Commission Directive 2008/89/EC of 24 September 2008 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: 2008-09-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community certification, commercial vehicle, motor vehicle, signalling device, technical regulations, technological change, vehicle parts

L 257/14

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Official Journal of the European Union

25.9.2008

DIRECTIVES

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2008/89/EC

of 24 September 2008

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,

Directive 76/756/EEC should therefore be amended in
order to allow the fitting of these devices.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(4)

Having regard to Directive 2007/46/EC of
the European
Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 estab­
lishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and
their
and separate
technical units intended for such vehicles (1), and in particular
Article 39(2) thereof,

components

systems,

and of

trailers,

Whereas:

(5)

(6)

Regulation No

In order to take into account further amendments to
on which
the
UN/ECE
Community has already voted,
is appropriate 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 amended.

48 (4)
it

Directive 76/756/EEC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee — Motor Vehicles,

the

in this Directive are in
Technical
the

of

opinion

(1)

(2)

(3)

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)
is one of the
separate Directives
the EC type
in the context of
approval procedure established under 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 (3). The
provisions of Directive 70/156/EEC relating to systems,
components and separate technical units for vehicles
therefore apply to Directive 76/756/EEC.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Annex II, paragraph 1 to Directive 76/756/EEC is amended as
follows:

‘1. The technical requirements shall be those set out in
paragraphs 2, 5 and 6 of UN/ECE Regulation No
48 (*) and Annexes 3 to 11 thereto.

In order
to increase road safety by improving the
conspicuity of motor vehicles the obligation for fitting
dedicated daytime running lights on these vehicles should
be introduced into Directive 76/756/EEC.

___________
(*) OJ L 135, 23.5.2008, p. 1.’

Article 2

New technologies
like the Adaptive Front Lighting
System (AFS) and the Emergency Stop Signal (ESS) are
expected to have a positive influence on road safety.

(1) OJ L 263, 9.10.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1.

With effect from 7 February 2011 for vehicles of categories M1
and N1 and from 7 August 2012 for vehicles of other cate­
gories, 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 installation of lighting and
light-signalling devices, shall refuse to grant EC type approval
or national type approval for new types of vehicles.

(4) OJ L 135, 23.5.2008, p. 1.

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Article 3

Article 4

1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 15 October
2009, 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.

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

Article 5

They shall apply those provisions from 16 October 2009.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

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.

Done at Brussels, 24 September 2008.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President