CELEX: 51987PC0220
Language: en
Date: 1987-05-18
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 85/3/EEC ON THE WEIGHTS, DIMENSIONS AND CERTAIN TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CERTAIN ROAD VEHICLES

N o C 148/10                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                      6.6. 87
                                                                     II
                                                             (Preparatory Acts)
                                                       COMMISSION
                Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 85/3/EEC on the weights, dimensions and
                                         certain technical characteristics of certain road vehicles
                                                            COM(87) 220 final
                                      (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 21 May 1987)
                                                              (87/C 148/18)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                  1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                              Article 2
Economic Community, and in particular Article 75
thereof,
                                                                             For the purposes of this Directive:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                             — "motor vehicle" means any power-driven vehicle
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia-                             which travels on the road by its own means,
ment,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                             — "trailer" means any vehicle intended to be coupled
Social Committee,                                                                 to a motor vehicle, excluding semi-trailers;
Whereas the transport of goods under temperature-                            — "semi-trailer" means any vehicle intended to be
controlled conditions requires the use of specialized                             coupled to a motor vehicle in such a way that part
vehicles which are generally equipped with insulated                              of it rests on the motor vehicle and a substantial
walls, floor and roof and a refrigerating unit;                                   part of its weight and of the weight of its load is
                                                                                  borne by the motor vehicle,
Whereas extra internal space is required for air circu-
lation and to ensure that the load is prevented from
                                                                             — "combined vehicle" means either:
touching the walls and whereas insulated walls are
thicker than 45 mm; whereas it is therefore impossible to                        — a road train, consisting of a motor vehicle
use efficiently standard pallets with dimensions                                       coupled to a trailer, or
1 200 x 800 mm and also to comply with a maximum                                 — an articulated vehicle consisting of a motor
authorized width of 2 500 mm as required for all vehicles                              vehicle consisting of a motor vehicle coupled
by Council Directive 85/3/EEC (');                                                     to a semi-trailer,
Whereas the use of thin walled vehicles for carriage
                                                                             — refrigerated vehicle" means any vehicle which is
under temperature-controlled conditions in order to
                                                                                  specially designed for the carriage of goods at
achieve both the maximum permitted external width of
                                                                                  controlled temperature and of which the thickness
 2 500 mm and the necessary internal width should be                              of each of the side walls, inclusive of insulation, is
 discouraged for reasons of economy, public health,                               at least 45 mm,
 environment and road safety;
Whereas therefore an exemption should be granted from                        — "maximum authorized dimensions" means the
 the maximum permitted width of 2 500 mm as laid down                             maximum dimensions at which a vehicle is auth-
 in Directive 85/3/EEC for the category of 'refrigerated                          orized for use in international traffic under this
vehicles' only,                                                                   Directive by the competent authority of the State
                                                                                  in which the vehicle is registered or put into circu-
                                                                                  lation,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
                               Article 1                                     — "maximum authorized weight" means the
                                                                                   maximum weight at which a laden vehicle is auth-
 Directive 85/3/EEC is hereby amended as follows:                                 orized for use in international traffic under this
                                                                                   Directive by the competent authority of the State
                                                                                   in which the vehicle is registered or put into circu-
 (*) O J N o L 2 , 3. 1. 1985, p. 14.                                              lation,
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   — "maximum authorized axle weight" means the                                                         Article 2
         maximum weight at which a laden axle or group
         of axles is authorized for use in international                     After consulting the Commission, Member States shall
         traffic under this Directive by the competent                       take the measures necessary to comply with this
         authority of the State in which the vehicle is                      Directive as from 1 January 1988.
         registered or put into circulation.'
                                                                             Member States shall inform the Commission of the
2. Point 1.2 of Annex I is replaced by the following:                        measures they take to implement this Directive.
   c
     1.2. Maximum width
           — refrigerated vehicle        2,60 m                                                         Article 3
           — any other vehicle           2,50 m'                             This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
                Amended proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 80/390/EEC coordinating the
                requirements for the drawing up, scrutiny and distribution of the listing particulars to be
                           published for the admission of securities to official stock exchange listing (')
                                                            COM(87) 246 final
                (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 22 May 1987 pursuant to the second paragraph of
                                                    Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)
                                                              (87/C 148/19)
                THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
                Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and in particular
                Article 54 (2) thereof,
                      ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                                                             AMENDED PROPOSAL
                                           The rest of the preamble is unchanged
                                                   The recitals are unchanged
                            Article 1                                                                   Article 1
Article 24 of Directive 80/390/EEC is hereby amended                         Article 24 of Directive 80/390/EEC is hereby amended
as follows:                                                                  as follows:
(a) Replace paragraph 1 with the following:                                  (a) Replace paragraph 1 with the following:
     '1.     Where for the same securities applications for                      '1.     Where for the same securities applications for
     admission to official listing on stock exchanges                            admission to official listing on stock exchanges
     situated or operating in several Member States are                          situated or operating in several Member States are
     made simultaneously or within a period of one                               made simultaneously or within a period of three
     month, including the Member State in which the                              months, including the Member States in which the
     issuer's registered office is situated, the listing par-                    issurer's registered office is situated, the listing par-
      ticulars shall be drawn up in accordance with the                          ticulars shall be drawn up in accordance with the
      rules laid down in this Directive in the Member State                       rules laid down in this Directive in the Member State
     where the issuer has its registered office and                              where the issuer has its registered office and
      approved by its competent authorities; if the issuer's                      approved by its competent authorities; if the issuer's
      registered office is not situated in one of these                           registered office is not situated in one of these
      Member States, the issuer shall decide under which                          Member States, the issuer shall decide under which
      of those Member States' legislations the listing par-                       of those Member States' legislation the listing par-
     ticulars shall be drawn up and approved.'                                    ticulars shall be drawn up and approved.'
                                              T h e r e s t of A r t i c l e 1 is u n c h a n g e d
                                              T h e r e s t of t h e t e x t is u n c h a n g e d
0) OJ No C 110, 24. 4. 1987, p. 4.