Considerations on COM(2014)678 - EU position in the Administrative Committee of the UNECE on the draft new Regulation on hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles

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table>(1)By Council Decision 97/836/EC (1), the Union has acceded to the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) 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 conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions (‘Revised 1958 Agreement’).
(2)The standardised requirements of the draft new UNECE Regulation on hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles are intended to remove technical barriers to the trade in motor vehicles and their components between the Contracting Parties to the Revised 1958 Agreement and to ensure that such vehicles and components offer a high level of safety and protection.

(3)It is appropriate to establish the position to be adopted on the Union's behalf in the Administrative Committee of the Revised 1958 Agreement concerning the adoption of that draft UNECE Regulation,