26.5.79 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 128/1 N (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 18 April 1979 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 74/483/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the external projections of motor vehicles (79/488/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, ' Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (1), as last imended by Directive 78/547/EEC (?), and in particular Articles 11, 12 and 13 thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 74/483/EEC 17 September 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the external projections of motor vehicles (3), Whereas, in view of experience gained and of the state of the art, it is now possible to make requirements more stringent and to match them more closely to actual test conditions ; Whereas luggage racks, ski racks and radio receiving or transmitting aerials are already marketed both separately and after being fitted to a vehicle; whereas if (1) OJ No L 42, 23.2. 1970, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 168, 26. 6. 1978, p. 39. (3) O] No L 266, 2. 10. 1974, p. 4. it is possible to check them before they are fitted to a vehicle their free movement may be facilitated by the introduction of EEC type-approval for such systems considered as separate technical units within the meaning of Article 9a of Directive 70/156/EEC; Whereas the provisions of this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives Aimed at the Removal of Technical Barriers to Trade in the Motor Vehicle Sector, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Directive 74/483/EEC is amended as follows: 1. Articles 2, 3 and 4 are replaced by the following: ‘Article 2 No Member State may, on grounds relating to ex- ternal projections, refuse to grant EEC type-ap- proval or national type-approval for a motor vehi- cle, or for luggage racks, ski racks or radio receiving or transmitting aerials considered as separate tech- nical units, if: — the vehicle complies with the provisions of - Annexes I and 1I as regards external projections,