52007AP0012

P6_TA(2007)0012

Approval of motor vehicles with regard to the forward field of vision of the driver ***

European Parliament legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the position of the Community in relation to the draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the approval of motor vehicles with regard to the forward field of vision of the motor vehicle driver (11522/2006 — C6-0347/2006 — 2006/0041(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the draft Council decision (11522/2006) [1],

- having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 4(2), second indent, of Council Decision 97/836/EC [2] (C6-0347/2006),

- having regard to Rules 75(1) and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade (A6-0472/2006),

1. Gives its assent to the draft Council decision;

2. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.

[1] Not yet published in OJ.

[2] Council Decision 97/836/EC of 27 November 1997 with a view to accession by the European Community to the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe 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 these prescriptions ("Revised 1958 Agreement") (OJ L 346, 17.12.1997, p. 78).

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