Re-examined proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO SPEED LIMITATION DEVICES OR SIMILAR SPEED LIMITATION SYSTEMS FITTED TO CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF MOTOR VEHICLE
Date: 1992-03-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: marketing standard, motor vehicle, safety device, speed control

COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(92) 88 final  - SYN 349 

Brussels,  13 March  1992 

Re-examined proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  DIRECTIVE 

ON THE APPROXIMATION  OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER  STATES 

RELATING TO SPEED LIMITATION  DEVICES 

OR SIMILAR SPEED LIMITATION  SYSTEMS 

FITTED TO CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF MOTOR  VEHICLE 

(presented  by  the Commission  pursuant  to Article  149.2(d) 
of  the EEC  treaty) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

On 12 February 1992 the European Parliament adopted, by an absolute majority, 

amendments to the common position adopted by the Council on 19 December 1991 

relating to speed limitation devices or similar speed limitation systems 

fitted to certain categories of goods and passenger vehicle. 

Pursuant to Article 149 § 2 d) of the EEC Treaty, the Commission has 

re-examined the proposal and decided to accept these amendments for the 

following reasons : 

The Commission accepts the amendment proposed by Parliament on first reading 

in the form of a recital on the development of speed limitation devices and 

agrees to research into these systems based on the prevailing road and traffic 

conditions. 

In addition, introduction of the advisory committee procedure proposed by the 

Commission plays a leading part in the speed and efficiency of the 

decision-making process for adapting to technical progress the Directives on 

road vehicles. 

Re-examined proposal for a Council Directive on the approximation of the laws 

of the Member States relating to speed limitation devices or similar speed 

limitation systems fitted to certain categories of motor vehicle 

Final recital: 

After the sixth recital, insert a new recital reading: 

"Whereas it is reasonable and useful to undertake research activities 

relating to the development of variable speed limitation devices 

activated in conformity with the speed limits warranted by the 

prevailing road and traffic conditions within the framework of the 

DRIVE programme," 

Article 3 is replaced by a new Article  3 reading: 

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"The Commission  shall be assisted by the Committee established  under 

Article  12 of Directive  70/156/EEC. 

The representative  of the Commission  shall submit to the Committee a 

draft of the measures to be taken.  The Committee  shall give  its 

opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may  lay 

down according to the urgency of the matter, if necessary  by taking a 

vote. 

The opinion shall be recorded  in the minutes;  in addition, each 

Member State shall have the right to ask to have its position  recorded 

in the minutes. 

The Commission  shall take the utmost account of the opinion given by 

the Committee.  It shall inform the Committee of the manner  in which 

its opinion has been taken into account." 

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