Activites

• 1997/08/25 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Directive 1997/27
  • OJ L 233 25.08.1997, p. 0001
• 1997/07/22 Final act signed
• 1997/07/22 End of procedure in Parliament
• #2007
• 1997/05/21 Council Meeting
• 1997/04/09 Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
  • T4-0146/1997 summary

    Adopting the recommendation for second reading by Mr Roger BARTON (PSE, UK), Parliament approved the Council Common Position on the Directive relating to the masses and dimensions of motor vehicles, while emphasizing the need: - to ensure a high level of public safety; - to seek constant improvements in safety, particularly with regard to certain types of trailers. �

• 1997/04/08 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament summary

    Commissioner Monti stated that he could accept the two amendments tabled by the rapporteur aimed at improving the security and functioning of the internal market. He also indicated that the Commission was prepared to re-examine the situation regarding vehicle safety in two years.

• 1997/03/20 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
  • A4-0102/1997
• 1996/12/12 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
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• 1996/11/28 Council Meeting
  • 09451/1996 summary

    The common position of the Council, in keeping with the spirit of Parliament's first-reading amendments, incorporates, with respect to vehicle dimensions, references to the values set in Directive 96/53/EC. It also takes account, for purposes of vehicle type-approval, of the exemptions provided for by that Directive. Regarding masses, the common position creates an evolutive framework enabling harmonized masses to be incorporated once they have been fixed under Directive 96/53/EC. The framework in question is Annex IV, which introduces a uniform procedure for determining registration-in-service maximum permissible mass in each Member State. The procedure is to serve for determining not only the maximum mass of the laden vehicle but also the maximum mass on the axle, the maximum towable mass, and the maximum laden mass of a tractor-trailer combination. The Directive's technical aspects, notably mass distribution calculations and the procedures concerning incomplete vehicles, are the result of adaptation. In addition, all technical concepts relating to masses and dimensions have been clarified. Finally, the Council identified five features which ought to be covered by masses-and-dimensions legislation, but require closer examination. These features are listed in a statement inviting the Commission to carry out such examination within the Committee for adaptation to technical progress. �

• 1992/02/12 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T3-0058/1992 summary

• 1992/02/10 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 1992/01/22 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A3-0022/1992
• 1991/09/09 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1991/07/08 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1991)0239 summary

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1991)0239
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A3-0022/1992
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T3-0058/1992
• Council position published: 09451/1996
• Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A4-0102/1997
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T4-0146/1997
• : Directive 1997/27
• : OJ L 233 25.08.1997, p. 0001

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)