30. 6. 97 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 171/11 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 97/29/EC of 11 June 1997 - adapting to technical progress Council Directive 76/757/EEC relating to retro-reflectors 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 of 6 February 1970 relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers(!), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 96/79/EC (3), and in particular Article 13 (2) thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 76/757/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to retro-reflectors 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 76/757/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 provided for in Directive 76/757/EEC must be amended accordingly; Whereas the procedures need to be simplified in order to maintain the equivalence envisaged 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 76/757/EEC need to be replaced by those of Regulation No 3 by way of cross-reference; (') OJ No L 42, 23. 2. 1970, p. 1. () OJ No L 18, 21. 1. 1997, p. 7. () OJ No L 262, 27. 9. 1976, p. 32. Whereas reference is made to Council Directive 76/756/EEC (%), as last amended by Commission Directive 97/28/EC (°); Whereas a discrepancy in the technical terminology used has been noted between the English version of Directive 76/757/EEC and the other language versions; whereas it is desirable to correct that language version; 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 76/757/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 1. The title term ‘reflex reflector(s)’ is replaced by the term ‘retro-reflectors’. 2. Article 1 (1) is replaced by the following: ‘1. Each Member State shall grant EC component type-approval for any type of retro-reflector which satisfies the construction and texting requirements laid down in the relevant Annexes.’ 3. The first paragraph of Article 2 is replaced by the following: ‘Member States shall, for each type of retro-reflector which they approve pursuant to Article 1, issue to the manufacturer an EC component type-approval mark conforming to the model shown in Annex I, Appendix 3. 4. Article 4 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 4 The competent authorities of the Member States shall inform each other, by means of the procedure specified in Article 4 (6) of Directive 70/156/EEC, of each approval which they have granted, refused or withdrawn pursuant to this Directive.’ (*) OJ No L 262, 27. 9. 1976, p. 1. (%) See p. 1 of this Official Journal.