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 )

No C 230/6                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                    6. 9. 88
                                                                 II
                                                        (Preparatory Acts)
                                                   COMMISSION
               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(88) 443 final — SYN 87
               (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 16 August 1988)
                                                         (88/C 230/09)
Article 4 (1):                                                       Article 6 to be replaced by the following:
    — replace ' . . . 1 October 1988...' by ' . . . 1 October             'The Commission shall be assisted by a committee of
        1989...',                                                         an advisory nature composed of the representatives
                                                                          of the Member States and chaired by the represen-
    — replace 'may no longer...' in the first indent by                   tative of the Commission.
        'shall no longer...',
                                                                          The representative of the Commission shall submit to
    — replace 'may refuse...' in the second indent by                     the committee a draft of the measures to be taken.
        'shall refuse...'.                                                The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft,
                                                                          within a time-limit which the chairman may lay down
Article 4 (2):                                                            according to the urgency of the matter, if necessary
                                                                          by taking a vote.
    — replace ' . . . 1 May 1989 Member States may
        prohibit...' by ' . . . 1 October 1990 Member                     The opinion shall be redorded in the minutes; in
        States shall prohibit...'.                                        addition, each Member State shall have the right to
                                                                          ask to have its position recorded in the minutes.
Article 4 (3):
                                                                         The Commission shall take the utmost account of the
    — replace ' . . . 1 October 1989 Member States may                    opinion delivered by the committee. It shall inform
        prohibit . . . ' by ' . . . 1 October 1991 Member                 the committee of the manner in which its opinion has
        States shall prohibit...'.                                        been taken into account'.
(*) COM(87) 132 final.
    OJ No C 265, 5. 10. 1987, p. 21.