Activites

• 2005/11/25 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Directive 2005/66
  • OJ L 309 25.11.2005, p. 0037-0054
• 2005/10/26 Final act signed
• 2005/10/26 End of procedure in Parliament
• #2681
• 2005/10/11 Council Meeting
• 2005/10/11 Act adopted by Council after Parliament's 1st reading
• 2005/05/26 Results of vote in Parliament
  • Results of vote in Parliament
  • T6-0200/2005 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a report drafted by Ewa HEDKVIST PETERSEN (PES, SE) setting out a series of compromise amendments agreed with the Council. These amendments specify more rigorous conditions for the frontal protection systems to pass the test. Tests require that frontal protection systems are designed in a way that improves pedestrian safety and reduces the number of injuries.The Directive will be reviewed in the light of further research and experience gained during the first four years of its application. The Commission will review the technical provisions of the Directive and, in particular, the conditions for requiring the Upper Legform to Frontal Protection System "Bumper" test, the inclusion of an Adult Headform to Frontal Protection System test and the specification of a Child Headform to Frontal Protection System test.This Directive does not affect the Member States' competence to ban or to restrict the use of those frontal protection systems which were placed on the market as separate technical units before the entry into force of this Directive.

• 2005/05/25 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2005/03/18 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • A6-0053/2005
• 2005/01/19 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 2004/09/16 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2003/10/20 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2003/10/10 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2003)0586 summary

    PURPOSE : to establish technical requirements for the type-approval of motor vehicles as regards frontal protection systems supplied as original equipment fitted to vehicles or as separate technical units. PROPOSED ACT : Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council. CONTENT : Systems providing additional frontal protection of motor vehicles ("frontal protection systems") have been increasingly used in recent years. Some of these systems constitute a risk to the safety of pedestrians and other road users in the case of a collision with a motor vehicle. This proposal aims to provide added protection to pedestrians and other vulnerable road users in the event of a collision with a motor vehicle fitted with a frontal protection system. It lays down requirements that must be complied with by frontal protection systems either as originally fitted to a vehicle or put on the market as separate technical units. As the construction of motor vehicles is covered by framework Directive 70/156/EEC establishing the EC type-approval system for vehicles, components and separate technical units, the proposed requirements will also be part of that system. Road accident statistics indicate that a significant proportion of casualties involve pedestrians and cyclists who are injured as a result of contact with a moving vehicle and notably the frontal structures of passenger cars. The Parliament, in its report of June 2002, invited the Commission to propose legislation banning rigid bull bars supplied as after market equipment. The scope of this Directive has been limited to vehicles of categories M1 and N1 up to 3.5 tonnes: since these vehicle categories represent the vast majority of vehicles currently in use, the proposed measures will have the widest practicable effect in reducing pedestrian injuries. The prescribed requirements for frontal protection systems are laid down in the form of tests, which are described in Section 4 of Annex I to the proposal. As of 1 July 2005, Member States will no longer grant EC type-approval for a type of vehicle on grounds relating to the fitting of frontal protection systems, or for a type of frontal protection system as separate technical unit, if the requirements of the Annexes of this Directive are not fulfilled. As of 1 January 2006 all new vehicles that are fitted with frontal protection systems and all new frontal protection systems put on the market will have to comply with the proposed requirements. The requirements will be tested according to detailed technical prescriptions which will be set out by the Commission in accordance with Article 13 of Directive 70/156/EEC.�

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/', 'title': 'Enterprise and Industry'}],

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2003)0586
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A6-0053/2005
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T6-0200/2005
• : Directive 2005/66
• : OJ L 309 25.11.2005, p. 0037-0054

History

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