Proposal for a Council Decision on the position of the European Community on the draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning uniform provisions for the approval of tank vehicles of categories N and O with regard to roll-over stability
3. 12. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 374/17 Proposal for a Council Decision on the position of the European Community on the draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning uniform provisions for the approval of tank vehicles of categories N and O with regard to roll over stability (98/C 374/06) (Text with EEA relevance) COM(1998) 564 final - 98/0292(AVC) (Submitted by the Commission on 14 October 1998) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament, to accession by Having regard to Council Decision 97/836/EC of 27 the November 1997 with a view European Community to the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted to and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the recognition of approvals conditions granted on in these prescriptionsØ(˛), particular the second indent of Article 4(2) thereof; reciprocal the basis of for to (1) whereas, when a draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, to be annexed is the Administrative submitted Committee set up pursuant to the provisions of Article 1(2) of the abovementioned Agreement, that draft must be approved by the Council before the the 1958 Revised Agreement, vote for to a (˛) OJ L 346, 17. 12. 1997, p. 78. Community can vote in favour of adopting such a draft Regulation; (2) whereas the draft Regulation on the approval of uniform provisions fortank vehicles of categories N and O with regard to roll over stability will abolish in motor vehicles the technical barriers to trade between the roll over stability of tank vehicles of categories N and O; whereas the uniform provisions of the said Regulation ensure a high level of safety and environÜ mental protection; the Contracting Parties as regards (3) whereas that Regulation will be incorporated in the system for the type approval of vehicles and will therefore supplement the Community legislation in force; HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 the draft The European Community shall endorse UN/ECE Regulation concerning uniform provisions for the approval of tank vehicles of categories N and O with regard to roll over stability, as set out in document TRANS/WP. 29/1998/36, during the vote at the meeting of the Administrative Committee on 11 November 1998 on the occasion of the 116th meeting of the Working Party on Vehicle Construction of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe or, where approÜ priate, if it is submitted for voting at a subsequent meeting