2001/830/EC: Commission Decision of 20 November 2001 concerning a request for exemption submitted by Germany 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) 3651)
Date: 2001-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, approximation of laws, commercial vehicle, derogation from EU law, motor vehicle, technical standard

L 310/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

28.11.2001

COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 November 2001

concerning a request for exemption submitted by Germany 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) 3651)

(Only the German text is authentic)

(2001/830/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,

(4)

(5)

The Community Directive concerned will be amended in
order to permit
the production and fitting of such
hinges and to ensure compatibility with the technical
requirements of Directive 70/387/EEC.

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,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The request for exemption submitted by Germany on 7
December 2000, which reached the Commission on 18
December 2000, contained the information required by
Article 8(2)(c) of Directive 70/156/EEC. The request
concerns the production and fitting of hinges for side
doors in the rear lateral part of a type of M1 class
vehicle.

The reasons set out in the request, according to which
such hinges and fitting of the same, do not meet the
requirements of the relevant Directive, namely Council
Directive 70/387/EEC of 27 July 1970 on the approx-
imation of the laws of the Member States relating to
doors of motor vehicles and their trailers (3), as last
amended by Commission Directive 98/90/EC (4), are
well-founded.

The fitting of these hinges complies with certain addi-
tional provisions demonstrating an equivalent level of
safety as is provided by the requirements of Directive
70/387/EEC.

Article 1

request

The
an exemption
submitted by Germany for
concerning the production and fitting of hinges for side doors
and installation of the same in the rear lateral part of a type of
motor vehicles is hereby approved.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

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 176, 10.8.1970, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 337, 12.12.1998, p. 29.