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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.304
26October 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-3283)
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 and Council Directive Amending Directive 70/220/EEC onthe
Approximation oftheLaws oftheMember States Relating toMeasures tobeTaken
Against AirPollution from Emissions from Motor Vehicles (12pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Aligning thestandards forthelightcommercial andassimilated
vehicles tothesame level ofseverity asthose established forpassenger carsregarding
mass ofcarbon monoxide, combined mass ofhydrocarbons andoxides ofnitrogen and
mass ofparticulates.
7. Objective andrationale: Article 4ofDirective 93/59/EEC committed theCommission
tosubmit aproposal forafurther reduction oflightcommercial vehicle emission limit
values. These limit values shall belinked withtheCarEmission Directive 94/12/EC
from March 1994.
8. Relevant documents: Proposed European Parliament andCouncil Directive Amending
Directive 70/220/EEC ontheApproximation oftheLaws oftheMember States Relating
toMeasures tobeTaken Against AirPollution from Emissions from Motor Vehicles
(ECOfficial Journal C390 of31December 1994).
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