
lation (EEC)11°1463/70,sinoe theequipment willhave toheohanged on
1January 1975 »whereas moreover equipment meeting thestandards ofRegu­
lation (EEC)N°I463/7Oisnotyetavailable onthemarket j
Whereas itisparticularly important forroad safety andsupervi­
sion ofwork that vehioles used forthecarriage ofdangerous goods should
befitted with recording equipment assoon aspossible ;whereas certain
types ofequipment onthemarket areefficient enough tobeapproved for
suoh vehioles during atransitional periode (upto31Deoember 1979)?
Whereas vehicles used fortheoarriage ofdangerous goods ,covered
byArticle 4(l)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)N°I463/7O,should therefore be
treated inthesame wayasother vehicles ,that istosaythat thedero­
gation provided forinArticle 20(2)should beextended toapply tovehi-
oles used fortheoarriage ofdangerous goods ,sothat equipment ofa
type which hasreoeived national approval andwhich isinstalled andused
onsuch -vehicles maybeused until 31December 1979 »
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION t
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SoleArticle
Article20(2)ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)N°1463/7020July
1970isreplaced lay"thefollowing I
112.Bywayofderogation fromtheprovisions ofArticle4(l)(*>)
nand(2)1theinstallation anduseofrecording ecjuipment oonforming to
ntheprovisions ofAnnexesIandIItothisRegulation shall "becom-
Mpulsoryonlyfrom1January1980forvehiclesfittedwithrecording
"equipment ofthetypepermitted underparagraph 1ofthisArtiole,M
DoneatBrussels ,•••••••••••••••
FortheCouncil
ThePresident