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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.303
26October 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-3282)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: European Commission
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable):
8703: Passenger cars
8704: Light commercial vehicles
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Proposal foraEuropean
Parliament andCouncil Directive Amending Directive 88/77/EC ontheApproximation
oftheLaws oftheMember States Relating totheMeasures tobeTaken Against the
Emission ofGaseous andParticulate Pollutants from Diesel Engines forUseinVehicles
(21pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Allowing longer periods forsmall class diesel engines toadapt
toEuropean particulate emission standards.
7. Objective andrationale: Thisproposal answers totherequirements ofArticle 5(2)of
Directive 91/542 which committed theEuropean Commission toreport andeventually
make aproposal totheEuropean Council onprogress made regarding:
- Theavailability oftechniques forcontrolling air-polluting emissions from diesel
engines, particularly those ofequal toorlessthan85kW; and
- anewstatistical method formonitoring production conformity.
8. Relevant documents: Proposed European Parliament andCouncil Directive Amending
Directive 88/77/EC ontheApproximation oftheLaws oftheMember States Relating to
theMeasures tobeTaken Against theEmission ofGaseous andParticulate Pollutants
from Diesel Engines forUse inVehicles (EC Official Journal C389 of
31December 1994).
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9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce:
Adoption: December 1995
Entry intoforce: March 1996
10. Final dateforcomments: 22December 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: DGIII-A-1