Article 1 
For the purposes of this Directive: (a) ‘vehicle’means any motor vehicle as defined in Section A of Annex II to Directive 70/156/EEC; (b) ‘front underrun protective device’means a front underrun protective device which is intended to be part of a vehicle and which can be approved as a separate technical unit in accordance with Article 2 of Directive 70/156/EEC.
Article 2 
1. With effect from 10 August 2001 or, if the publication referred to in Article 3 is delayed beyond 10 February 2001, six months after the date of the said publication, Member States may not, on grounds relating to the front underrun protection of a vehicle: (a) refuse, in respect of a type of vehicle, or a type of a front underrun protective device considered as a separate technical unit, to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval; or (b) prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of vehicles or front underrun protective devices considered as a separate technical unit; if the vehicles or separate technical units comply with the requirements of this Directive. 2. With effect from 10 August 2003, Member States: (a) shall no longer grant EC type-approval or national type-approval for a type of vehicle or a type of front underrun protective device as a separate technical unit; (b) shall refuse the registration, sale or entry into service of new vehicles or new front underrun protective devices as separate technical units; on grounds relating to the front underrun protection if the requirements of this Directive are not complied with. 3. The administrative provisions governing EC type-approval shall be as set out in Annex I. The scope of this Directive, and the technical requirements to be fulfilled for the award of EC type-approval, shall be as laid down in Annex II.
Article 3 
Regulation No 93 of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities before 10 February 2001.
Article 4 
Directive 70/156/EEC is amended as follows: 1. Annex I shall be amended as follows: (a) Item 2.3.4 shall be replaced by the following: ‘2.3.4. Width of the foremost axle (measured at the outermost part of the tyres excluding the bulging of the tyres close to the ground): …’. (b) The following items shall be inserted: ‘9.22. Front underrun protection 9.22.1. Drawing of the vehicle parts relevant to the front underrun protection, i.e. drawing of the vehicle and/or chassis with position and mounting of the widest front axle, drawing of the mounting and/or fitting of the front underrun protection. If the underrun protection is no special device, the drawing must clearly show that the required dimensions are met: … 9.22.2. In the case of special device, full description and/or drawing of the front underrun protection (including mountings and fittings), or, if approved as a separate technical unit, type-approval number: …’. 1. Annex I shall be amended as follows: (a) Item 2.3.4 shall be replaced by the following: ‘2.3.4. Width of the foremost axle (measured at the outermost part of the tyres excluding the bulging of the tyres close to the ground): …’. ‘2.3.4. Width of the foremost axle (measured at the outermost part of the tyres excluding the bulging of the tyres close to the ground): …’. (b) The following items shall be inserted: ‘9.22. Front underrun protection 9.22.1. Drawing of the vehicle parts relevant to the front underrun protection, i.e. drawing of the vehicle and/or chassis with position and mounting of the widest front axle, drawing of the mounting and/or fitting of the front underrun protection. If the underrun protection is no special device, the drawing must clearly show that the required dimensions are met: … 9.22.2. In the case of special device, full description and/or drawing of the front underrun protection (including mountings and fittings), or, if approved as a separate technical unit, type-approval number: …’. ‘9.22. Front underrun protection 9.22.1. Drawing of the vehicle parts relevant to the front underrun protection, i.e. drawing of the vehicle and/or chassis with position and mounting of the widest front axle, drawing of the mounting and/or fitting of the front underrun protection. If the underrun protection is no special device, the drawing must clearly show that the required dimensions are met: … 9.22.1. Drawing of the vehicle parts relevant to the front underrun protection, i.e. drawing of the vehicle and/or chassis with position and mounting of the widest front axle, drawing of the mounting and/or fitting of the front underrun protection. If the underrun protection is no special device, the drawing must clearly show that the required dimensions are met: … 9.22.2. In the case of special device, full description and/or drawing of the front underrun protection (including mountings and fittings), or, if approved as a separate technical unit, type-approval number: …’. 9.22.2. In the case of special device, full description and/or drawing of the front underrun protection (including mountings and fittings), or, if approved as a separate technical unit, type-approval number: …’. 2. Annex V shall be amended as follows: (a) In Part I, the following item shall be added: ‘Subject Directive No Official Journal reference Applicability M 1 M 2 M 3 N 1 N 2 N 3 O 1 O 2 O 3 O 4 57. Front underrun protection 2000/40/EC L 203 of 10.8.2000, p. 9 X X’ (b) In Part II, the following item shall be added: ‘Subject Basic Regulation No Series of amendments Supplement Corrigenda( 2 ) 57. Front underrun protection 93 — — —’ 2. Annex V shall be amended as follows: (a) In Part I, the following item shall be added: ‘Subject Directive No Official Journal reference Applicability M 1 M 2 M 3 N 1 N 2 N 3 O 1 O 2 O 3 O 4 57. Front underrun protection 2000/40/EC L 203 of 10.8.2000, p. 9 X X’ ‘Subject Directive No Official Journal reference Applicability ‘Subject Directive No Official Journal reference Applicability M 1 M 2 M 3 N 1 N 2 N 3 O 1 O 2 O 3 O 4 M 1 M 2 M 3 N 1 N 2 N 3 O 1 O 2 O 3 O 4 57. Front underrun protection 2000/40/EC L 203 of 10.8.2000, p. 9 X X’ 2000/40/EC L 203 of 10.8.2000, p. 9 X’ (b) In Part II, the following item shall be added: ‘Subject Basic Regulation No Series of amendments Supplement Corrigenda( 2 ) 57. Front underrun protection 93 — — —’ ‘Subject Basic Regulation No Series of amendments Supplement Corrigenda( 2 ) Basic Regulation No Series of amendments Supplement Corrigenda( 2 ) 57. Front underrun protection 93 — — —’ 57. Front underrun protection
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL The proposal for a Council Directive adapting certain directives in the field of free movement of goods is necessitated by the upcoming accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union. The Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union[1] was signed by all Member States of the European Union and the Republic of Croatia at Brussels on 9 December 2011. Article 3 (3) of the Treaty of Accession provides that it shall enter into force on 1 July 2013 provided that all the instruments of ratification have been deposited before that date. Article 3(4) of the Treaty of Accession enables the institutions of the Union to adopt before accession measures referred to, inter alia, in Article 50 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Croatia[2]. These measures shall enter into force only subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession. Article 50 of the Act of Accession provides that where acts of the institutions adopted prior to accession require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in this Act or its Annexes, the Council or the Commission (if the original acts were adopted by the Commission) shall adopt the necessary acts. Point 2 of the Final Act[3] refers to the political agreement on a set of adaptations to be adopted by the institutions which was reached between the Member States and Croatia in the context of the approval of the Treaty of Accession; the High Contracting Parties of the Treaty of Accession invited the Council and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before accession in accordance with Article 50 of the Act of Accession, completed and updated where necessary to take account of the evolution of the law of the Union. The present proposal covers all Council directives as well as European Parliament and Council directives which require technical adaptation by reason of the accession of Croatia in the field of free movement of goods – corresponding to negotiation chapter 1. This proposal is part of a series of proposals for Council directives by the Commission to the Council which regroup the technical adaptations to Council directives as well as to European Parliament and Council directives corresponding to negotiation chapters into separate proposals for different Council directives. This structure is designed to facilitate the transposition of the directives concerned by Member States into their respective legal orders. The package of proposals for legal acts which the Commission has transmitted to the Council is composed of this series of proposals for Council directives on the one hand, as well as of a proposal for a single Council regulation which covers the relevant European Parliament and Council regulations and decisions as well as the relevant Council regulations and decisions on the other hand. This is in line with the approach which was taken in the past in view of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania[4]. It is foreseen that all the legal acts included in this package will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union at the same date. The present proposal and the other proposals included in this package will take into account technical adaptations to the acquis which were published in the Official Journal of the European Union until 1 September 2012. The reasons for this are to provide sufficient time for the legislative processes involved on the one hand, and for the fulfilment of the ensuing transposition and notification obligations by Member States as regards directives on the other hand. Adaptations which may be necessary to the acquis published in the Official Journal of the European Union after 1 September 2012 will be foreseen in the relevant acts themselves or done at a later stage through the appropriate procedure. In addition, the Commission intends to informally provide a list of such legislation to Member States in early July 2013.
Revised version (Article 4 ):
Directive 70/156/EEC is amended as follows: 1. Annex I shall be amended as follows: (a) Item 2.3.4 shall be replaced by the following: ‘2.3.4. Width of the foremost axle (measured at the outermost part of the tyres excluding the bulging of the tyres close to the ground): …’. (b) The following items shall be inserted: ‘9.22. Front underrun protection 9.22.1. Drawing of the vehicle parts relevant to the front underrun protection, i.e. drawing of the vehicle and/or chassis with position and mounting of the widest front axle, drawing of the mounting and/or fitting of the front underrun protection. If the underrun protection is no special device, the drawing must clearly show that the required dimensions are met: … 9.22.2. In the case of special device, full description and/or drawing of the front underrun protection (including mountings and fittings), or, if approved as a separate technical unit, type-approval number: …’. 1. Annex I shall be amended as follows: (a) Item 2.3.4 shall be replaced by the following: ‘2.3.4. Width of the foremost axle (measured at the outermost part of the tyres excluding the bulging of the tyres close to the ground): …’. ‘2.3.4. Width of the foremost axle (measured at the outermost part of the tyres excluding the bulging of the tyres close to the ground): …’. (b) The following items shall be inserted: ‘9.22. Front underrun protection 9.22.1. Drawing of the vehicle parts relevant to the front underrun protection, i.e. drawing of the vehicle and/or chassis with position and mounting of the widest front axle, drawing of the mounting and/or fitting of the front underrun protection. If the underrun protection is no special device, the drawing must clearly show that the required dimensions are met: … 9.22.2. In the case of special device, full description and/or drawing of the front underrun protection (including mountings and fittings), or, if approved as a separate technical unit, type-approval number: …’. ‘9.22. Front underrun protection 9.22.1. Drawing of the vehicle parts relevant to the front underrun protection, i.e. drawing of the vehicle and/or chassis with position and mounting of the widest front axle, drawing of the mounting and/or fitting of the front underrun protection. If the underrun protection is no special device, the drawing must clearly show that the required dimensions are met: … 9.22.1. Drawing of the vehicle parts relevant to the front underrun protection, i.e. drawing of the vehicle and/or chassis with position and mounting of the widest front axle, drawing of the mounting and/or fitting of the front underrun protection. If the underrun protection is no special device, the drawing must clearly show that the required dimensions are met: … 9.22.2. In the case of special device, full description and/or drawing of the front underrun protection (including mountings and fittings), or, if approved as a separate technical unit, type-approval number: …’. 9.22.2. In the case of special device, full description and/or drawing of the front underrun protection (including mountings and fittings), or, if approved as a separate technical unit, type-approval number: …’. 2. Annex V shall be amended as follows: (a) In Part I, the following item shall be added: Subject Directive No Official Journal reference Applicability M 1 M 2 M 3 N 1 N 2 N 3 O 1 O 2 O 3 O 4 ‘57.Front underrun protection 2000/40/EC L 203 of 10.8.2000, p. 9 X X’ (b) In Part II, the following item shall be added: Subject Basic Regulation No Series of amendments Supplement Corrigenda( 2 ) ‘57.Front underrun protection 93 — — —’ 2. Annex V shall be amended as follows: (a) In Part I, the following item shall be added: Subject Directive No Official Journal reference Applicability M 1 M 2 M 3 N 1 N 2 N 3 O 1 O 2 O 3 O 4 ‘57.Front underrun protection 2000/40/EC L 203 of 10.8.2000, p. 9 X X’ (a) In Part I, the following item shall be added: Subject Directive No Official Journal reference Applicability M 1 M 2 M 3 N 1 N 2 N 3 O 1 O 2 O 3 O 4 ‘57.Front underrun protection 2000/40/EC L 203 of 10.8.2000, p. 9 X X’ Subject Directive No Official Journal reference Applicability Subject Directive No Official Journal reference Applicability M 1 M 2 M 3 N 1 N 2 N 3 O 1 O 2 O 3 O 4 M 1 M 2 M 3 N 1 N 2 N 3 O 1 O 2 O 3 O 4 ‘57.Front underrun protection 2000/40/EC L 203 of 10.8.2000, p. 9 X X’ ‘57.Front underrun protection 2000/40/EC L 203 of 10.8.2000, p. 9 X’ (b) In Part II, the following item shall be added: Subject Basic Regulation No Series of amendments Supplement Corrigenda( 2 ) ‘57.Front underrun protection 93 — — —’ (b) In Part II, the following item shall be added: Subject Basic Regulation No Series of amendments Supplement Corrigenda( 2 ) Basic Regulation No Series of amendments Supplement Corrigenda( 2 ) ‘57.Front underrun protection 93 — — —’
Article 5 
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive before 10 August 2001. However, if the publication referred to in Article 3 is delayed beyond 10 February 2001, Member States shall fulfil this obligation within six months of the said publication. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. Member States shall apply these measures as from 10 August 2001 or, if the publication referred to in Article 3 is delayed beyond 10 February 2001, six months after the said publication. When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by the Member States. 2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.
Article 6 
This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
Article 7 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.