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MEETING DOCUMENT No. TA 19/16 
 
 
Motor Vehicles  
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council  
on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers,  
and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles 
 
 
Working Party on Technical Harmonisation - Motor Vehicles 
8 June 2016 
 
 
 
Delegations will find attached comments from the Romanian delegation. 
 
 
 
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RO comments to Art. 1 - 4 and  87 – 98 of 
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the 
approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components 
and separate technical units intended for such vehicles 
(doc.  5712/16) 
 
Art. 1  para. 1 
1. This Regulation establishes the administrative  1. This Regulation establishes the administrative 
provisions and technical requirements for the 
provisions and technical requirements for the 
type-approval and placing on the market of all 
type-approval and placing on the market of all 
new vehicles, systems, components and separate  new vehicles, systems, components and separate 
technical units intended for such vehicles 
technical units intended for such vehicles 
referred to in Article 2(1). It also applies to 
referred to in Article 2(1). It also applies to 
individual vehicle approvals. 
individual vehicle approvals. 
This Regulation also establishes the 
provisions for the placing on the market and 
entry into service of parts and equipment that 
may pose a serious risk to the correct 
functioning of essential systems of vehicles 
referred to in Article 2(1). 

Justification: See Art. 55 and 56. A similar text was included in the Directive 2007/46/CE.  
 
Art. 2  para. 3 (c) 
(c) any self-propelled vehicle designed and 
(c) any self-propelled vehicle designed and 
constructed specifically to perform work and 
constructed specifically to perform work and 
that, because of its construction characteristics, 
that, because of its construction characteristics, 
is not suitable for carrying passengers or for 
is not suitable for carrying passengers or for 
transporting goods. 
transporting goods. 
Such approvals shall be without prejudice to 
the application of Directive 2006/42/EC of the 
European Parliament and of the Council of 
17 May 2006 on machinery

Justification: We consider that it is usefull to maintain this text existing in Directive 2007/46/CE.  
 
Art. 3  pt. (16) 
(16) ‘registration’ means the permanent or 
(16) ‘registration’ means the permanent [or 
temporary administrative authorisation for the 
temporaryadministrative authorisation for the 
entry into service in road traffic of a vehicle, 
entry into service in road traffic of a vehicle, 
including the identification of the vehicle and 
including the identification of the vehicle and 
the issuing of a serial number; 
the issuing of a serial number; 
Justification: A discussion regarding the “temporary registration” is necessary. It is possible that in 
some MS the procedure for the temporary registration for new vehicles to be more simple, without 
the application of the complete EU type-approval legislation. If a such vehicle is transferred in 
another MS it may be considered as a “already registered vehicle” and to be subject of  the 
legislation for used vehicle, even it is practically a new vehicle. That is a possibility to avoid the EU 
type-approval legislation. 

 
Art. 3  para. (22) 
(22) ‘EU type-approval’ means the procedure 
(22) ‘EU type-approval’ means the procedure 
whereby an approval authority certifies that a 
whereby an approval authority certifies that a 
type of vehicle, system, component or separate 
type of vehicle, system, component or separate 
technical unit satisfies the relevant 
technical unit satisfies the relevant 
administrative provisions and technical 
administrative provisions and technical 
requirements of this Regulation and of the 
requirements of this Regulation and / or of the 
regulatory acts listed in Annex IV; 
regulatory acts listed in Annex IV; 
Justification: Editorial improvement (using and is applicable only for WVTA). 
 
Art. 3  para. (37) 
(37) ‘base vehicle’ means any vehicle that is 
(37) ‘base vehicle’ means any vehicle that is 
used at the initial stage of a multi-stage type-
used at the initial stage of a multi-stage type-
approval; 
approval; that vehicle may not meet all 
specifications of a motor vehicle as defined in 
point (10);
 
Justification: according to the manufacturers, the current definition is not consistent with motor 
vehicles supplied without internal combustion engine, to be transformed into electric vehicles, for 
example.  
 
Art. 3 pts. (38) –  (40) TO BE DELETED  
Justification: those definitions are already included in definition (1). 
 
Art. 3  para. 43 
‘end-of-series vehicle’ means a vehicle that is 
‘end-of-series vehicle’ means a vehicle that is 
part of a stock and that, due to the entry into 
part of a stock or which is not yet completed 
force of new technical requirements against 
and that, due to the entry into force of new 
which it has not been type-approved, cannot or 
technical requirements against which it has not 
can no longer be made available on the market, 
been type-approved, cannot or can no longer be 
registered or entered into service; 
made available on the market, registered or 
entered into service [unless the procedure of 
Article 47 are applied]

Justification: Editorial improvement. 
 
Directive 2007/46/EC includes the definition of : ‘information document’ (37), ‘information folder’ 
(38), ‘information package’ (39), ‘index to the information package’ (40) – do the Commission 
consider that they are not any more necessary ? 
 
Chapter XVI – GENERAL SCRUTINY RESERVATION. 
 
 
 

Art. 89  para. 4 
4. Member States shall notify the provisions 
4. Member States shall notify the provisions 
implementing paragraphs 1 to 3 to the 
implementing paragraphs 1 to 3 to the 
Commission by dd/mm/yyyy [PO: please insert 
Commission by dd/mm/yyyy [PO: please insert 
the date 12 months after entry into force of this 
the date 12 24 months after entry into force of 
Regulation.] and shall notify the Commission 
this Regulation.] and shall notify the 
without delay of any subsequent amendment 
Commission without delay of any subsequent 
affecting those provisions. 
amendment affecting those provisions. 
Justification: The penalties shall be established by the national law. The existing national procedure 
requires about 2 years. 
 
 
Art. 90 - TO BE DELETED 
Justification: The penalties should remain at the national level. We could accept only the 
administrative actions of the Commissions as provided in the Regulation. 
 
 
Art. 91 – 94 TO BE DELETED 
Justification: We do not agree with the introduction in the Framework Regulation of provisions 
regarding other normative acts.  
We propose to adopt a separate Regulation for those 4 Regulations.  
 
 
Art. 96 (4)  
4. Technical services already designated before the entry into force of this Regulation shall be 
subject to the assessment referred to in Article 77. 
The designation of technical services already designated before the entry into force of this 
Regulation shall be renewed within [twoyears of the entry into force of this Regulation where 
those technical services comply with the relevant requirements set out in this Regulation. 
The validity of the designation of technical services made before the entry into force of this 
Regulation shall terminate at the latest [two] years after the date of entry into force of this 
Regulation. 
Justification: That period should be established according the final version of the assessement and 
designation procedure and having in view the MS and Commission administrative possibilities to 
reassess all the existing TS. 
 
 
 

Art. 98   
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 
twentieth day following that of its publication in 
twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union
the Official Journal of the European Union
It shall apply from 1 January 201X. 
It shall apply from 1 January 201X. 
However, from [...] [PO: please insert the date 
However, from [...] [PO: please insert the date 
12   months after entry into force of this 
12  24 months after entry into force of this 
Regulation.], national authorities shall not refuse  Regulation.], national authorities shall not refuse 
to grant EU type-approval or national type-
to grant EU type-approval or national type-
approval for a new type of vehicle, or prohibit 
approval for a new type of vehicle, or prohibit 
registration, placing on the market or entry into 
registration, placing on the market or entry into 
service of a new vehicle where the vehicle 
service of a new vehicle where the vehicle 
concerned complies with this Regulation and the  concerned complies with this Regulation and the 
delegated and implementing acts adopted 
delegated and implementing acts adopted 
pursuant to this Regulation, if a manufacturer so 
pursuant to this Regulation, if a manufacturer so 
requests. 
requests. 
Justification: There are implementation aspects that shall be established by the national law. The 
existing national procedure requires about 2 years.