Considerations on COM(2017)86 - EU position in UNECE as regards amendments to a set of UN Regulations and the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3) by guidelines on cyber security and data protection - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2017)86 - EU position in UNECE as regards amendments to a set of UN Regulations and the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3) by guidelines ... |
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document | COM(2017)86 |
date | March 6, 2017 |
(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 UN Regulations adopted under the Revised 1958 Agreement in 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 3, 4, 6, 7, 13, 19, 23, 27, 28, 38, 39, 43, 45, 50, 69, 70, 73, 75, 77, 79, 83, 87, 91, 98, 99, 101, 104, 107, 109, 110, 112, 118, 119, 123 and 138, need to be adapted to technical progress. |
(5) | In order to lay down uniform provisions concerning the construction of vehicles, the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3) should be amended by guidelines on cyber security and data protection, without hindering the ongoing development done at Union level in the framework of cooperative, connected and automated driving. |
(6) | 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 those UN acts, |