Proposal for a Council Decision on the position of the European Community on the draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning uniform provisions for the approval of tank vehicles of categories N and O with regard to roll-over stability
Date: 1998-10-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ecosoc, approval, commercial vehicle, harmonisation of standards, technical standard

3.12.98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C  374/17

Proposal  for  a  Council  Decision  on  the  position  of  the  European  Community  on  the  draft
Regulation  of  the  United  Nations  Economic  Commission  for  Europe  concerning  uniform
provisions  for  the  approval  of  tank  vehicles  of  categories  N  and  O  with  regard  to  roll(cid:220)over
stability

(98/C  374/06)

(Text  with  EEA  relevance)

COM(1998)  564  final  -  98/0292(AVC)

(Submitted  by  the  Commission  on  14  October  1998)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European
Community,

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

Having  regard  to  the  assent  of  the  European  Parliament,

to  accession  by 

Having  regard  to  Council  Decision  97/836/EC  of  27
the
November  1997  with  a  view 
European  Community  to  the  Agreement  of  the  United
Nations  Economic  Commission  for  Europe  concerning
the  adoption  of  uniform 
technical  prescriptions  for
wheeled  vehicles,  equipment  and  parts  which  can  be
fitted  to  and/or  be  used  on  wheeled  vehicles  and  the
recognition  of  approvals
conditions 
granted  on 
in
these  prescriptions(cid:216)(˛), 
particular  the  second  indent  of  Article  4(2)  thereof;

reciprocal 
the  basis  of 

for 

to 

(1)(cid:217)whereas,  when  a  draft  Regulation  of  the  United
Nations  Economic  Commission  for  Europe,  to  be
annexed 
is
the  Administrative
submitted 
Committee  set  up  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of
Article  1(2)  of  the  abovementioned  Agreement,  that
draft  must  be  approved  by  the  Council  before  the

the  1958  Revised  Agreement, 

vote 

for 

to 

a 

(˛)(cid:217)OJ  L  346,  17.12.1997,  p.  78.

Community  can  vote  in  favour  of  adopting  such  a
draft  Regulation;

(2)(cid:217)whereas  the  draft  Regulation  on  the  approval  of
uniform  provisions  fortank  vehicles  of  categories  N
and  O  with  regard  to  roll(cid:220)over  stability  will  abolish
in  motor  vehicles
the  technical  barriers  to  trade 
between 
the
roll(cid:220)over  stability  of  tank  vehicles  of  categories  N
and  O;  whereas  the  uniform  provisions  of  the  said
Regulation  ensure  a  high  level  of  safety  and  environ(cid:220)
mental  protection;

the  Contracting  Parties  as  regards 

(3)(cid:217)whereas  that  Regulation  will  be  incorporated  in  the
system  for  the  type(cid:220)approval  of  vehicles  and  will
therefore  supplement  the  Community  legislation  in
force;

HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

Article  1

the  draft
The  European  Community  shall  endorse 
UN/ECE  Regulation  concerning  uniform  provisions  for
the  approval  of  tank  vehicles  of  categories  N  and  O  with
regard  to  roll(cid:220)over  stability,  as  set  out  in  document
TRANS/WP.29/1998/36,  during  the  vote  at  the  meeting
of  the  Administrative  Committee  on  11  November  1998
on  the  occasion  of  the  116th  meeting  of  the  Working
Party  on  Vehicle  Construction  of  the  United  Nations
Economic  Commission  for  Europe  or,  where  appro(cid:220)
priate,  if  it  is  submitted  for  voting  at  a  subsequent
meeting.