2001/821/EC: Commission Decision of 20 November 2001 concerning a request for exemption submitted by France 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) 3650)
Date: 2001-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, commercial vehicle, derogation from EU law, motor vehicle, technical standard, vehicle parts

24.11.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 307/27

COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 November 2001

concerning a request for exemption submitted by France 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) 3650)

(Only the French text is authentic)

(2001/821/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 France on 7
May 2001, which reached the Commission on 11 May
2001, contains the information required by Article
8(2)(c) of Directive 70/156/EEC. The request concerns
the installation of an autonomous cruise control system
and/or an electronic stability program system on class
M1 vehicles.

in particular

The reasons given in the request, according to which
such equipment does not meet the requirements of the
directives concerned,
those of Council
Directive 71/320/EEC of 26 July 1971 on the approx-
imation of the laws of the Member States relating to the
braking devices of certain categories of motor vehicles
and of their trailers (3), as last amended by Commission
Directive 98/12/EC (4), and those of Council Directive
76/756/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of
the laws of the Member States relating to the installation
of lighting and light-signalling devices on motor vehicles
and their trailers (5), as last amended by Commission
Directive 97/28/EC (6), are well founded.

be
The Community
amended in order to permit the approval and placing on
the market of class M1 vehicles fitted with an auto-

concerned

directives

should

(4)

(5)

(6)

nomous cruise control system and an electronic stability
program system.

Aspects relating to vehicle safety are covered by compli-
ance with the special requirements to be applied to the
safety aspects of complex electronic vehicle control
systems of the future Annex 18 to EEC/UNO Regulation
No 13.09 on braking.

Consequently,
approved.

the request

for an exemption can be

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

In accordance with Article 8(2)(c) of Directive 70/156/EEC, the
request submitted by France for an exemption relating to the
approval and placing on the market of M1 class vehicles fitted
with an autonomous cruise control system and/or an electronic
stability program system,

is approved.

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of France.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 20 November 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 202, 6.9.1971, p. 37.
(4) OJ L 81, 18.3.1998, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 171, 30.6.1997, p. 1.