2001/107/EC: Commission Decision of 25 January 2001 deferring for certain transportable pressure equipment the date of implementation of Council Directive 1999/36/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 139)
Date: 2001-01-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, application of EU law, pressure equipment, transport of dangerous goods, transport safety

9.2.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 39/43

COMMISSION DECISION

of 25 January 2001

deferring for certain transportable pressure equipment the date of implementation of Council
Directive 1999/36/EC

(notified under document number C(2001) 139)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/107/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(3)

tory before 1 July 2001. Consequently,
expiry of that period should also be referred.

the date of

The measures provided for in this Decision are in line
with the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article
15 of Directive 1999/36/EC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Pursuant to Article 17(2) of Directive 1999/36/EC, the date of
implementation of the said Directive is hereby deferred to 1
July 2003 for pressure drums, cylinder racks and tanks.

Article 2

Member States shall authorise the placing on the market and
putting into service of the equipment referred to in Article 1
which complies with the regulations in force within their terri-
tory before 1 July 2003 until 24 months from that date and
shall authorise the subsequent putting into service of such
equipment placed on the market prior to that date.

The Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 25 January 2001.

For the Commission

Loyola DE PALACIO

Vice-President

Having regard to Council Directive 1999/36/EC of 29 April
1999 on transportable pressure equipment (1), and in particular
Article 17(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

specifications and
There are no detailed technical
adequate references to the relevant European standards
have not been added to the Annexes
to Council
Directive 94/55/EC of 21 November 1994 on the
approximation of the laws of the Member States with
regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road (2),
as last amended by Directive of the European Parliament
the Council 2000/61/EC (3), and to Council
and of
Directive 96/49/EC of 23 July 1996 on the approxi-
mation of the laws of the Member States with regard to
the transport of dangerous goods by rail (4), as last
amended by Directive of the European Parliament and of
the Council 2000/62/EC (5),
for the pressure drums,
cylinder racks and tanks referred to in Article 2 of
Directive 1999/36/EC. Consequently, the date of imple-
mentation of the directive on this transportable pressure
equipment should be deferred.

(2)

Article 18 of Directive 1999/36/EC provides that, during
a transitional period of 24 months as from the imple-
mentation of
this Directive, Member States must
authorise the placing on the market and putting into
service of
transportable pressure equipment which
complies with the regulations in force within their terri-

(1) OJ L 138, 1.6.1999, p. 20.
(2) OJ L 319, 12.12.1994, p. 7.
(3) OJ L 279, 1.11.2000, p. 40.
(4) OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 25.
(5) OJ L 279, 1.11.2000, p. 44.