commiss opinion april address govern feder republ germani draft regul amend regul approv road vehicl eec cover letter date februari offic perman repres germani european commun gener secretariat council european commun director gener transport inform draft regul amend regul approv road vehicl commiss take view equival consult provid articl council decis march institut procedur prior examin consult respect law regul administr provis transport propos member state amend council decis novemb inform german govern govern member state letter march view german govern send draft regul gener secretariat council european commun ensur member state inform requir articl council decis consult repres feder republ germani accord articl decis commiss opinion commiss find purpos draft regul reduc minimum engin power hp metric ton point draft council direct weight dimens commerci vehicl addit technic requir vehicl provision agreement reach deleg member state power weight ratio hp kw metric ton read agreement account number argument inter alia suffici power enabl vehicl start easili improv traffic flow road safeti commiss realiz recent econom develop energi crisi consequ consider rise cost fuel road haulier difficult posit accept advis seek wai reduc cost find chang hp kw hp kw compromis road safeti signific degre commiss draw attent govern feder republ germani fact matter harmon weight dimens commerci vehicl council discuss meet decemb council instruct committe perman repres reconsid matter conjunct commiss basi argument put forward meet commiss point adopt govern feder republ germani propos regul chang minimum engin power prejudic agreement reach futur commun level oj oj propos commiss june oj final commiss point council direct eec octob unit measur permit effect decemb power engin watt kilowatt request german govern amend draft regul commiss initi consult procedur member state mean articl council decis commiss inform member state opinion brussel april commiss carlo scarascia mugnozza vice presid oj