WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.326
13September 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3571)
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 canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],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): Motor vehicles
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Commission Directive
Adapting toTechnical Progress Council Directive 74/483/EEC Relating totheExternal
Projections ofMotor Vehicles (20pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Specifications requirements andtestprocedures forvehicle
approval.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety ofpedestrians
8. Relevant documents: Draft Directive III/5711/96
9. Proposed dateofadoption: February 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: October 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 18October 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: DGIII-A-1