Motor vehicles: heating systems for the passenger compartment (amend. direct. 70/156/EEC, repeal. direct. 78/548/EEC)

PURPOSE : to adopt a directive relating to heating systems for motor vehicles and their trailers, amending Council Directive 70/156/EEC and repealing Council Directive 78/548/EEC. COMMUNITY MEASURE : Directive 2001/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. CONTENT : the Directive aims to : - extend the scope of the 1970 and 1978 Directives to include requirements for combustion heaters, and for their installation. Such requirements should correspond to the highest standards consistent with current technology; - to provide for type-approval for combustion heaters as components and for vehicles in which a combustion heater is installed. It will be necessary to supplement this Directive with additional safety requirements for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) combustion heaters by the addition of an Annex. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 09/11/2001. IMPLEMENTATION : 09/05/2003.�