25.7.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L1951 (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory) REGULATIONS COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 631/2009 of 22 July 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to the protection of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users, amending Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directives 2003/102/EC and 2005/66/EC THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 January 2009 on the type- approval of motor vehicles with regard to the protection of pedes- trians and other vulnerable road users, amending Directive 2007/46/EC  and  repealing  Directives  2003/102/EC and 2005/66/EC (1), and in particular Article 4(6) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 is one of the separate regula- tory acts under the type-approval procedure laid down by Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 on establishing a frame- work for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (Framework Directive’) (2). (2)  Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 sets out the basic require- ments for the protection of pedestrians and other vulner- able road users in the form of tests and limit values for the type-approval of vehicles and of frontal protection systems as separate technical units. (3)  The tests set out in Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 are based on the requirements set out in Directive 2003/102/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 Novem- ber 2003 relating to the protection of pedestrians and () OJ L 35, 4.2.2009, p. 1. () OJL 263, 9.10.2007, p. 1. other vulnerable road users before and in the event of a collision with a motor vehicle and amending Council Directive 70/156/EEC (?) and Directive 2005/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 relating to the use of frontal protection systems on motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 70/156/EEC (4). (4) A study completed regarding the specifications of certain requirements set out in Directive 2003/102/EC (%) indi- cated a need to provide amendments. (5)  The technical prescriptions necessary to implement the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 should be based on the specifications used in Commission Decision 2004/90/EC of 23 December 2003 on the technical pre- scriptions for the implementation of Article 3 of Directive 2003/102/EC of the European Parliament and of the Coun- cil relating to the protection of pedestrians and other vul- nerable road users before and in the event of a collision with a motor vehicle and amending Directive 70/156/EEC (¢) and Commission Decision 2006/368EC of 20 March 2006 on the detailed technical requirements for carrying out the tests specified in Directive 2005/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the use of frontal protection systems on motor vehicles (7). () OJ L 321, 6.12.2003, p. 15. (%) OJL 309, 25.11.2005, p. 37. (°) A Study on the feasibility of measures relating to the protection of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users — Final 2006, Transport Research Laboratory, UK. () OJ L 31, 4.2.2004, p. 21. () OJ L 140, 29.5.2006, p. 33.