Amendment to the proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO SPEED LIMITING DEVICES OR SIMILAR SPEED LIMITING SYSTEMS FITTED TO CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF MOTOR VEHICLE
Date: 1992-03-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: marketing standard, motor vehicle, safety device, speed control

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C0M(92) 78 final  - SYN 349 

Brussels, 27 March  1992 

Amendment  to the proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  DIRECTIVE 

APPROXIMATION  OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER  STATES RELATING TO 

SPEED LIMITING DEVICES OR SIMILAR SPEED LIMITING  SYSTEMS 

FITTED TO CERTAIN  CATEGORIES OF MOTOR VEHICLE 

(presented  by  the Commission pursuant  to Article  149(3) 
of  the EEC-Treaty) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

On 24 July 1991 the Commission sent the Council a proposal for a directive on 

speed limiting devices or similar speed limiting systems for certain 

categories of motor vehicle [COM(91) 240 final]. 

The proposal for a Council directive is based on Article 100a and takes the 

form of a separate directive under framework Directive 70/156/EEC in line with 

Annex 11(12)(2)(4). 

On 13 December 1991 the European Parliament delivered its opinion on first 

reading and invited the Commission to adopt the amendments that had been 

proposed in pursuance of Article 149(3) of the EEC Treaty. 

The Commission accepted three of the amendments proposed by the European 

Parliament.  Those amendments concern the dates of entry into force of the 

Directive and the deletion of speed limits from the Directive.  The dates of 

entry into force of the Directive have been postponed by three months in order 

to make them more realistic.  The speed limits are set out in another draft 

directive on the fitting and use of speed limiting devices by certain 

categories of vehicle. 

The Commission has not adopted an amendment put forward in the form of an 

article on research into any such device incorporating an intelligent cruise 

control.  However, it has been in fundamental agreement and a new recital has 

been added in order to conduct research activities as part of the Commission's 

DRIVE programme. 

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Amendment of the 

proposal for a Council Directive on the  approximation 

of the laws of the Member States relating to speed  limiting devices or similar 

speed limiting systems fitted to certain categories of motor vehicle. 

New recital: 

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the following new recital should be inserted after the sixth recital: 

"whereas it is reasonable and useful, as part of the DRIVE programme, to 

conduct research activities on an intelligent cruise control;" 

Article  5; 

becomes Article 4. 

The date of  1 October  1992 becomes  "1 January 1993" 

Article 6 : 

becomes Article 5. 

The date of  1 October  1993 becomes  "1 January  1994" 

New paragraph to be added to the end of Article 5: 

"from  1 October  1994 Member States may prohibit the first placing in 

service of vehicles the speed limiting devices of which do not meet the 

requirements of this Directive". 

Annex I: 

Item  1.1, second paragraph becomes : 

"motor vehicles the maximum design speed of which  is less than the speed 

laid down in Directive  .../.../EEC on the fitting  and use of  speed 

limiting devices by certain categories of motor vehicle within 

the Community  are not required to be fitted with a speed  limiting  device 

or system". 

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Item 7.2.1  becomes : 

"for the various categories of motor vehicle restricted  speed V shall be 

established  in accordance with Directive  .../.../EEC*". 

8046/91 COM(91) 291 final 

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