Considerations on COM(2015)248 - EU position in the relevant Committees of the UNECE on amendments to a number of UN Regulations concerning vehicles, electric vehicles and the construction of vehicles

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dossier COM(2015)248 - EU position in the relevant Committees of the UNECE on amendments to a number of UN Regulations concerning vehicles, ...
document COM(2015)248 EN
date June 19, 2015
 
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 (‘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 (‘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 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 14, 17, 28, 29, 41, 49, 51, 54, 59, 80, 83, 95, 100, 101, 109, 117, 134 and 135, and by the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3), need to be adapted.

(5)In order to harmonise the relevant safety provisions for the type-approval of motor vehicles, the new UN Regulation on electric vehicles of category L should be adopted. Also, amendments to the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3) needs to be adopted to reflect technical progress.

(6)It is therefore necessary to establish the position to be adopted on behalf of the Union in the Administrative Committee of the Revised 1958 Agreement and in the Executive Committee of the Parallel Agreement, as regards the adoption of those UN acts,