3 Amendments of Rolandas PAKSAS related to 2010/0212(COD)
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) For the purposes of the establishment and operation of the internal market of the Union, and to contribute to the competitiveness of the industry, it is appropriate to replace the approval systems of the Member States with a Union approval procedure based on the principle of total harmonisation, while at the same time taking due account of cost-benefit considerations, with special attention given to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to ensure a high level of road safety, occupational safety and, environmental protection and a harmonised EU type- approval system, the technical requirements and environmental standards applicable to vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units with regard to type-approval should be harmonised.
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) It is appropriate to establish the principle that vehicles must be designed, constructed and assembled so as to minimise the risk of injury to the vehicle occupants and to other road users, and to protect the Union’s internal market from poor quality agricultural and forestry vehicles that may endanger life, damage people’s health and the environment. For this purpose, it is necessary that manufacturers ensure that vehicles comply with the relevant requirements set out in this Regulation. Those provisions should include, but not be limited to, requirements relating to vehicle structural integrity, systems to aid the driver’s control of the vehicle, systems to provide the driver with visibility and information on the state of the vehicle and the surrounding area, vehicle lighting systems, vehicle occupant protection systems, the vehicle exterior and accessories, vehicle masses and dimensions and vehicle tyres.