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

The amended proposal of the Commission accepts most of Parliament's amendments, the substance of which is the deletion of the first stage of the Commission proposal (the 30° Angled Rigid Barrier test) and insertion of the full specification of the second stage (Offset Deformable Barrier test). The Commission also took account of the amendments relating to a future review of the test requirements (though without accepting the commitment to a specific future test speed of 64 km/h) and the installation of dummies in the test vehicle (specifying in detail the precise technical prescriptions for the test). It should be noted, however, that the Commission did not accept the amendment on the performance criterion relating to brake pedal upward movement.