CELEX: 51990PC0461
Language: en
Date: 1990-10-08
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING, WITH A VIEW TO FIXING CERTAIN MAXIMUM AUTHORIZED DIMENSIONS FOR ROAD TRAINS, DIRECTIVE 85/3/EEC ON THE WEIGHTS, DIMENSIONS AND CERTAIN OTHER TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CERTAIN ROAD VEHICLES

No C 268/12                          Official Journal of the European Communities                            24. 10. 90
           Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 89/392/EEC on the
                       approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to machinery (*)
                                               COM(90) 462 final — SYN 233
            (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3) of the EEC Treaty on 28 September
                                                            1990)
                                                       (90/C 268/10)
           Following upon the opinion expressed by the European Parliament (2) at its first reading in the
           context of the cooperation procedure, on the proposal for a Council Directive amending
           Directive 89/392/EEC which the Commission transmitted to the Council, the Commission has
           decided to amend its proposal as follows:
           In Annex 1: in the list of machines at the end of point 3.4.4, 'hydraulic excavators on tracks or
           wheels' is replaced by 'hydraulic excavators on tracks or wheels with booms pivoting both
           horizontally and vertically'.
           (') OJ No C 37, 17. 2. 1990, p. 5, (COM(89) 624 final — SYN 233).
           (2) Opinion delivered on 13 June 1990 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
           Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive amending, with a view to fixing certain
           maximum authorized dimensions for road trains, Directive 85/3/EEC on the weights,
                   dimensions and certain other technical characteristics of certain road vehicles (')
                                                    COM(90) 461 final
           (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 8 October 1990)
                                                      (90/C 268/11)
          The Commission proposal in document COM(89) 573 final is amended as follows:
          Article 4c of Directive 85/3/EEC (2) is replaced by the following Article:
                 Article 4c
                Road trains put into circulation before 1 July 1990 which do not comply with the new
                specifications contained in points 1.7 and 1.8 of Annex I shall until 1 January 1998 be
                deemed to comply with such specifications for the purposes of Article 3 (1) if they do not
                exceed the total length of 18.00 m.'
          (') OJ No C 316, 16. 12. 1989, p. 5 (COM(89) 573, final).
          O OJ No L2, 3. 1. 1985, p. 14.