COUNCIL DECISION establishing the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the relevant committees of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe as regards the proposals for amendments to UN Regulations Nos 7, 16, 37, 44, 45, 46, 48, 53, 78, 80, 83, 86, 87, 99, 105, 107, 110, 121, 128 and 129, the proposal for a UN regulation on heavy duty dual-fuel engine retrofit systems, the proposals for amendments to UN Global Technical Regulations 15 and 16, the proposals for two UN global technical regulations on the measurement procedure for two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles with regard to certain types of emissions and with regard to on-board diagnostics, respectively, and the proposal for a resolution on the common specification of light source categories

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Council of the European Union

Brussels, 8 November 2016 (OR. en)

13748/16

Interinstitutional File: 2016/0341 (NLE)

ECO 69 ENT 195 MI 663 UNECE 18

LEGISLATIVE ACTS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS

Subject: COUNCIL DECISION establishing the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the relevant committees of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe as regards the proposals for

amendments to UN Regulations Nos 7, 16, 37, 44, 45, 46, 48, 53, 78, 80, 83, 86, 87, 99, 105, 107, 110, 121, 128 and 129, the proposal for a UN regulation on heavy duty dual-fuel engine retrofit systems, the proposals for amendments to UN Global Technical Regulations 15 and 16, the proposals for two UN global technical regulations on the measurement procedure for two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles with regard to certain types of emissions and with regard to on-board diagnostics, respectively, and the proposal for a resolution on the common specification of light source categories COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2016/…

of …

establishing the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union

within the relevant committees of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

as regards the proposals for amendments to UN Regulations Nos 7, 16, 37,

44, 45, 46, 48, 53, 78, 80, 83, 86, 87, 99, 105, 107, 110, 121, 128 and 129,

the proposal for a UN regulation

on heavy duty dual-fuel engine retrofit systems,

the proposals for amendments to UN Global Technical Regulations 15 and 16,

the proposals for two UN global technical regulations

on the measurement procedure for two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles

with regard to certain types of emissions

and with regard to on-board diagnostics, respectively,

and the proposal for a resolution on the common specification

of light source categories

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular

Article 114, in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(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 those 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’).

1 Council Decision 97/836/EC of 27 November 1997 with a view to accession by the

European Community to the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe 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 (‘Revised 1958 Agreement’) (OJ L 346, 17.12.1997, p. 78).

2 Council Decision 2000/125/EC of 31 January 2000 concerning the conclusion of 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 (‘Parallel Agreement’) (OJ L 35, 10.2.2000, p. 12).

(3) Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 1 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 UN regulations adopted under the Revised 1958 Agreement into the

EU type-approval system, either as requirements for type-approval or as alternatives to

Union legislation. Since the adoption of that Directive, such 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 7, 16, 37, 44, 45, 46, 48, 53, 78, 80,

83, 86, 87, 99, 105, 107, 110, 121, 128 and 129, as well as by UN Global Technical

Regulations (‘GTRs’) Nos 15 and 16, need to be adapted to reflect technical progress.

(5) In order to lay down uniform provisions concerning the approval of heavy duty dual-fuel

engine retrofit systems (‘HDDF-ERS’), a new UN regulation should be adopted.

1 Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007

establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (Framework Directive) (OJ L 263, 9.10.2007, p. 1).

(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 and with

regard to on-board diagnostics, respectively, two new GTRs should be adopted.

(7) In order to lay down uniform provisions concerning the common specification of light

source categories, a new resolution (R.E.4) should be adopted.

(8) It is appropriate to establish the position to be adopted on behalf of the Union within the

relevant committees of UNECE, namely the Administrative Committee of the

Revised 1958 Agreement and the Executive Committee of the Parallel Agreement, as

regards the adoption of those UN acts,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The position to be adopted on behalf of the Union within the Administrative Committee of the

Revised 1958 Agreement and the Executive Committee of the Parallel Agreement during the period

from 14 to 20 November 2016 shall be to vote in favour of the proposals listed in the Annex to this

Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at …,

For the Council

The President

ANNEX

Agenda item title Document reference

Proposal for Supplement 25 to the 02 series of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/75 amendments to UN Regulation No 7 (Position, stop and end-outline lamps)

Proposal for Supplement 8 to the 06 series of amendments ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/98 and to UN Regulation No 16 (Safety-belts, ISOFIX and informal document WP.29-170-04 i-Size)

Proposal for the 07 series of amendments to UN ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/99

Regulation No 16 (Safety-belts, ISOFIX and i-Size)

Proposal for Supplement 45 to the 03 series of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/76 amendments to UN Regulation No 37 (Filament lamps)

Proposal for Corrigendum 2 to Revision 3 to UN ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/100

Regulation No 44 (Child restraint systems)

Proposal for Supplement 12 to the 04 series of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/101 amendments to UN Regulation No 44 (Child restraint systems)

Proposal for Supplement 12 to the 04 series of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/102 amendments to UN Regulation No 44 (Child restraint systems)

Proposal for Supplement 10 to the 01 series of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/77 amendments to UN Regulation No 45 (Headlamp cleaners)

Proposal for Supplement 4 to the 04 series of amendments ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/89 to UN Regulation No 46 (Devices for indirect vision)

Agenda item title Document reference

Proposal for Supplement 17 to the 04 series of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/78 amendments to UN Regulation No 48 (Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices)

Proposal for Supplement 10 to the 05 series of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/79 amendments to UN Regulation No 48 (Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices)

Proposal for Supplement 8 to the 06 series of amendments ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/80 to UN Regulation No 48 (Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices)

Proposal for Supplement 19 to the 01 series of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/81 amendments to UN Regulation No 53 (Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices for L3 vehicles)

Proposal for Supplement 1 to the 02 series of amendments ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/82 to UN Regulation No 53 (Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices for L3 vehicles)

Proposal for the 04 series of amendments to UN ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/114 and Regulation No 78 (Braking (category L vehicles)) informal document GRRF-82-06

Proposal for Supplement 2 to the 03 series of amendments ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/103 to UN Regulation No 80 (Strength of seats and their anchorages (buses))

Proposal for Supplement 8 to the 06 series of amendments ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/108 to UN Regulation No 83 (Emissions of M1 and N1 vehicles)

Proposal for Supplement 4 to the 07 series of amendments ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/109 to UN Regulation No 83 (Emissions of M1 and N1 vehicles)

Proposal for the 01 series of amendments to UN ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/83

Regulation No 86 (Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices for agricultural vehicles)

Agenda item title Document reference

Proposal for Supplement 18 to UN Regulation No 87 ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/84 (Daytime running lamps)

Proposal for Supplement 12 to the original version of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/85 Regulation No 99 (Gas-discharge light sources)

Proposal for the 06 series of amendments to UN ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/90 Regulation No 105 (ADR vehicles)

Proposal for Supplement 5 to the 04 series of amendments ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/91 to UN Regulation No 107 (General construction of buses and coaches)

Proposal for Supplement 6 to the 05 series of amendments ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/92 to UN Regulation No 107 (General construction of buses and coaches)

Proposal for Supplement 6 to the 06 series of amendments ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/93 to UN Regulation No 107 (General construction of buses and coaches)

Proposal for Supplement 1 to the 07 series of amendments ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/94 to UN Regulation No 107 (General construction of buses and coaches)

Proposal for Supplement 5 to the 01 series of amendments ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/95 to UN Regulation No 110 (CNG and LNG vehicles)

Proposal for Supplement 9 to UN Regulation No 121 ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/96 (Identification of controls, tell-tales and indicators)

Proposal for Supplement 1 to the 01 series of amendments ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/97 to UN Regulation No 121 (Identification of controls, tell-tales and indicators)

Proposal for Supplement 6 to the original version of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/86 Regulation No 128 (Light Emitting Diode (LED) light sources)

Agenda item title Document reference

Proposal for Corrigendum 2 to UN Regulation No 129 ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/104 (Enhanced Child Restraint Systems)

Proposal for Supplement 5 to UN Regulation No 129 ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/105 (Enhanced Child Restraint Systems)

Proposal for Supplement 1 to the 01 series of amendments ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/106 to UN Regulation No 129 (Enhanced Child Restraint

Systems)

Proposal for the 02 series of amendments to UN ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/107 Regulation No 129 (Enhanced Child Restraint Systems)

Proposal for a new Regulation on uniform provisions ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/110 concerning the approval of Heavy Duty Dual-Fuel Engine

Retrofit Systems (HDDF-ERS) to be installed on heavy duty diesel engines and vehicles

Proposal for a draft Resolution on the common ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/111 specification of light source categories (R.E.4)

Proposal for Amendment 1 to UN Global Technical ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/68 Regulation No 15 (Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles

Test Procedures (WLTP))

Proposal for Amendment 1 to UN Global Technical ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/117 Regulation No 16 (Tyres)

Proposal for a new UN global technical regulation on the ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/112 measurement procedure for two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles with regard to on-board diagnostics

Proposal for a new UN global technical regulation on the ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/66 measurement procedure for two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles equipped with a combustion engine with regard to the crankcase and evaporative emissions


 
 
 

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