Commission Directive 2007/35/EC of 18 June 2007 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical progress, Council Directive 76/756/EEC concerning the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on motor vehicles and their trailers   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-06-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community certification, commercial vehicle, motor vehicle, signalling device, technical regulations, technological change, vehicle parts

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DIRECTIVES

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2007/35/EC

of 18 June 2007

amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical progress, Council Directive 76/756/EEC
concerning the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on motor vehicles and their
trailers

(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 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 (2), and in particular Article 4
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Directive 76/756/EEC is one of the separate Directives in
the context of the EC type-approval procedure estab-
lished 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 76/756/EEC.

In order
to increase road safety by improving the
conspicuity of large trucks and their trailers the obli-
gation for
fitting retro reflective marking on these
vehicles should be introduced into Directive 76/756/EEC.

48 (3)

In order to take into account further amendments to
UN/ECE
Regulation No
on which
the
it is appropriate
Community has already voted upon,
to adapt Directive 76/756/EEC to technical progress by
aligning it to the technical requirements of this UN/ECE
Regulation. In the interest of clarity Annex II to Directive
76/756/EEC should be replaced.

(4)

(5)

Directive 76/756/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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Annex II to Directive 76/756/EEC is replaced by the Annex to
this Directive.

Article 2

With effect from 10 July 2011, if the requirements laid down in
Directive 76/756/EEC, as amended by this Directive, are not
complied with, Member States, on grounds related to the instal-
lighting and light-signalling devices, shall consider
lation of
Certificates of Conformity which accompany new vehicles in
accordance with the provisions of Directive 70/156/EEC to be
no longer valid for
that
Directive.

the purposes of Article 7(1) of

Article 3

1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 9 July 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 10 July 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) OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/96/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 81).
(2) OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 1. Directive as

last amended by

Commission Directive 97/28/EC (OJ L 171, 30.6.1997, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 137, 30.5.2007, p. 1.

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.

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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, 18 June 2007.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

1. The technical requirements are those set out in paragraphs 2, 5 and 6 of UN/ECE Regulation No 48 (*) and Annexes 3

to 9 thereto.

2. For the purposes of the application of the provisions referred to in point 1, the following shall apply:

(a) “Unladen vehicle” means a vehicle the mass of which is described in point 2.6 of Appendix 1 of Annex I to this

Directive, without driver;

(b) “Communication form” shall be understood as the type-approval-certificate set out in Appendix 2 of Annex I to

this Directive;

(c) “Contracting Parties to the respective regulations” shall be understood as Member States;

(d) the reference to Regulation No 3 shall be construed as reference to Directive 76/757/EEC;

(e)

footnote (2) in paragraph 2.7.25 shall not apply;

(f)

footnote (8) in paragraph 6.19 shall not apply;

(g) footnote (1) in Annex 5 shall be understood as follows: “For definitions of the categories, see Annex II A to

Directive 70/156/EEC”.

3. Without prejudice to the requirements of Article 8(2)(a) and (c) and (3) of Directive 70/156/EEC, of this Annex and to
any requirements in any of the separate directives, the installation of any other lighting or light-signalling device than
those defined in paragraph 2.7 of UN/ECE Regulation No 48 is prohibited.

(*) OJ L 137, 30.5.2007, p. 1.’