Commission Directive 2001/116/EC of 20 December 2001 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Text with EEA relevance)

Published date21 January 2002
Subject MatterTransport,Technical barriers,Approximation of laws,Internal market - Principles
Official Gazette PublicationOfficial Journal of the European Communities, L 18, 21 January 2002
Consolidated TEXT: 32001L0116 — EN — 10.02.2002

2001L0116 — EN — 10.02.2002 — 000.001


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►B COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2001/116/EC of 20 December 2001 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Text with EEA relevance) (OJ L 018, 21.1.2002, p.1)

Corrected by:

►C1 Corrigendum, OJ L 103, 19.4.2002, p. 32 (01/116)



▼B

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2001/116/EC

of 20 December 2001

adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers

(Text with EEA relevance)



THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers ( 1 ), as last amended by Directive 2000/40/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 2 ), and in particular Article 13(2), thereof,

Whereas:
(1) Directive 70/156/EEC and its Annexes have been amended several times and, since further amendments to the Annexes are to be made, they should be consolidated into a single text in the interests of clarity.
(2) The provision concerning the necessary administrative documents for whole vehicle type-approval contained in those Annexes should apply to vehicles of category M1 equipped with an internal combustion engine.
(3) The Annexes to Directive 70/156/EEC, as amended by this Directive, also provide for the necessary administrative documents for whole vehicle type-approval for vehicles of other categories than M1 Such approvals should, however, only be granted after the entry into force of a Directive repealing and replacing Directive 70/156/EEC and the entry into force of the amendments which are deemed necessary to the relevant separate Directives for the purposes of application to vehicles of some categories other than category M1.
(4) It is also appropriate to provide for a uniform arrangement for attributing approval numbers.
(5) Directive 70/156/EEC should be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Adaptation to Technical Progress established by Directive 70/156/EEC

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:



Article 1

Directive 1970/156/EEC is amended as follows:

▼C1

1. in Article 4(1), second subparagraph, the following is deleted: ‘and shall be give a special approval number according to the provisions of Annex VII’;

▼B

2. in Article 8(2)(c), sixth subparagraph, the following is deleted: ‘and replace any special approval numbers by normal approval numbers’;

3. the Annexes to Directive 70/156/EEC are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

1. As regards vehicle type-approval, Member States shall apply Directive 70/156/EEC, as amended by this Directive, only for vehicles of category M1 equipped with an internal combustion engine.

2. As regards vehicle type-approval of special purpose vehicles of category M1, Member States shall, only at the request of the manufacturer, apply Article 4(1) of Directive 70/156/EEC, as amended by Directive 1998/14/EC ( 3 ).

3. Article 10 of Directive 70/156/EEC, as amended by Directive 87/358/EEC ( 4 ), shall continue to apply to vehicle type-approval of vehicles other than those referred to in paragraph 1.

Article 3

1. As regards the issue of Certificates of Conformity subsequent to EC type-approvals, existing models may continue to be used until 30 June 2003.

2. This Directive shall not invalidate any approval granted before its entry into force, nor prevent extension of such approvals under the terms of the Directive under which they were originally granted.

Article 4

1. Member States shall adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive before 1 July 2002. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. They shall apply these provisions from 1 July 2002.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 5

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 6

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.




LIST OF ANNEXES



Annex I Complete list of information for the purposes of vehicle EC type-approval
Annex II Definition of vehicle categories and vehicle types
Annex III Information document for the purpose of vehicle EC type-approval
Annex IV List of requirements for the purposes of vehicle EC type-approval
Annex V Procedures to be followed during vehicle EC type-approval
Annex VI Vehicle EC type-approval certificate
Annex VII EC type-approval certificate numbering system
Annex VIII Test results
Annex IX EC Certificate of conformity
Annex X Conformity of production procedures
Annex XI Nature of and provisions for special purpose vehicles
Annex XII Small series and end-of-series limits
Annex XIII List of EC type-approvals issued pursuant to separate Directives
Annex XIV Procedures to be followed during multistage EC type-approval
Annex XV Certificate of origin of the vehicle — Manufacturer's declaration of base/incomplete vehicle of category other than M1.



ANNEX I (a)




ANNEX II

DEFINITION OF VEHICLE CATEGORIES AND VEHICLE TYPES

A. DEFINITION OF VEHICLE CATEGORY

Vehicle categories are defined according to the following classification:

(Where reference is made to ‘maximum mass’ in the following definitions, this means ‘technically permissible maximum laden mass’ as specified in point 2.8 of Annex I.)

1. Category M : Motor vehicles with at least four wheels designed and constructed for the carriage of passengers. Category M1 : Vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of passengers and comprising no more than eight seats in addition to the driver's seat. Category M2 : Vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of passengers, comprising more than eight seats in addition to the driver's seat, and having a maximum mass not exceeding 5 tonnes. Category M3 : Vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of passengers, comprising more than eight seats in addition to the driver's seat, and having a maximum mass exceeding 5 tonnes. The types of bodywork and codifications pertinent to the vehicles of category M are defined in Part C of this Annex paragraph 1 (vehicles of category M1) and paragraph 2 (vehicles of categories M2 and M3) to be used for the purpose specified in that Part.
2. Category N : Motor vehicles with at least four wheels designed and constructed for the carriage of goods. Category N1 : Vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of goods and having a maximum mass not exceeding 3,5 tonnes. Category N2 : Vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of goods and having a maximum mass exceeding 3,5 tonnes but not exceeding 12 tonnes. Category N3 : Vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of goods and having a maximum mass exceeding 12 tonnes. In the case of a towing vehicle designed to be coupled to a semi-trailer or centre-axle trailer, the mass to be considered for classifying the vehicle is the mass of the tractor vehicle in running order, increased by the mass corresponding to the maximum static vertical load transferred to the tractor vehicle by the semi-trailer or centre-axle trailer and, where applicable, by the maximum mass of the tractor vehicles own load. The types of bodywork and codifications pertinent to the vehicles of category N are defined in Part C of this Annex paragraph 3 to be used for the purpose specified in that Part.
3. Category O : Trailers (including semi-trailers). Category O1 : Trailers with a maximum mass not exceeding 0,75 tonnes Category O2 : Trailers with a maximum mass exceeding 0,75 tonnes but not exceeding 3,5 tonnes. Category O3 : Trailers with a maximum mass exceeding 3,5 tonnes but not exceeding 10 tonnes. Category O4 : Trailers with a maximum mass exceeding 10 tonnes. In the case of a semi-trailer or centre-axle trailer, the maximum mass to be considered for classifying the trailer corresponds to the static vertical load transmitted to the ground by the axle or axles of the semi-trailer or centre-axle trailer when coupled to the towing vehicle and carrying its maximum load. The types of bodywork and codifications pertinent to the vehicles of category O are defined in Part C of this Annex paragraph 4 to be used for the purpose specified in that Part.
4. OFF-ROAD VEHICLES (symbol G)
4.1. Vehicles in category N1 with a maximum mass not exceeding two tonnes and vehicles in category M1 are considered to be off-road vehicles if they have:
at least one front axle and at least one rear axle designed to be driven simultaneously including vehicles where the drive to one axle can be disengaged,
at least one differential locking mechanism or at least one mechanism having a similar effect and if they can climb a 30 % gradient...

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