Commission Directive 2007/37/EC of 21 June 2007 amending Annexes I and III to 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 (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-06-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EC conformity marking, approximation of laws, greenhouse gas, motor vehicle, vehicle parts

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DIRECTIVES

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2007/37/EC

of 21 June 2007

amending Annexes I and III to 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

(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 second indent of Article 13(2)
thereof,

test for measuring leakages from certain air conditioning
systems (3), it is necessary to add new elements to the list
of information in Annex I to Directive 70/156/EEC and
the information document requirements for the purposes
of vehicle EC type-approval in Annex III to that Directive.

(4)

In order to ensure the coherence of the EC type-approval
the new requirements introduced by this
procedure,
Directive should apply from the same date as
the
measures adopted pursuant
to Directive 2006/40/EC
and to Regulation (EC) No 706/2007.

Whereas:

(5)

Directive 70/156/EEC should be therefore amended
accordingly.

Directive 2006/40/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 17 May 2006 relating to emissions from
air-conditioning systems in motor vehicles and amending
Council Directive 70/156/EEC (2) is one of the separate
directives under the EC type-approval procedure which
was established by Directive 70/156/EEC.

(6)

in this Directive are in
The measures provided for
accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Adap-
tation to Technical Progress,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Directive 2006/40/EC requires vehicles fitted with an air-
conditioning system designed to contain fluorinated
greenhouse gases with a global warming potential
higher than 150 to be type-approved with regard to
emissions from an air-conditioning system.

Article 1

Annexes I and III to Directive 70/156/EEC are amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Directive.

Following the introduction of
that EC type-approval
procedure and the adoption of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 706/2007 of 21 June 2007 laying down,
pursuant
the European
Parliament and of the Council, administrative provisions
for the EC type-approval of vehicles, and a harmonised

to Directive 2006/40/EC of

(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 161, 14.6.2006, p. 12.

Article 2

the latest,

1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 4 January
2008 at
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.

(3) See page 33 of this Official Journal.

(1)

(2)

(3)

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They shall apply those provisions from 5 January 2008.

Article 3

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.

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
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 21 June 2007.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President

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ANNEX

Directive 70/156/EEC is amended as follows:

1.

in Annex I, the following points are inserted:

‘9.10.8.

9.10.8.1

Gas used as refrigerant in the air-conditioning system:

..............................................................................................

The air-conditioning system is designed to contain fluorinated greenhouse gases with a global warming
potential higher than 150: YES/NO (1)

9.10.8.2

If YES, fill in the following sections:

9.10.8.2.1 Drawing and brief description of the air-conditioning system, including the reference or part number and

material of the leak components:

9.10.8.2.2 Leakage of the air-conditioning system:

9.10.8.2.3 In case of component testing:

list of leak components including the corresponding reference or part
number and material, with their respective yearly leakages and information about the test (e.g. test
.............................................................................................................................................
report no., approval no., etc.):

9.10.8.2.4 In case of vehicle testing: reference or part number and material of the components of the system and
......................................................................

information about the test (e.g. test report no., approval no., etc.):

9.10.8.3

Overall leakage in g/year of the entire system:

............................................................................................................. ’

2.

in Annex III, the following points are inserted:

‘9.10.8

9.10.8.1

Gas used as refrigerant in the air-conditioning system:

..............................................................................................

The air-conditioning system is designed to contain fluorinated greenhouse gases with a global warming
potential higher than 150: YES/NO (1)

If yes, overall leakage in g/year of the entire system:

................................................................................................ ’