Side-impact resistance of motor vehicles (amend. Directive 70/156/EEC)

The Commission's amended proposal incorporated all but one of the amendments adopted by the European Parliament which aimed to do away with the two-stage approach for side-impact collision tests so that the strictest test could be adopted immediately in October 1998. The Commission rejected the amendment concerning the seat position during the test and, whilst it accepted the principle of reviewing the test criteria in the future, it could not accept the commitment to increase the ground clearance of the barrier height to 350 mm at a later stage. �