Road safety: seats, anchorages and head restraints (amend. Directive 74/408/EEC)

The committee adopted the report by Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH (EPP-ED, D) broadly approving the proposal under the 1st reading of the codecision procedure, subject to two amendments aimed at lifting the ban on side-facing seats in category M3 vehicles (buses and coaches). It argued that such a ban was excessive and unjustified.�