98/221/EC: Commission Decision of 6 March 1998 concerning a request for exemption submitted by Germany pursuant to Article 8(2)(c) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Only the German text is authentic)

COMMISSION DECISION of 6 March 1998 concerning a request for exemption submitted by Germany pursuant to Article 8(2)(c) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Only the German text is authentic) (98/221/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (1), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 97/27/EC (2), and in particular Article 8(2)(c) thereof,
Whereas the request submitted by Germany on 25 April 1997, which was received by the Commission on 5 May 1997, contained the information required by Article 8(2)(c); whereas the request concerns the installation of a spray-suppression system in a category N3 type of vehicle;
Whereas the reasons set out in the request, according to which such spray-suppression systems, and the installation of the same, do not meet the requirements of the relevant Directives, in particular Council Directive 91/226/EEC of 27 March 1991 relating to the spray-suppression systems of certain categories of motor vehicles and their trailers (3), are well-founded;
Whereas the Community Directive concerned will be amended in order to permit the production and installation of such spray-suppression systems;
Whereas the measure provided for in this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Adaptation to Technical Progress set up by Directive 70/156/EEC,