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mitteebelievesthat'TheCommitteeforAdaptationto
technicalprogress'hasworkedwell—withvoting
procedurespermitted—andshouldremaininplace.
3.5.Article6
TheCommitteeunderstandstheurgencyofenacting
theseprovisionswithintheMemberStatesbutpoints
outthatthetimeschedulewillputconsiderablepressure
onmanufacturers tomeetthespecifications .Itwould
beadmirableiftheCouncilcouldarriveatadecision
earlyenoughfortheMemberStatestocomplywiththe
Regulationsby1January1993thuscoincidingwiththedatesetinthegeneralTypeApprovalDirective(70/
156/EEC).
3.6.AnnexV(4.5)
Intable5,thefiguresinClassD50-C2arenotin
accordancewithISOstandardsandtheGenevaCon­
ventionRegulation,anditisrecommendedthatthose
recognizedstandardsshouldstand.
3.7.AnnexVII
Themanufacturermayfinditdifficulttoevaluatefactor
'V'inthiscontext.
DoneatBrussels,23September1992.
TheChairman
oftheEconomicandSocialCommittee
MichaelGEUENICH
OpinionontheproposalforaCouncilDirectiveamendingDirective70/220/EEConthe
approximation ofthelawsoftheMemberStatesrelatingtomeasurestobetakenagainst
airpollutionbyemissionsfrommotorvehicles(*)
(92/C313/05)
On7April1992theCouncildecidedtoconsulttheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
underArticle100AoftheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunityonthe
abovementioned proposal.
TheSectionforIndustry,Commerce,CraftsandServices,whichwasresponsibleforpreparing
theCommittee'sworkonthesubject,adopteditsOpinionon8July1992inthelightofthe
ReportbyMrPearson.
Atits299thPlenarySession(meetingof23September1992)theEconomicandSocial
CommitteeadoptedthefollowingOpinionunanimously .
1.Introduction
1.1.Directive91/441/EEC(2),themostrecent
amendingDirectiveofthebasicDirective70/220/EEC,
madeprovisionformuchmoreseverepermittedlevels
ofemissionfrompassengercarsseatingnomorethan
sixpersonsandamaximumweightof2500kg.The
currentproposalscoverthesamepollutionlimitsasfor
passengercarsaccommodating morethansixpassen­
gers,forlightcommercialvehiclesandfor'off-road'
vehicles,ofuptoamaximumweightof3500kg.1.2.ThisdraftDirectivewasplannedtofollow
Directive91/441/EECasanumberofthecomponents
usedinmanufacturearethesame.Ingeneral,light
dutycommercialvehiclesaredesignedtomeetspecific
requirementsintermsoftransportofgoodsandpassen­
gersand,assuch,arecharacterizedbylowvolumeand
highvarianceofmodels:thosemotorcarcomponents
usedintheproductionofcommercialvehiclesusually
involvealterationastheextraloadburdencreatesa
problemforemissioncontrol,suspension,gear-box
transmissionandbodydesign(entailinggreaterwind
pressure).
(1)OJNoC100,22.4.1992,p.7.
(2)OJNoL242,30.8.1991,p.1.

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1.3.Complications areincreasedowingtothetwo
typesofengineusedinlightcommercialvehicles.
Increasinglyoftenthepowerunitisadiesel-fuelled
engine:theheavierloadfactorrequiresmodificationof
thecylinderhead,theinjectionpumpandcatalytic
converter,ofthedieselengine.Theexactcorrelation
andbalanceofthesefactorstakestimetoachieve.withlevelsinforcewiththeadvancednon-Community
competitors .
2.3.TheCommitteeunderstandsthatthemotor­
vehiclemanufacturers haveacceptedthechallengepre­
sentedbythetermsoftheDirectiveandwillbeable
tomeettheemissionlevelsrequired.TheCommittee
howeverpointsoutthatthetwodeadlinescanonlybe
implementedifthenecessarydecisionstobemadeby
theCommission andtheCouncilareinstrictaccord­
ancewiththescheduledprogramme .
3.TheCommitteenotesthatitisverydifficulttobe
fullyconversantwithallthechangesthathavebeen
requiredconcerningmotor-vehicle emissionssince
Directive70/220/EEC—andaslastamendedby91/
44/EECandagainbythisDirective.Itrecommendsthat
theCommission shouldhaveavailabletoallthosein
themotor-vehicle industryaformofCompendium
clearlysettingoutthecurrentpositioninrelationto
permittedemissionlevelsinmotorvehicles.The
AnnexesItoVinthecurrentdocumentare,forexam­
ple,notsimpletounderstand .2.GeneralComments
2.1.TheCommitteewelcomestheCommissionpro­
posalsseeingthemtobeafurthervaluablesteptoward
thereductionofvehicleemissionswithconsequentben­
efittotheenvironment .Itaccepts,aslogical,thatthis
newDirective—togetherwithDirective91/441/EEC,
willformabaseforallcategoriesoflightvehicles.
2.2.Astheproposedemissionlevelsareequalin
stringencyasthoseacceptedbytheCommittee'sOpin­
ionforDirective91/441/EECtherewillbeconformity
DoneatBrussels,23September1992.
TheChairman
oftheEconomicandSocialCommittee
MichaelGEUENICH