31.12. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 354/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 94/68/EC of 16 December 1994 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 78/318/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the windscreen wiper and washer systems of motor vehicles 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 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (!), at last amended by Commission Directive 93/81/EEC (%), and in particular Article 13 (2) thereof, ) Having regard to Council Directive 78/318/EEC of 21 December 1977 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the wiper and washer systems of motor vehicles (3), and in particular Article § thereof, ' Whereas Directive 78/318/EEC is one of the separate directives of EEC type-approval procedure established under 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 that each separate directive shall have attached to it an information document incorporating the relevant items of Annex I to that Directive and also a type-approval certificate based on Annex VI thereto in order that type-approval may be computerized; Whereas Council Directive 77/649/EEC of 27 September 1977 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the field of vision of motor vehicle drivers (4), as last amended by Commission Directive (') OJ No L 42, 23. 2. 1970, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 264, 23. 10. 1993 p. 49. () O] No L 81, 28. 3. 1978, p. 49. () OJ No L 267, 19. 10. 1977, p. 1. 90/630/EEC (%) established the procedure for determining different characteristics of vehicles which are to be maintained; Whereas in the light of technical progress it is possible to adapt Directive 78/318/EEC in order to bring the test specifications and procedures closer to the actual operating conditions for these systems; Whereas the provisions of 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 78/318/EEC shall be amended as follows: 1. In Article 1, the term between brackets ‘as defined in Annex I to Directive 70/156/EEC’ shall be replaced by the term ‘as defined in Annex II A to Directive 70/156/EEC’. 2. Article 2 is amended as follows: (a) in the first indent the words ‘Annexes I to V’ are replaced by ‘the relevant Annexes’; {(b) in the second and third indents the words ‘within the meaning of Article 9a of Directive 70/156/EEC’ are replaced by ‘within the meaning of Article 2 of Directive 70/156/EEC’. 3. Article 3 is amended as follows: (a) paragraph 1 is amended as follows: (i) in the first indent the words ‘Annexes [ to V’ are replaced by ‘the relevant Annexes’; (°) O] No L 341, 6. 12. 1990, p. 20.