Document ID: 31988L0195

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 24 March 1988 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 80/1269/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the engine power of motor vehicles (88/195/EEC) (88/195/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 80/1269/EEC of 16 December 1980 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the engine power of motor vehicles (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
whereas, in view of experience gained and of the state of the art, it is now appropriate to render more precise the test procedures laid down in Directive 80/1269/EEC, and in particular to align them with the latest developments made by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO);
Whereas the provisions of this Directive were in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives on Motor Vehicles,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1 Annexes I and II to Directive 80/1269/EEC are hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2 1. As from 1 April 1988 no Member State may, on grounds relating to engine power:
- refuse, in respect of a type of vehicle, to grant EEC type-approval, or to issue the copy of the certificate provided for in the last indent of Article 10 (1) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC (2), or to grant national type-approval, or - prohibit the entry into service of vehicles where the engine power of such type of vehicle or of such vehicles has been determined in accordance with Directive 80/1269/EEC as last amended by this Directive.
2. As from 1 October 1988 Member States:
- shall no longer issue the copy of the certificate provided for in the last indent of Article 10 (1) of Directive 70/156/EEC in respect of a type of vehicle of which the engine power has not been determined in accordance with Directive 80/1269/EEC as last amended by this Directive,
- may refuse to grant national type-approval of a type of vehicle of which the engine power has not been determined in accordance with Directive 80/1269/EEC, as last amended by this Directive.
3. As from 1 October 1992 Member States may prohibit the entry into service of vehicles of which the engine power has not been determined in accordance with Directive 80/1269/EEC, as last amended by this Directive.
Article 3 Before 1 April 1988, Member States shall bring into force the provisions necessary in order to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
Article 4 This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 24 March 1988.

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