WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.169
2April 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-1332)
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
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shallbe
indicated ifdifferent from above: ECWTO-TBT Enquiry Point
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [X],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable):
Rearfoglamps formotor vehicles andtheirtrailers
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Commission Directive
Adapting toTechnical Progress Council Directive 77/538/EEC (20pages, French)
6. Description ofcontent: Adaptation totechnical progress andalignment toUN/ECE
Regulation N38bywayofcross-reference
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Improvement ofroadsafety
8. Relevant documents: III/5329/96-Rev.2
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 30June1998
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1October 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 30May1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: ECWTO-TBT Enquiry Point, DGIII-A-1