Document ID: 31990L0630

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE
of 30 October 1990
adapting to technical progress Council Directive 77/649/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the field of vision of motor vehicle drivers
(90/630/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/649/EEC of
27 September 1977 on the approximation of the laws of
the Member States relating to the field of vision of motor vehicles (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 88/366/EEC (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas, in view of experience gained and of the state of the art, it is now appropriate to render more precise the test procedure laid down in Annex III to Directive 77/649/EEC, and in particular, to align it to the latest developments in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe;
Whereas the provisions of this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives on the removal of technical barriers to trade in motor vehicles,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Annex III to Directive 77/649/EEC is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2
1. With effect from 1 May 1991 no Member State may, on grounds relating to field of vision:
- 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 Directive 70/156/EEC (3), or to grant national type-
approval, or
- prohibit the entry into service of vehicles
where the field of vision of drivers of such type of vehicle or of such vehicles has been determined in accordance with Directive 77/649/EEC, as amended by this Directive.
2. With effect from 1 October 1991 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 driver's field of vision has not been determined in accordance with Directive 77/649/EEC, as amended by this Directive,
- may refuse to grant national type-approval of a type of vehicle of which the driver's field of vision has not been determined in accordance with Directive 77/649/EEC, as amended by this Directive.
Article 3
Member States shall implement the provisions necessary in order to comply with this Directive before 1 May 1991. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these provisions, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such reference shall be adopted by Member States.
Article 4
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 October 1990.

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