No C 74/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 3. 89 
Paragraph 12: 
Add the following two points at the end of the second indent: 
'— prepare guidelines for evaluating the quality of management using a set of related criteria (utili­
zation of appropriations, sound budgetary management, allocation of contracts, meeting of 
deadlines, etc.), 
— examine the idea of assigning parts of a given evaluation to a task force to investigate points of 
detail and to assess the application of results of the research programme in question.' 
Paragraph 13: 
13. The Commission will establish an annual calendar of priority activities which will be adopted after 
consultation with the Committee. 
III. IMPLEMENTATION 
Paragraph 14 unchanged. 
Add the following new paragraphs: 
'15. The Commission will actively stimulate the diffusion of know-how and information obtained from 
the work of SAST, FAST and Spear in order to maximize the impact of Monitor for similar 
bodies in the Member States. Diffusion will take the form of research publications, policy 
memoranda, organizing Monitor seminars and other publicity measures. 
16. The contracts entered into by the Commission shall regulate the rights and obligations of each 
party, including the methods of disseminating, protecting and exploiting the research results.' 
Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 77/143/EEC on the approximation of the 
laws of the Member States relating to roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers 
(COM(89) 6 final) 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 23 February 1989) 
(89/C 74/06) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community and in particular Article 75 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas the Council and the representatives of the 
Governments of the Member States, meeting within the 
Council, adopted a resolution on 19 December 1984 on 
road safety ('); Whereas Council Directive 77/143/EEC (2), as amended 
by Directive 88/449/EEC (3), provides for the annual 
roadworthiness testing of certain road vehicles; 
Whereas the present standards and methods of testing 
vary from one Member State to another and this 
situation affects the equivalence of safety and environ­
mental performance levels of tested vehicles operating in 
the Member States; 
Whereas testing must take place on the basis of 
harmonized technical test standards until separate 
Directives relating to the various items as listed in Annex 
II to Directive 77/143/EEC take effect; 
Whereas, as a transitional measure, national test 
standards remain applicable in respect of items not 
covered by such Directives; 
(') OJ No C 341, 29. 12. 1984, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 47, 18. 2. 1977, p. 47. 
(3) OJ No L 222, 12. 8. 1988, p. 10. 
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Whereas technical progress requires prompt adjustment 
of the technical requirements specified in the separate 
Directives and whereas, in order to facilitate implemen­
tation of the measures required for this purpose, a 
procedure should be laid down for establishing close 
cooperation between the Member States and the 
Commission within a Committee on adaptation to 
technical progress of standard roadworthiness tests, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
The following Articles 5 (a), 5 (b) and 5 (c) are hereby 
inserted in Directive 77/143/EEC: 
'Article 5 (a) 
Any changes which are necessary to adapt Annexes I and 
II to take account of technical progress shall be adopted 
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 
5 (c). 
Article 5 (b) 
1. A Committee on the Adaptation to Technical 
Progress of the Directives on standard roadworthiness 
tests of vehicles (hereinafter called the "Committee") is 
hereby set up; it shall consist of representatives of the 
Member States with a representative of the Commission 
as Chairman. 
2. The Committee shall adopt its own rules of 
procedure. 
Article 5 (c) 
.1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to 
be followed, the matter shall be referred to the 
Committee by the Chairman, either on his own initiative 
or at the request of the representative of a Member 
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2. The representative of the Commission shall submit 
to the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. 
The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft 
within a time limit which the Chairman may lay down 
according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion 
shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 
148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the 
Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the 
Commission. The votes of the representatives of the 
Member States within the Committee shall be weighted 
in the manner set out in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty. 
The Chairman shall not vote. 
(3) (a) The Commission shall adopt the measures 
envisaged if they are in accordance with the 
opinion of the Committee; 
(b) if the measures envisaged are not in accordance 
with the opinion of the Committee, or if no 
opinion is delivered, the Commission shall, 
without delay, submit to the Council a proposal 
relating to the measures to be taken. The 
Council shall act by a qualified majority; 
(c) if, within three months following the submission 
of the proposal to the Council, the Council has 
not acted, the proposed measures shall be 
adopted by the Commission.' 
Article 2 
1. Member States shall, after consulting the 
Commission, adopt the laws, regulations and adminis­
trative provisions which are necessary to comply with 
this Directive by 1 January 1990. 
2. Member States shall inform the Commission of the 
measures which they have taken to implement this 
Directive. 
Article 3 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.