Car industry: approval of motor vehicles with regard to the forward field of vision of the motor vehicle driver, UN/ECE Regulation

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision 2007/159/EC on the position of the Community in relation to the draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the approval of motor vehicles with regard to the forward field of vision of the motor vehicle driver.

CONTENT: the Council adopted the decisions on the position to be taken by the European Community with regard to a draft regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE), concerning the approval of:

- partitioning systems to protect passengers against displaced luggage, supplied as non-original Equipment (see AVC/2006/0035);

- motor vehicles with regard to the forward field of vision of the motor vehicle driver.

The main purpose of the UN/ECE regulation is to establish harmonised technical prescriptions, thereby avoiding the creation of technical barriers to trade in motor vehicles between the contracting parties, while ensuring a high level of safety and environmental protection.

The UN/ECE Regulation concerning the approval of motor vehicles with regard to the forward field of vision of the motor vehicle driver shall become part of the Community type-approval system for motor vehicles.

The European Parliament gave its assent on the two decisions on 1 February 2007.