Car industry: wheels for passenger cars and their trailers, UN/ECE Regulation

PURPOSE: to set out the Community’s position on a draft UN/ECE Regulation on wheels for passenger cars and their trailers.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision 2006/363/EC on the position of the European Community in relation to the draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on wheels for passenger cars and their trailers.

CONTENT: this Act has been approved in accordance with procedures relating to EC participation on the United Nations Commission for Europe (UN/ECE). The Community’s position is to approve the UN/ECE draft Regulation on wheels for passenger cars and their trailers. Once enforced the draft UN/ECE Regulation will abolish technical barriers to trade in motor vehicles (with respect to those components) between the Contracting Parties, whilst at the same time ensuring a high level of safety and environmental protection.

Specifically speaking this Council Decision:

-          approves the draft Regulation TRANS/WP.29/2005/46;

-          states that the Commission, on behalf of the EU, will vote in favour of the draft Regulation at the forthcoming UN/ECE meeting; and that

-          the draft Regulation will be incorporated into the Community type-approval system for motor vehicles.