97/839/EC: Commission Decision of 3 December 1997 concerning a request for exemption submitted by Belgium 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 Dutch and French texts are authentic)

COMMISSION DECISION of 3 December 1997 concerning a request for exemption submitted by Belgium 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 Dutch and French texts are authentic) (97/839/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 Belgium on 14 March 1997, which was received by the Commission on 18 March 1997, was accompanied by a report containing the information required by Article 8 (2) (c); whereas the request concerns the installation on one type of motor vehicle of two types of headlamps fitted with two types of gas discharge lamps; whereas the two types of headlamps and lamps are the subject of an exemption granted pursuant to Article 8 (2) (c);
Whereas the installation of these new types of headlamps fitted with gas discharge lamps meets the requirements of UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) Regulation No 48; whereas it is therefore justified to allow the type of motor vehicle to benefit from the granting of EEC type-approval on condition that the type of vehicle concerned is equipped with an automatic headlamp levelling system, a headlamp cleaning device and a system guaranteeing that dipped-beam headlamps are lit even if the main-beam headlamps are lit;
Whereas the Community Directive concerned will be amended in order to enable headlamps fitted with gas discharge lamps to be installed on one type of vehicle;
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,