Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the position of the European Union in relation to the draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning Pedestrian Safety and to the draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning Light Emitting Diode (LED) light sources together with its corrigenda
Date: 2011-07-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: UN regional commission, pedestrian, road safety, signalling device, traffic signs

EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

Brussels, 14.7.2011 
COM(2011) 435 final 

2011/0188 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

on the position of the European Union in relation to the draft Regulation of the United 
Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning Pedestrian Safety and to the 
draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning 
Light Emitting Diode (LED) light sources together with its corrigenda 

 
 
  
 
2011/0188 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

on the position of the European Union in relation to the draft Regulation of the United 
Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning Pedestrian Safety and to the draft 
Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning Light 
Emitting Diode (LED) light sources together with its corrigenda 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,  

Having regard to Council Decision 97/836/EC of 27 November 1997 with a view to accession by 
the  European  Community  to  the  Agreement  of  the  United  Nations  Economic  Commission  for 
Europe concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment 
and  parts  which  can  be  fitted  to  and/or  be  used  on  wheeled  vehicles  and  the  conditions  for 
reciprocal  recognition  of  approvals  granted  on  the  basis  of  these  prescriptions  (Revised  1958 
Agreement)1, and in particular the second indent of Article 4(2) thereof,  

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, 

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament2,  

Whereas: 

(1) 

The  standardised  requirements  of  the  draft  Regulation  of  the  United  Nations  Economic 
Commission  for  Europe  (UNECE)  on  provisions  concerning  the  approval  of  vehicles  with 
regard to Pedestrian Safety3 and the draft UNECE Regulation on provisions concerning the 
approval of vehicles with regard to Light Emitting Diode (LED) light sources4 are intended 
to remove technical barriers to the trade in motor vehicles between the Contracting Parties to 
the Revised 1958 Agreement and to ensure that such vehicles offer a high level of safety and 
protection. 

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OJ L 346, 17.12.1997, p.78. 
OJ (…) (not yet published). 
UNECE Document ECE TRANS/WP.29/2010/127. 
UNECE Document ECE TRANS/WP.29/2010/44. 

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(3) 

It  is  appropriate  to  define  the  European  Union  position  with  regard  to  the  said  draft 
Regulations  and  consequently  to  provide  for  the  European  Union,  represented  by  the 
Commission, to vote in favour of these drafts. 

The  European  Commission  considers  that  the  draft  Regulations  on  both  Pedestrian  Safety 
and  Light  Emitting  Diode  (LED)  light  sources  should  be  incorporated  into  the  European 
Union system for the type-approval of motor vehicles, 

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:  

The  draft  UNECE  Regulation  concerning  Pedestrian  Safety,  as  contained  in  document  ECE 
TRANS/WP.29/2010/127 is hereby approved. 

Article 1  

The draft UNECE Regulation concerning Light Emitting Diode (LED) light sources, as contained in 
document ECE TRANS/WP.29/2010/44 is hereby approved. 

Article 2 

Article 3 

The  European  Union,  represented  by  the  Commission,  shall  vote  in  favour  of  the  draft  UNECE 
Regulations  referred  to  in  Articles  1  and  2  at  a  forthcoming  meeting  of  the  Administrative 
Committee of the UNECE World Forum for Harmonisation of vehicles Regulations. 

Article 4  

With  reference  to  the  provisions  of  Articles  35  and  36  of  Directive  2007/46/EC  of  the  European 
Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 establishing a framework for the  approval of 
motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended 
for such vehicles, the equivalence of the requirements of the draft UNECE Regulation on Pedestrian 
Safety and those set out in Annex I, paragraphs 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, of Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 of 
the European Parliament and of the Council on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to 
the protection of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users5, shall be recognised. 

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OJ L 35, 4.2.2009, p.1. 

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Article 5 

The draft UNECE Regulations concerning Pedestrian Safety and Light Emitting Diode (LED) light 
sources shall become part of the European Union type-approval system for motor vehicles. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 
The President 

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