No C 318/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 11.84
II
(Preparatory Acts)
COMMISSION
Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 70/220/EEC on
the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken
against air pollution by gases from the engines of motor vehicles (')
COM(84) 564 final
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 25 October 1984)
(84/C 318/09)
The abovementioned proposal is amended as follows:
— complete the fourth recital by the following text:
'whereas the limit values for 1995 should not be
determined at levels which would exclude from
European type approval cars which when these
levels are determined comply with the emission
requirements in force in the United States and
Japan'.
In the same recital, the date 1988 is replaced by
1986.
— replace Article 3 by the following text:
'Article 3
1. From 1 October 1995, Member States, on
grounds relating to air pollution by gases from an
engine or to engine fuel requirements:
— shall no longer grant EEC type-approval or
issue the document provided for in the last
indent of Article 10 (1) of Directive
70/156/EEC for a type of motor vehicle,
— may refuse to grant national type-approval for
a type of motor vehicle,
O OJNoC 178,6.7. 1984, p. 9.
— may prohibit the initial entry into service of
vehicles if:
— the level of emissions from this type of
motor vehicle or from such vehicles exceed
the limit values to be determined within the
following ranges in accordance with
Article 100 of the Treaty, by the Council
by the 31 December 1986:
between 10 and 35 g/test for the mass of
carbon monoxide,
between 2,6 and 8,2 g/test for the
combined mass of hydrocarbons and
nitrogen oxides,
between 1,1 and 4 g/test for the mass of
nitrogen oxides,
— the engine fuel requirements are not in
accordance with the provisions of Directive
70/220/EEC, as last amended by this
Directive.
2. By 31 December 1986, the Council shall
adopt, by a qualified majority, the following
proposals by the Commission, the necessary
technical decisions implementing the measures
referred to in paragraph 1, as well as a new
Directive establishing a system of technical
inspection of the use of those vehicles to which
the present Directive applies.'
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