Car industry: approval of partitioning systems to protect passengers against displaced luggage, supplied as non original equipment, UN/ECE Regulation

PURPOSE:  to enable the Commission representative to vote on the draft Regulation on behalf of the Community at the forthcoming meeting of the UN/ECE World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision (2007/160/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 partitioning systems to protect passengers against displaced luggage, supplied as non original vehicle equipment.

CONTENT: the draft UN/ECE Regulation concerning approval for partitioning systems to protect passengers against displaced luggage supplied as non-original vehicle equipment provides for the abolition of technical barriers to the trade of motor vehicles between the Contracting Parties.

The purpose of this Council Decision is to define the Community’s position vis-à-vis the draft UN/ECE Regulation and the Community’s vote. In effect the Decision states that the Community (represented by the Commission) will vote in favour of the draft UN/ECE Regulation. It also states that the UN/ECE Regulation will not become part of the Community type-approval system for motor vehicles.