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Council Directive 92/22/EEC of 31 March 1992 on safety glazing and glazing materials on motor vehicles and their trailers

Official Journal L 129 , 14/05/1992 P. 0011 - 0094

Finnish special edition: Chapter 13 Volume 22 P. 0052

Swedish special edition: Chapter 13 Volume 22 P. 0052

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 92/22/EEC of 31 March 1992 on safety glazing and glazing materials on motor vehicles and their trailers

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100a thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

In cooperation with the European Parliament (2),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),

Whereas measures should be adopted with the aim of progressively establishing the internal market over a period expiring on 31 December 1992; whereas the internal market comprises an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured;

Whereas the total-harmonization method will be essential in order fully to achieve the single market;

Whereas this method will have to be used at the time of the revision of the entire EEC type-approval procedure, taking account of the spirit of the Council resolution of 7 May 1985 concerning a new approach to the question of technical harmonization and standardization;

Whereas the requirements relating to safety glazing differ from one Member State to another; whereas it is consequently necessary for the same requirements to be adopted by all of the Member States, either in addition to or in place of the existing rules, in order, in particular, to permit implementation, for each type of vehicle, of the EEC type-approval procedure covered by 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 (4), as last amended by Directive 87/403/EEC (5);

Whereas any rules on safety glazing shall contain not only requirements relating to its structure but also to its fitting to vehicles;

Whereas by means of a harmonized procedure for the component type-approval of safety glazing, each Member State shall be able to confirm compliance with common requirements relating to manufacture and testing and to inform the other Member States of any such confirmation by forwarding a copy of the component type-approval certificate drawn up for each type of safety glazing; whereas the affixing of an EEC component type-approval mark to any type of safety glazing that conforme to the type that has been component type-approved means that the official testing of that type of glazing in other Member States is no longer justified;

Whereas the safety aspect of windscreens is especially important since, more than in the case of other types of glazing, they are likely to be subjected to violent impact either as a result of collisions or where there are external shocks and can thus be the cause of serious bodily injury; whereas, while aiming at the approximation of the laws of the Member States, the differences between which raise barriers to trade, the solution to be adopted must take account of the safety requirements of road traffic and the need to improve same,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

• 1. 

  Member States shall type-approve any type of safety glazing within the scope defined in Section 1 of Annex I that meets the structural and testing requirements.

• 2. 

  Member States shall grant whole-vehicle type approval to any vehicle that complies with the fitting requirements laid down in Annex III.

• 3. 

  The Member State which has granted EEC component type-approval shall take the necessary measures to verify, insofar as is necessary and if need be in cooperation with the competent authorities of the other Member States, that...

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