Commission Directive 2007/15/EC of 14 March 2007 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical progress, Annex I to Council Directive 74/483/EEC relating to the external projections of motor vehicles (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-03-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EC conformity marking, approximation of laws, motor vehicle, standardisation, technological change, vehicle parts

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DIRECTIVES

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2007/15/EC

of 14 March 2007

amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical progress, Annex I to Council Directive
74/483/EEC relating to the external projections of motor vehicles

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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), and in particular the second indent of Article 13(2)
thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 74/483/EEC of 17
September 1974 on the approximation of
the
Member States relating to the external projections of motor
vehicles and their trailers (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

the laws of

Whereas:

(4)

(5)

Directive 74/483/EEC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

The measures provided for
in this Directive are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Adap-
tation to Technical Progress set up under Article 13(1) of
Directive 70/156/EEC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Annex I to Directive 74/483/EEC is amended in accordance
with the Annex to this Directive.

Directive 74/483/EEC is one of the separate Directives
for the purposes of the EC type-approval procedure laid
down by Directive 70/156/EEC. The provisions of
Directive 70/156/EEC relating to systems, components
and separate technical units for vehicles therefore apply
to Directive 74/483/EEC.

With effect from 4 April 2009, a Member State, on grounds
related to external projections, shall refuse to grant EC type-
approval or national type-approval of a type of vehicle if the
requirements laid down in Directive 74/483/EEC, as amended
by this Directive, are not complied with.

Article 2

technical progress, and in the interest of
In view of
providing clarity in the technical
is
appropriate to adjust the requirements with respect to
the vehicle bumpers.

requirements,

it

alternatives

Annex IV, Part II of Directive 70/156/EEC provides a
listing of United Nations Economic Commission for
Europe (UN/ECE) Regulations which may be accepted
is
as
It
therefore
technical
progress the Annex I to Directive 74/483/EEC, to align
the requirements of
that Directive and its equivalent
UN/ECE Regulation 26.

type-approval Directives.
adapting

necessary, when

to

to

(1) OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive
the Council

the European Parliament and of

2006/40/EC of
(OJ L 161, 14.6.2006, p. 12).

(2) OJ L 266, 2.10.1974, p. 4. Directive as last amended by the 2003

Act of Accession.

Article 3

1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 4 April 2008
at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions
necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith
communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions
and a correlation table between those provisions and this
Directive.

They shall apply those provisions from 5 April 2008.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain
a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a
reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member
States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

(1)

(2)

(3)

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2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law
which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of
the European Union.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 5

Done at Brussels, 14 March 2007.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President

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ANNEX

Point 6.5.2. of Annex I to Directive 74/483/EEC is replaced by the following:

‘6.5.2.

If the line of the bumper, front or rear, corresponding to the outline contour of the vehicle, from a vertical
projection, is on a rigid surface, that surface shall have a minimum radius of curvature of 5 mm for all points
lying between the contour line and lines, above and below the contour line, which are the traces of points
20 mm inside, and measured normal to, the contour line at any point. A minimum surface radius of curvature of
2,5 mm shall apply to all other areas of the bumpers.

This provision applies to that part of the bumper lying between tangential points of contact of the contour line
with two vertical planes each set at an angle of 15 degrees with the vertical longitudinal plane of symmetry of the
vehicle (see Figure 1).

Figure 1’