COUNCIL RESOLUTION of 29 June 1977 on EEC whole vehicle type-approval for passenger cars

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Council resolution of 28 May 1969 drawing up a programme for the elimination of technical barriers to trade in industrial products which result from disparities between the provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States (1) and to the Council resolution of 17 December 1973 on industrial policy (2),

Having regard to the proposals for Directives, currently under examination, on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to motor vehicle type-approval,

RECOGNIZING the progress made in this field by the adoption of over 30 Directives, and anxious to bring to a successful conclusion the action initiated by the adoption of the Council framework 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 (3);

REAFFIRMS its determination to put EEC whole vehicle type-approval for passenger cars into operation as soon as practicable;

INSTRUCTS the Permanent Representatives Committee, to this end, to press on with its examination of the proposals for Directives still to be adopted and invites it in particular to intensify its study of all the technical, administrative, commercial, industrial and road safety implications of the implementation of EEC whole vehicle type-approval in order to guarantee its maximum effectiveness;

INVITES the Commission to give its opinion on these various aspects, to supplement if necessary its proposal for amending the framework Directive 70/156/EEC and to convene at an early date a meeting of the representatives of the Member States and those concerned to examine how the EEC whole vehicle type-approval system for passenger cars might best operate.

(1) OJ No C 76, 17.6.1969, p. 1. (2) OJ No C 117, 31.12.1973, p. 1. (3) OJ No L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1.