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Commission Directive 2004/78/C of 29 April 2004 amending Directive 2001/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to heating systems for motor vehicles and their trailers and Council Directive 70/156/EEC for the purposes of adapting to technical progress (Text with EEA relevance)
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Commission Directive 2004/78/C
of 29 April 2004
amending Directive 2001/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to heating systems for motor vehicles and their trailers and Council Directive 70/156/EEC for the purposes of adapting to technical progress
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers(1) and in particular Article 13(2) thereof,
Having regard to Directive 2001/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 relating to heating systems for motor vehicles and their trailers(2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2001/56/EC is one of the separate directives under the EC type-approval procedure which has been established by Directive 70/156/EEC. Directive 2001/56/EC lays down requirements for the type approval of vehicles fitted with combustion heaters and for combustion heaters as components.
(2) Pursuant to Article 5 of Directive 2001/56/EC the Commission has to examine additional safety requirements with respect to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fuelled heating systems of motor vehicles.
(3) Until now Member States have applied individual national requirements on vehicles fitted with LPG heating systems. In order to provide a harmonised approach to the technical requirements for LPG appliances and heating systems, two European Standards which are now available should be applied within the type approval system for motor vehicles and their trailers. In the light of technical progress it is therefore considered necessary to introduce these two EN standards as well as main elements of UN/ECE Regulation No. 67 into Directive 2001/56/EC.
(4) Directive 2001/56/EC should therefore be amended accordingly, in particular, in the interest of clarity Annex VIII should be replaced.
(5) Exceptions relating to heating systems for special purpose vehicles, in particular for motor caravans and trailer caravans that are quite often fitted with LPG heating systems, are no longer required due to the introduction of requirements for LPG heating systems. Therefore the harmonised safety provisions of Directive 2001/56/EC have to apply to all vehicles including special purpose vehicles as referred to in Annex XI of Directive 70/156/EEC.
(6) Directive 70/156/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Adaptation to Technical Progress established under Article 13 of Directive 70/156/EEC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
(1)
OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 807/2003 /OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p.36).
(2)
OJ L 292,9.11.2001, p. 21. Directive as amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.
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