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 the appproval of motor vehicle headlamps emitting an asymmetrical passing beam or a driving beam or both and equipped with filament lamps
Date: 1999-01-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: accession to an agreement, approximation of laws, motor car, technical regulations, vehicle parts

6.2.1999

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C  32/9

II

(Preparatory  Acts)

COMMISSION

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  the  approval  of
motor  vehicle  headlamps  emitting  an  asymmetrical  passing  beam  or  a  driving  beam  or  both  and
equipped  with  filament  lamps

(1999/C  32/10)

COM(1998)  797  final  -  1999/001(AVC)

(Submitted  by  the  Commission  on  7  January  1999)

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,

Having  regard 
to  Council  Decision  97/836/EC  of
27  November  1997  with  a  view  to  accession  by  the
European  Community  to  the  Agreement  of  the  United
Nations  Economic  Commission  for  Europe  concerning
technical  prescriptions  for
the  adoption  of  uniform 
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 

the  1958  Revised  Agreement, 

(1)(cid:217)Whereas,  when  a  draft  Regulation  of  United
Nations  Economic  Commission  for  Europe,  to  be
is
annexed 
submitted 
the  Administrative
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
Community  can  vote  in  favour  of  adopting  such  a
draft  Regulation;

vote 

for 

to 

a 

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

(2)(cid:217)Whereas 

that  draft  Regulation  concerning 

the
approval  of  motor  vehicle  headlamps  emitting  an
asymmetrical  passing  beam  or  a  driving  beam  or
both  and  equipped  with  filament  lamps  will  abolish
the  technical  barriers  to  trade 
in  motor  vehicles
between  the  Contracting  Parties  as  regards  motor
vehicle  headlamps  emitting  an  asymmetrical  passing
beam  or  a  driving  beam  or  both  and  equipped  with
filament  lamps;  whereas  the  uniform  provisions  of
the  said  Regulation  ensure  a  high  level  of  safety  and
environmental  protection;

(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  ADOPTED  THIS  DECISION:

Sole  Article

lamps, 

filament 

The  European  Community  shall  vote  in  favour  of  the
draft  UN/ECE  Regulation  concerning  the  approval  of
motor  vehicle  headlamps  emitting  an  asymmetrical
passing  beam  or  a  driving  beam  or  both  and  equipped
with 
in  document
as 
TRANS/WP.29/1998/41,  during  the  vote  at  the  meeting
of  the  Administrative  Committee  on  10  March  1999  on
the  occasion  of  the  117th  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.

set  out