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Commission Regulation (EU) No 214/2014 of 25 February 2014 amending Annexes II, IV, XI, XII and XVIII to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles Text with EEA relevance
Commission Regulation (EU) No 214/2014 of 25 February 2014 amending Annexes II, IV, XI, XII and XVIII to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles Text with EEA relevance
Commission Regulation (EU) No 214/2014 of 25 February 2014 amending Annexes II, IV, XI, XII and XVIII to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles Text with EEA relevance
OJ L 69, 8.3.2014, p. 3–64
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 31/08/2020; Implicitly repealed by 32018R0858
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8.3.2014 |
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 214/2014
of 25 February 2014
amending Annexes II, IV, XI, XII and XVIII to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (Framework Directive) (1), and in particular Article 39(2) thereof,
Whereas:
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Directive 2007/46/EC establishes an harmonised framework containing the administrative provisions and general technical requirements for all new vehicles. In particular, it lists the regulatory acts laying down the technical requirements with which vehicles have to comply in order to be granted EC vehicle type-approval. Furthermore, Directive 2007/46/EC made the EC whole-vehicle type-approval mandatory for special purpose vehicles in accordance with the timetable set out in its Annex XIX. |
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Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), introduced new safety features for vehicles and provided for the repeal of several directives and their replacement by the corresponding United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Regulations. |
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Annex XI to Directive 2007/46/EC contains a list of regulatory acts for the EC type-approval of special purpose vehicles, as well as specific provisions for such vehicles. It is essential to adapt Annex XI to take into account the changes introduced by Regulation (EC) No 661/2009. The date of application of Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 shall apply. |
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To achieve the harmonisation of the technical requirements applying for the EC whole-vehicle type-approval of special purpose vehicles, it is essential to amend Annex II to Directive 2007/46/EC and to establish stricter requirements on ambulances and wheelchair accessible vehicles. In order to give time to industry to adapt their vehicles, those sticter requirements shall only apply to new vehicle types. |
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Annex XVIII to Directive 2007/46/EC was relevant for the registration of special purpose vehicles based on incomplete vehicles holding a national type-approval. Since EC type-approvals will replace national type-approvals in accordance with the dates set out in Annex XIX to Directive 2007/46/EC, it is appropriate to delete Annex XVIII at the end of the transitional period foreseen by Annex XIX to Directive 2007/46/EC. |
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Part II of Annex IV to Directive 2007/46/EC lists the UNECE Regulations recognised as an alternative to the directives mentioned in Part I of Annex IV. With the repeal of most of those directives by Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 from 1 November 2014 and the adoption of a new UNECE Regulation on pedestrian safety, it is appropriate to update the relevant entries in Part II of Annex IV to Directive 2007/46/EC. Furthermore, it is appropriate to correct several errors in Annex IV to that directive. |
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Annex XII to Directive 2007/46/EC was amended the same day by Commission Regulation (EU) 1229/2012 (3) and by Commission Regulation (EU) 1230/2012 (4), which may lead to an unclear situation regarding the number of units allowed for vehicles holding a small series type-approval because Regulation (EU) 1229/2012 was drafted to be published after Regulation (EU) 1230/2012. To remove this uncertainty, it is appropriate to publish again the consolidated version of Annex XII as amended by these two legal texts. |
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Directive 2007/46/EC should therefore be amended accordingly. |
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The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Technical Committee — Motor Vehicles, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Directive 2007/46/EC is amended as follows:
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Annexes II, IV, XI and XII are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation; |
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Annex XVIII is deleted. |
Article 2
From 1 November 2014, National authorities shall consider certificates of conformity for vehicles to be no longer valid for the purpose of Article 26(1) unless the type-approvals concerned have been updated to the requirements of Annex XI to Directive 2007/46/EC as amended by this Regulation.
However, the additional requirements on the patient compartment of ambulances in Appendix 1 of Annex XI to Directive 2007/46/EC and the Additional requirements for testing the wheel chair tie down and occupant restraint system of wheelchair accessible vehicles in Appendix 3 of Annex XI to Directive 2007/46/EC shall apply from 1 November 2014 only to new types of vehicles.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 1, point (2), Article 2 and Points 1(a) and 2(b)(i) of the Annex shall apply from 1 November 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 February 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
(1) OJ L 263, 9.10.2007, p. 1.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor (OJ L 200, 31.7.2009, p. 1).
(3) Commision Regulation (EU) 1229/2012 of 10 December 2012 amending Annexes IV and XII to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (Framework Directive) (OJ L 353, 21.12.2012, p. 1).
(4) Commission Regulation (EU) 1230/2012 of 12 December 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to type-approval requirements for masses and dimensions of motor vehicles and their trailers and amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 353, 21.12.2012, p. 31).
ANNEX
Directive 2007/46/EC is amended as follows:
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In Annex II, Part A,
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Annex IV is amended as follows:
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Annex XI is replaced by the following: ‘ANNEX XI NATURE OF AND PROVISIONS FOR THE EC TYPE-APPROVAL OF SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES ‘Appendix 1 Motor-Caravans, Ambulances and Hearses
Additional requirements for ambulances The patient compartment of ambulances shall comply with the requirements of EN 1789:2007 +A1: 2010 +A2:2014 on Medical vehicles and their equipment – Road ambulances with the exception of Section 6.5, list of equipment. Proof of compliance shall be provided with a test report of a technical service. If a Wheelchair space is foreseen, the requirements of Appendix 3 relating to the wheelchair tie down and occupant restraint systems shall apply. ‘Appendix 2 Armoured Vehicles
‘Appendix 3 Wheel-chair Accessible Vehicles
Additional requirements for testing the wheelchair tie down and occupant restraint system
0. Definitions
1. General requirements
2. Static in-vehicle testing 2.1. Wheelchair occupant restraint anchorages
2.2. Wheelchair tie-down anchorages The wheelchair tie-down anchorages shall resist the following forces, for at least 0.2 seconds, applied via the SWC (or a suitable surrogate wheelchair having a wheelbase, seat height and tie-down attachment points in accordance with the specification for the SWC), at a height of 300 +/– 100 mm from the surface on which the SWC rests:
2.3. Components of the system
3. Dynamic in-vehicle testing
‘Appendix 4 Other Special Purpose Vehicles (including special group, multi-equipment carrier and trailer Caravans) The requirements of Annex IV shall be fulfilled to the greatest extent: Application of the exemptions is only permitted if the manufacturer demonstrates to the satisfaction of the approval authority that the vehicle, due to the special function, cannot meet all the requirements.
‘Appendix 5 Mobile Cranes
‘Appendix 6 Exceptional load transport vehicles
Meaning of notes:
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Annex XII is replaced by the following: ‘ANNEX XII SMALL SERIES AND END-OF-SERIES LIMITS A. SMALL SERIES LIMITS
B. END-OF-SERIES LIMITS The maximum number of complete and completed vehicles put into service in each Member State under the procedure “End-of-Series” shall be restricted in one of the following ways to be chosen by the Member State:
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(*1) Technically permissible maximum laden mass
(*2) Any frontal protection system supplied with the vehicle shall comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 and shall be provided with a type-approval number and shall be marked accordingly.