30. 6. 97 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 171/25 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 97/30/EC of 11 June 1997 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 76/758/EEC relating to the end-outline marker lamps, front position (side) lamps, rear position (side) lamps and stop lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EEC relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers ('), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 96/79/EC(*), and in particular Article 13 (2) thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 76/758/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the end-outline marker lamps, front position (side) lamps, rear position (side) lamps and stop lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers (), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 10 thereof, Whereas Directive 76/758/EEC is one of the separate Directives of the EC type-approval procedure which has been established by Directive 70/156/EEC; whereas, consequently, the provisions laid down in Directive 70/156/EEC relating to vehicle systems, components and separate technical units apply to this Directive; Whereas, in particular, Articles 3 (4) and 4 (3) of Directive 70/156/EEC require each separate Directive to have attached to it an information document and also a type-approval certificate based on Annex VI to that Directive in order that type-approval may be computerized; whereas the type-approval certificate(s) provided for in Directive 76/758/EEC must be amended accordingly; Whereas the procedures need to be simplified in order to maintain the equivalence, established by Article 9 (2) of Directive 70/156/EEC, between certain separate Directives and the corresponding regulations of the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Europe when the said regulations are amended; whereas, as a first step, the technical requirements of Directive 76/758/EEC need to be replaced by those of Regulations No 7, 87 and 91 by way of cross-reference; (") OJ No L 42, 23. 2. 1970, p. 1. () O] No L 18, 21. 1. 1997, p. 7. () OJ No L 262, 27. 9. 1976, p. 54. Whereas it is necessary to include daytime running lamps, third stop lamps and side marker lamps within the scope of Directive 76/758/EEC; Whereas reference is made to Council Directive 76/756/EEC (%), as last amended by Commission Directive 97/28/EC (%), and to Council Directive 76/761/EEC (¢), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden; Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Adaptation to Technical Progress established by Directive 70/156/EEC, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Directive 76/758/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 1. The title is replaced by the following: ‘on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the end-outline marker lamps, front position (side) lamps, rear position (side) lamps, stop lamps, daytime running lamps and side marker lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers.’ 2. Article 1 (1) is replaced by the following: ‘1. Member States shall grant EC component type-approval in respect of any type of end-outline marker lamps, front position (side) lamps, rear position (side) lamps, stop lamps, daytime running lamps and side marker lamps which satisfies the construction and testing requirements laid down in the relevant Annexes.” 3. Articles 2, 3 and 4 are replaced by the following: ‘Article 2 Member States shall for each type of end-outline marker lamp, front position (side) lamp, rear position 0J No L 262, 27. 9. 1976, p. 1. (°) See p. 1 of this Official Journal. () O] No L 262, 27. 9. 1976, p. 96.