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FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS - EXCEPTIONS - ROAD SAFETY - SYSTEM OF APPROVAL FOR IMPORTED VEHICLES - CHECKING PROCEDURE - PERMISSIBILITY - CONDITIONS

( EEC TREATY, ARTS 30 AND 36 )

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ARTICLES 30 AND 36 OF THE EEC TREATY ARE TO BE INTERPRETED AS MEANING THAT, AS COMMUNITY LAW NOW STANDS, AN APPROVAL PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN A MEMBER STATE FOR VEHICLES IMPORTED FROM ANOTHER MEMBER STATE AND ALREADY APPROVED OR AUTHORIZED FOR USE IN THAT STATE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE TREATY ONLY IF :

( A ) THE CHECKING PROCEDURE DOES NOT ENTAIL UNREASONABLE COST OR DELAY AND THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES ENSURE THAT THESE CONDITIONS ARE FULLY MET WHERE THE MANUFACTURER OR HIS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IS CALLED ON TO CARRY OUT THE NECESSARY CHECKS;

( B ) THE IMPORTER MAY, AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE CHECKING PROCEDURE, PRODUCE DOCUMENTS ISSUED IN THE EXPORTING MEMBER STATE IN SO FAR AS THOSE DOCUMENTS PROVIDE THE NECESSARY INFORMATION BASED ON CHECKS ALREADY CARRIED OUT .