2001/342/EC: Commission Decision of 19 April 2001 concerning a request for exemption submitted by the Netherlands pursuant to Article 8(2)(c) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (notified under document number C(2001) 1092)
Date: 2001-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, approximation of laws, commercial vehicle, derogation from EU law, motor fuel, motor vehicle

L 122/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

3.5.2001

COMMISSION DECISION

of 19 April 2001

concerning a request for exemption submitted by the Netherlands pursuant to Article 8(2)(c) of
Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to
the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers

(notified under document number C(2001) 1092)

(Only the Dutch text is authentic)

(2001/342/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February
1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States
relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their
trailers (1), as last amended by Directive 2000/40/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council (2), and in particular
Article 8(2)(c) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The request for exemption submitted by the Netherlands
on 8 January 2001, which reached the Commission on
10 January 2001, contained the information required by
Article 8(2)(c) of Directive 70/156/EEC. The request
concerns the installation of
liquefied petroleum gas
(LPG) equipment on three types of M1 class vehicles.

The reasons given in the request, according to which
such equipment does not meet the requirements of the
Directives concerned, in particular Council Directive 70/
221/EEC of 20 March 1970 on the approximation of
the laws of the Member States relating to liquid fuel
tanks and rear protective devices for motor vehicles and
their trailers (3), as last amended by Directive 2000/8/EC
of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20
March 2000 (4), are well-founded.

the
The tests performed to ascertain the safety of
installed LPG fuel system and tank according to UN-ECE
Regulation 67.01 have demonstrated an acceptable level
of safety and security.

(4)

(5)

(6)

In order to assure themselves of the safety of vehicles in
service, Member States may periodically carry out leak-
tightness tests at a pressure of at
the service
pressure.

least

The Community Directives concerned will be amended
in order to permit the production of vehicles powered
by LPG.

The measure provided for by this Decision is in accord-
ance with the opinion of the Committee on Adaptation
to Technical Progress set up by Directive 70/156/EEC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The request submitted by the Netherlands for an exemption
concerning the production and placing on the market of three
types of M1 class vehicles powered by liquefied petroleum gas
is approved.

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 19 April 2001.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 203, 10.8.2000, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 76, 6.4.1970, p. 23.
(4) OJ L 106, 3.5.2000, p. 7.