Activites

• 2001/11/09 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Directive 2001/56
  • OJ L 292 09.11.2001, p. 0021
• 2001/09/27 Final act signed
• 2001/09/27 End of procedure in Parliament
• #2363
• 2001/06/26 Council Meeting
• 2001/03/14 Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
  • T5-0135/2001 summary

    The European Parliament voted to endorse the report, by Mr Bill MILLER (PES, UK), on the common position on proposals to improve the safety of heating systems or 'combustion heaters' in motor vehicles and trailors. However, two technical amendments were adopted.�

• 2001/03/13 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2001/02/06 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
  • A5-0055/2001
• 2000/12/14 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
• #2306
• 2000/11/17 Council Meeting
  • 07074/1/2000 summary

    In general terms, the common position essentially corresponds to the Commission's amended proposal. The text of the common position takes account of most of the amendments made by the European Parliament which the Commission incorporated into its amended proposal. The Council has also introduced some editorial amendments which do not change the contents of the European Parliament's amendments. All these amendments to the amended proposal have been accepted by the Commission. The Council has accepted various European Parliament amendments which clarify the technical provisions of the proposal. The common position also stipulates that within one year the Commission shall examine the safety of LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) fuelled systems and if appropriate present a proposal to the "Committee for Adaptation to Technical Progress" referred to in Article 13 of Directive 70/156/EEC. In relation to an amendment which asks the Commission, before 1 October 2001, to draw up proposals for tests of the efficiency of heating systems, the Council has not incorporated this amendment, in the belief that such proposals lie within the Commission's right of initiative. As regards the amendment concerning determining where the notice indicating that the heater must be shut down before refuelling should be affixed, the Council believes that this amendment would reduce the level of safety. Thus, to increase safety, the Council prefers wording which stipulates that the warning notice must be affixed to the fuelling point. Lastly, the Council was not able to incorporate the amendment which relates in particular to the conditions under which a combustion heater could be fitted to the passenger compartment of M2 and M3 vehicles.�

• 1999/08/13 Modified legislative proposal published
  • COM(1999)0370 summary

    The Commission's amended proposal accepts 6 of the European Parliament's amendments that seek to clarify the initial text, as well as three amendments regarding specific safety issues. The changes accepted by the Commission concern: - an amendment saying that not only the driver but also the passengers should not be able to come into contact with parts of the vehicle or heated air liable to cause burns; - an amendment concerning gaseous fuel combustion heaters equipped with an automatic flame supervision device and introducing a reduced ignition and switching time for the supply of fuel in case of emergency; - an amendment stating that, in the case a notice at the fuelling point is not suitable, such notice should be fixed at the driver's door area, warning users of combustion heaters that the heater must be shit down during refuelling. The Commission rejected 2 amendments: - inviting it to draw up proposals for tests on the efficiency of combustion heaters by 1 October 2001; - introducing alternative prescriptions for the conditions in whoch a combustion heater may be positioned in the passenger compartment of M2 and M3 vehicles.�

• 1999/04/13 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0243/1999 summary

    At first reading under codecision procedure, the European Parliament adopted the report by Angela Theodora Billingham (PSE,UK), which approves the Commission proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive amending Council directive 78/548/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to heating systems for the passenger compartment of motor vehicles, subject to a number of amendments. These amendments propose that neither the driver nor the passenger should be able to come into contact with parts of the vehicle or hot air liable to cause burns. In cases where the installation of a heater in the passenger compartment of M2 and M3 vehicles should be necessary on technical grounds, it must be compartmented from the passenger compartment by a gas-tight casing made from a heat-resistant material and ventilated to the outside air. The Commission is requested, by 01/10/2001, to draw up proposals for tests of the efficiency of combustion heaters.�

• 1999/04/12 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 1999/03/30 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0170/1999
• 1998/10/09 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1998/09/28 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1998)0526 summary

    OBJECTIVE: the purpose of the proposal for a Directive is to amend Directive 78/548/EEC on heating systems for the passenger compartment of motor vehicles by inserting improved requirements for all kinds of heating systems for passenger compartments and by aligning the administrative provisions of the Directive to those of the framework Directive establishing the type approval procedure for motor vehicles and trailers (Directive 70/156/EEC as last amended by Directive 98/14/EC). SUBSTANCE: for safety reasons, it is proposed that Directive 78/548/EEC be amended by inserting requirements for combustion heaters and their installation which ensure that such devices comply with the highest standards consistent with current technology. The proposal also provides for the possibility of granting type approval for the heating device as a component which can then be installed in any vehicle without further technical testing, or as part of a specific vehicle when fitted in it. Under the proposal, the new provisions would apply: - from 01/10/2000, to all new types of vehicle, - from 01/10/2001, to all new vehicles.�

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1998)0526
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0170/1999
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0243/1999
• Modified legislative proposal published: COM(1999)0370
• Council position published: 07074/1/2000
• Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A5-0055/2001
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T5-0135/2001
• : Directive 2001/56
• : OJ L 292 09.11.2001, p. 0021

History

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