No L 223/48 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 8. 78 COMMISSION COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 14 July 1978 adapting to technical progress Directive 70/220/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against pollution of the air by gases from positive ignition engines installed in motor vehicles (78/665/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 (), as amended by the Act of Accession, and in particular Articles 11, 12 and 13 thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 70/220/EEC of 20 March 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against pollution of the air by gases from positive-ignition en- gines of motor vehicles (?), as amended by the Act of Accession, and in particular Article 5 thereof, Whereas the first European Community programme of action on the environment approved on 22 November 1973 provides that Directives may be amended in order to take account of the most recent scientific progress and more specifically as regards the pollution of air by gases from spark-ignition engines; Whereas the maximum permissible limits for carbon “monoxide and unhburnt hydrocarbons emitted by spark- ignition engines fitted to motor vehicles were laid down in Directive 70/220/EEC; whereas these limits were (1) OJ No L 42, 23.2. 1970, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 76, 6. 4. 1970, p. 1. initially reduced by Council Directive 74/290/EEC of 28 May 1974 (3), and permissible limits for nitrogen oxide emissions were added by Commission Directive 77/102/EEC of 30 November 1976 (%); Whereas the requirements relating to the protection of public health and the environment require a further short term reduction in these limits; whereas the techni- cal advances made in engine design now enable a re- duction of this type to be made without running counter to Community policy aims in other fields and in par- ticular that of the rational use of energy; Whereas the measures provided for in 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 Annexes I, II, III, V and VII to Directive 70/220/EEC, as amended by Directive 74/290/EEC and by Directive 77/102/EEC, are hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive. (3) O] No L 159, 15. 6. 1974, p. 61. (*) OJ No L 32, 3. 2. 1977, p. 32.