CELEX: 51984PC0564
Language: en
Date: 1984-10-24
Title: PROPOSAL AMENDING COMMISSION PROPOSAL COM(84) 226 FINAL CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMIT VALUES FOR 1995 OF MOTOR VEHICLE POLLUTANT EMISSIONS

N o C 318/6                          Official Journal of the European Communities                             29. 11.84
                                                             II
                                                     (Preparatory Acts)
                                               COMMISSION
               Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 70/220/EEC on
               the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken
                          against air pollution by gases from the engines of motor vehicles (')
                                                    COM(84) 564 final
                           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 25 October 1984)
                                                      (84/C 318/09)
The abovementioned proposal is amended as follows:                  — may prohibit the initial entry into service of
                                                                        vehicles if:
— complete the fourth recital by the following text:
                                                                        — the level of emissions from this type of
    'whereas the limit values for 1995 should not be                        motor vehicle or from such vehicles exceed
    determined at levels which would exclude from                           the limit values to be determined within the
    European type approval cars which when these                            following ranges in accordance with
    levels are determined comply with the emission                          Article 100 of the Treaty, by the Council
    requirements in force in the United States and                          by the 31 December 1986:
    Japan'.
                                                                            between 10 and 35 g/test for the mass of
    In the same recital, the date 1988 is replaced by                       carbon monoxide,
    1986.                                                                   between 2,6 and 8,2 g/test for the
                                                                            combined mass of hydrocarbons and
— replace Article 3 by the following text:                                  nitrogen oxides,
    'Article 3                                                              between 1,1 and 4 g/test for the mass of
                                                                            nitrogen oxides,
    1.     From 1 October 1995, Member States, on
    grounds relating to air pollution by gases from an                  — the engine fuel requirements are not in
    engine or to engine fuel requirements:                                  accordance with the provisions of Directive
                                                                            70/220/EEC, as last amended by this
    — shall no longer grant EEC type-approval or                            Directive.
        issue the document provided for in the last                 2.    By 31 December 1986, the Council shall
        indent of Article        10 (1) of       Directive          adopt, by a qualified majority, the following
        70/156/EEC for a type of motor vehicle,                     proposals by the Commission, the necessary
    — may refuse to grant national type-approval for                technical decisions implementing the measures
        a type of motor vehicle,                                    referred to in paragraph 1, as well as a new
                                                                    Directive establishing a system of technical
                                                                    inspection of the use of those vehicles to which
O O J N o C 178,6.7. 1984, p. 9.                                    the present Directive applies.'