Considerations on COM(2016)351 - EU position in UNECE on amendments to UN Regulations on, amongst others, tyres and brake systems and on a proposal on measurement procedure for emissions of motorbikes

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dossier COM(2016)351 - EU position in UNECE on amendments to UN Regulations on, amongst others, tyres and brake systems and on a proposal on ...
document COM(2016)351 EN
date June 17, 2016
 
table>(1)In accordance with Council Decision 97/836/EC (1), the Union acceded to the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted to and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions (the ‘Revised 1958 Agreement’).
(2)In accordance with Council Decision 2000/125/EC (2), the Union acceded to the Agreement concerning the establishing of global technical regulations for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted and/or be used on wheeled vehicles (the ‘Parallel Agreement’).

(3)Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) replaced the approval systems of the Member States with a Union approval procedure and established a harmonised framework containing administrative provisions and general technical requirements for all new vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units. That Directive incorporated regulations adopted under the Revised 1958 Agreement (hereinafter referred to as ‘UN Regulations’) in the EU type-approval system, either as requirements for type-approval or as alternatives to Union legislation. Since the adoption of that Directive, UN Regulations have increasingly been incorporated into Union legislation in the framework of the EU type-approval.

(4)In the light of experience and technical developments, the requirements relating to certain elements or features covered by UN Regulations Nos. 9, 11, 13, 13-H, 14, 16, 30, 41, 44, 49, 54, 55, 60, 64, 75, 78, 79, 83, 90, 106, 113, 115, 117, 129 and 134, as well as by UN Global Technical Regulations (GTR) Nos. 15 and 16, need to be adapted to technical progress.

(5)In order to lay down uniform provisions concerning the approval of Brake Assist Systems (BAS), Electronic Stability Control (ESC), Tyre Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) and Tyre Installation, four new UN Regulations should be adopted.

(6)In order to lay down uniform technical provisions concerning the measurement procedure for two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles with regard to certain types of emissions, a new UN Global Technical Regulation (GTR) should be adopted.

(7)In order to improve the implementation of the 1998 Global Agreement, a new Special Resolution No 2 (S.R.2) should be adopted.

(8)It is appropriate to establish the position to be adopted on behalf of the Union within the relevant Committees of the UNECE, namely the Administrative Committee of the Revised 1958 Agreement and the Executive Committee of the Parallel Agreement, as regards the adoption of the UN acts referred to above,