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Front fog lamps on motor vehicles (until 2014)
Front fog lamps on motor vehicles (until 2014)
Front fog lamps on motor vehicles (until 2014)
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Front fog lamps on motor vehicles (until 2014)
This Directive aims to establish harmonised technical requirements concerning front fog lamps to permit the implementation of the EC type-approval procedure.
ACT
Council Directive 76/762/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to front fog lamps for motor vehicles and filament lamps for such lamps [See amending acts].
SUMMARY
Each Member State must grant EC component type-approval for any type of front fog lamp which satisfies the construction and testing requirements laid down in the Annexes to the Directive. The Member State which has granted EC component type-approval must take the measures required in order to verify that production models conform to the approved type.
Member States must issue an EC component type-approval mark for each type of front fog lamp.
According to the system of granting approval set out in the Directive, Member States may not
This Directive is repealed by Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 from 1 November 2014.
References
Act |
Entry into force |
Deadline for implementation in the Member States |
Official Journal |
Directive 76/762/EEC |
30.7.1976 |
1.7.1977 |
OJ L 262 of 27.9.1976 |
Amending act(s) |
Entry into force |
Deadline for transposition in the Member States |
Official Journal |
Directive 1999/18/EC |
2.5.1999 |
1.10.1999 |
OJ L 97 of 12.4.1999 |
The successive amendments and corrections to Directive 76/762/EEC have been integrated into the original text. This consolidated version is for reference only.
Last updated: 09.11.2011