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 - Main contents
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Document date | 08-11-2016 |
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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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