97/848/EC: Commission Decision of 3 December 1997 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 3 December 1997 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) (97/848/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 10 June 1997, which was received by the Commission on 23 June 1997, contained the information required by Article 8 (2) (c); whereas the request concerns the production of glazing from a hard material (polycarbonate) and installation of the same in a type of vehicle;
Whereas the reasons set out in the request - according to which such glazing, and installation of the same, do not meet the requirements of the relevant Directive, namely Council Directive 92/22/EEC of 31 March 1992 on safety glazing and glazing materials on 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 glazing;
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,