2002/843/EC: Commission Decision of 23 October 2002 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(2002) 3977)
Date: 2002-10-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community certification, Germany, approximation of laws, commercial vehicle, derogation from EU law, marketing, motor vehicle, signalling device

L 289/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

26.10.2002

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 23 October 2002

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(2002) 3977)

(Only the German text is authentic)

(2002/843/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 trai-
lers (1), as last amended by Directive 2001/116/EC of
the
Commission (2), and in particular Article 8(2)(c) thereof,

(4)

(5)

(6)

The description of the tests, the results thereof and their
compliance with UN/ECE Regulation No 48, as amended
recently, ensure a satisfactory level of safety.

The Community Directive concerned will be amended in
order to permit the installation of such bend lighting.

The measures provided for by this Decision are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Committee on Adaptation
to Technical Progress set up by Directive 70/156/EEC,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The request for exemption submitted by Germany on 6
August 2002, which reached the Commission on 19
August 2002, contained the information required by
Article 8(2)(c) of Directive 70/156/EEC.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

The request concerns the installation on one type of
vehicle of category M1 of headlamps with a bend
lighting function; whereas bend lighting is a function
intended to provide enhanced illumination of the road
into bends.

The reasons given in the request, according to which
such vehicle types meet the requirements of Annex IV to
Directive 70/156/EEC, apart from 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 (3), as last amended by Commission
Directive 97/28/EC of 11 June 1997 (4), are well
founded.

Article 1

request

an exemption
submitted by Germany for
The
concerning the approval and placing on the market of a type
of vehicle of category M1 fitted with bend lighting in accor-
dance with the draft UN/ECE provisions is hereby approved.

Article 2

(1) OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 18, 21.1.2002, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 171, 30.6.1997, p. 1.

The validity of the approvals granted in accordance with this
Decision shall take effect on 1 October 2002 and shall expire
on 30 September 2004.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 289/29

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 23 October 2002.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission