CELEX: 51993PC0310
Language: en
Date: 1993-06-30
Title: Amended proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION amending Directive 89/686/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment (PPE)

23 . 7 . 93
No C 199 / 18                          Official Journal of the European Communities
              Amended proposal for a Council Decision amending Directive 89/686/EEC on the approxi­
                mation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment (PPE)
                                                        (93/C 199/ 13)
                                               COM(93) 310 final — SYN 443
              (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 30 June 1993)
              In the matter of the establishment of the cooperation procedure and in the light of the opinion
              delivered by the European Parliament O, following the first reading on the proposal for a
              Council Directive relating to personal protective equipment (2), the Commission has decided to
              amend its proposal as follows :
              (') Opinion delivered on 23 June 1993.
              O OJ No C 36, 10. 2. 1993, p. 18 .
                                                                                       AMENDED PROPOSAL
                      INITIAL PROPOSAL
                           Article 1
                                                                                             Article 1
Directive 89/686/EEC is hereby amended as follows :               Directive 89/686/EEC is hereby amended as follows :
 in Article 5 (3), '31 December 1992' shall be replaced by        1 . Article 5 (3) shall be deleted ;
 '31 December 1994'.                                              2. the last indent of Article 8 (4) (a) shall be deleted ;
                                                                  3 . Article 16 shall be replaced by the following :
                                                                       Article 16
                                                                       (1) Before 31 December 1991 , Member States shall
                                                                       adopt and publish the laws, regulations and adminis­
                                                                       trative provisions necessary in order to comply with
                                                                       this Directive. They shall forthwith inform the
                                                                       Commission thereof.
                                                                       They shall apply the measures in question with effect
                                                                       from 1 July 1992 .
                                                                        (2)    Member States shall allow, for the period until
                                                                        31 December 1994, the placing on the market and
                                                                        putting into service of PPE in conformity with the
                                                                        national regulations in force in their territory on 30
                                                                        June 1992 .
                                                                        (3)     Member States shall communicate to the
                                                                        Commission the texts of the provisions of national
                                                                        law which they adopt in the field governed by this
                                                                        Directive'.
                                                                    4. The following item 5 shall be added to Annex I :
                                                                         '(5) Helmets and visors intended for users of two- or
                                                                              three-wheeled motor vehicles'.
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                    INITIAL PROPOSAL                                                AMENDED PROPOSAL
                       Article 2 ( 1 )                                                  Article 2 ( 1 )
(1)      Member States shall adopt and publish by 31             ( 1 ) Within three months of adoption of this Directive,
December 1992 the laws, regulations and administrative           Member States shall adopt and publish the laws, regu­
provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They         lations and administrative provisions necessary to comply
shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.                   with it. They shall forthwith inform the Commission
                                                                 thereof.
When Member States adopt these measures, they shall              When Member States adopt these measures, they shall
contain a reference of this Directive or shall be ac­            contain a reference of this Directive or shall be ac­
companied by such a reference on the occasion of their           companied by such a reference on the occasion of their
official publication. The methods of making such a               official publication. The methods of making such a
reference shall be laid down by the Member States.               reference shall be laid down by the Member States.