Statutory Instruments

2004 No. 2186

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2004

Made

25th August 2004

Laid before Parliament

3rd September 2004

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Secretary of State for Transport, being a Minister designated( 1 ) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( 2 ) for the regulation of the type, description, construction or equipment of vehicles, and of components of vehicles, and in particular any vehicle type approval scheme, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2004.

(2) These Regulations except regulation 5 shall come into force on 29th September 2004.

(3) Regulation 5 shall come into force on 24th January 2010.

(4) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1998 ( 3 ).

Preliminary

2. The principal Regulations shall be further amended as follows.

Amendment to Regulation 3 (Interpretation)

3. In regulation 3(1) of the principal Regulations for the definition of “the Framework Directive” there shall be substituted the following—

“ “the Framework Directive” means Council Directive ( 70/156/ ( EEC 4 ) as amended by amendments up to and including those effected by Commission Directive ( 2004/78/EC 5 ) ; ” .

Amendments to Schedule 1 (Separate Directives)

4. —(1) The Table in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations shall be amended as follows.

(2) In item 36 (Heating Systems), for the entries in the second, third and fourth columns there shall be substituted the following—

2001/56/EC†		L292, 9.11.2001, p.21
	2004/78/EC*	L153, 30.4.2004, p.100

(3) In item 39 (CO ₂ emissions/fuel consumption), there shall be added in the third and fourth columns after the last entry—

2004/3/EC†

L49, 19.2.2004, p.36

(4) In item 47 (Speed limiters), there shall be added in the third and fourth columns after the last entry—

2004/11/EC†

L44, 14.2.2004, p.19

(5) After item 8 (Rear visibility), there shall be added the following item—

2003/97/EC†

L25, 29.1.2004, p.1

Indirect vision devices

Revocation

5. Item 8 (Rear visibility) in the Table in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations is revoked and item 8A shall be renumbered item 8.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Tony McNulty

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Transport

25th August 2004

( 1 )

S.I. 1972/1811 .

( 2 )

1972 c. 68 .

( 3 )

S.I. 1998/2051 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/778 and 2324 , S.I. 2000/869 and 2730 , S.I. 2001/2809 , S.I. 2002/1835 and 2743 , S.I. 2003/1019 and 2428 , and S.I. 2004/73 .

( 4 )

OJ No. L42, 23.2.70, p. 1.

( 5 )

OJ No. L153, 30.4.2004, p. 100.

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