Decision 2019/1911 - EU position in the relevant Committees of the UNECE as regards the proposals for modifications to UN Regulations Nos 0, 16, 17, 21, 29, 43, 44, 48, 53, 55, 58, 67, 74, 80, 83, 85, 86, 98, 107, 112, 113, 115, 116, 123, 129, 135, 148, 149 and 150, as regards the proposal for modifications to Global Technical Regulation (GTR) No 2, as regards the proposal for amendments to Mutual Resolution MR.1, as regards the proposals for amendments to Consolidated Resolutions R.E.3 and R.E.5, and as regards the proposals for authorisations to develop an amendment to GTR No 6 and to develop a new GTR on the Determination of Electrified Vehicle Power - Main contents

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 296/21

By 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 (‘Revised 1958 Agreement’). The Revised 1958 Agreement entered into force on 24 March 1998.

By 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’). The Parallel Agreement entered into force on 15 February 2000.

Pursuant to Article 1 of the Revised 1958 Agreement and Article 6 of the Parallel Agreement, the UNECE World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations (‘WP.29’) may adopt, as applicable, the proposals for modifications to UN Regulations Nos 0, 16, 17, 21, 29, 43, 44, 48, 53, 55, 58, 67, 74, 80, 83, 85, 86, 98, 107, 112, 113, 115, 116, 123, 129, 135, 148, 149 and 150, the proposal for modifications to Global Technical Regulation (GTR) No 2, the proposal for amendments to Mutual Resolution MR.1, the proposals for amendments to Consolidated Resolutions R.E.3 and R.E.5 and the proposals for authorisations to develop an amendment to GTR No 6 and to develop a new GTR on the Determination of Electrified Vehicle Power.

WP.29, during the 179th session of the World Forum to be held between 12 and 14 November 2019, is to adopt the above acts in relation to the administrative provisions and uniform technical prescriptions for the approval of harmonised technical United Nations regulations and global technical regulations for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts, which can be fitted and/or be used on wheeled vehicles.

It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf in WP.29 as regards the adoption of proposals for UN Regulations, as the UN Regulations will be binding on the Union and capable of decisively influencing the content of Union law in the field of vehicle type-approval.

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 (‘UN Regulations’) in the EU type-approval system,...