CELEX: 51988PC0443
Language: en
Date: 1988-08-01
Title: Amendment to the Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the lateral protection (side guards) of certain motor vehicles and their trailers (COM(87) 132 final) (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3) of the EEC Treaty)

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                                             COM(88 ) 443 final - SYN 87
                                             Brussels ,   1 August 1988
                            Amendment to the
                                       \
                             Proposai for a
                            COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
   on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating
             to the lateral protection ( side guards ) of
                    certain motor vehicles and their
                      trailers ( COM(87 ) 132 final )
               ( Submitted by the Commission pursuant to
                    Article 149(3 ) of the EEC Treaty )
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                                 Explanatory Memorandum
On 12 August 1987 the Comission sent the Council a proposal for a directive on
the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the lateral
protection ( side guards ) of certain motor vehicles and their trailers (^)
together with a proposal regarding anti-spray devices .
On 9 March 1988 the European Parliament delivered its opinion in a first
reading and called on the Commission , under Article 149(3 ) of the EEC Treaty ,
to adopt the amendments put forward .
The Commission accepted the following amendments :
- the dates included in Article 4 are too close for acceptable implementation
    ( amendments 7 , 9 and 10 ).
- also in Article 4 , the word " may " is to be replaced by " shall " four times ,
   which means that from the dates given , all vehicles concerned must be
    equipped to improve road safety . This amendment brings advantages also due
    to economies of scale and fair competition ( amendments 7 , 8 , 9 and 10 ).
- amendments 11 and 12 concern Article 6 ( providing for a Committee on
   Adaptation to Technical Progress ).      The EP agreed with the proposed
    " Consultative Committee " but suggested a new wording .   After the Council
                                 2
   Decision of 13 July 1987 ( ), the Commission proposes to replace the wording
    of its original proposal by the exact terminology of " Procedure I " in
    Article 2 of this Decision , which the Council agreed to use for Directives
    proposed under Article 100A of the Treaty .
i 1 ) COM ( 87 ) 132 final of 12 August 1987
( 2 ) 0J No . L 197 of 18 July 1987 , p. 33
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laws of the Member States relating to the lateral protection ( side guards ) of
certain motor vehicles and their trailers
( COM ( 87 ) 132 - final )
Article 4 ( 1 ) :
        - replace "... 1 October 1988 ..." by "... 1 October 1989 ...",
        - replace " may no longer ..." in the first indent by " shall no
                    longer . . . " ,
        - replace " may refuse ..." in the second indent by " shall refuse ...".
Article 4 ( 2 ) :
        - replace "       1 May 1989 Member States may prohibit ..." by
                          1 October 1990 Member States shall prohibit ...".
Article 4(3 ) :
        - replace "       1 October 1989 Member States may prohibit ..." by
                          1 October 1991 Member States shall prohibit ...".
Article 6 to be replaced by the following :
        " The Commission shall be assisted by a committee of an advisory nature
          composed of the representatives of the Member States and chaired by the
          representative of the Commission .
          The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a
          draft of the measures to be taken .   The committee shall deliver its
          opinion on the draft , within a time limit which the chairman may lay
          down according to the urgency of the matter , if necessary by taking a
          vo te .
          The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes ;   in addition , each Member
          State shall have the right to ask to have its position recorded in the
          minutes .
          The Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion delivered by
          the committee .   It shall inform the committee of the manner in which its
          opinion has been taken into account ".