WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/EEC/1
24 January 2001
(01-0385)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   European Commission
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [     ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [ X], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Motor vehicles
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Commission
Directive adapting to Technical Progress Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the
Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to the Type Approval of MotorVehicles and their Trailers (147 pages)
6. Description of content:   Adaptation to technical progress:  The proposal, which is the first
step of two, provides the administrative provisions for future European whole vehicle type
approval for buses, lorries and trailers.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The objective of this proposal is to remove to remaining obstacles for free movement of
goods in the internal market for buses, lorries and trailers.
8. Relevant documents:   99-5279 EN
9. Proposed date of adoption:  April 2001
Proposed date of entry into force:  July 2002
10. Final date for comments:
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:           
EC-TBT Enquiry Point
DG ENTR/F/2
Fax:  32 2 299 57 25
E-mail:  EC-TBT@cec.eu.int