The Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979 by prescribing —

(a) a new item 36B in Schedule 2, being a marking relating to the structural features of a motor vehicle, under ECE Regulation 36 as amended on 7th September 1986;

(b) a new item 36C, being a marking relating to the structural features of a motor vehicle, under ECE Regulation 36 as amended on 14th December 1992;

(c) a new item 44C, being a marking relating to child restraints, under ECE Regulation 44 as amended on 12th September 1995;

(d) a new item 51, being a marking relating to the noise emissions of a motor vehicle, under ECE Regulation 51 as amended on 27th April 1988;

(e) a new item 51A, being a marking relating to the noise emissions of a motor vehicle, under ECE Regulation 51 as amended on 18th April 1995;

(f) a new item 34 in Schedule 4, being a marking relating to material used in the construction of certain vehicles in category M3, under Directive 95/28/EC of the European Parliament and the Council;

(g) a new item 35, being a marking relating to devices to prevent the unauthorised use of motor vehicles, under Commission Directive 95/56/EC;

(h) a new item 36, being a marking relating to electrical/electronic sub-assemblies intended for use in vehicles, under Commission Directive 95/54/EC; and

(i) a new item 37, being a marking relating to replacement exhaust systems, under Commission Directive 96/20/EC.

Consequential amendments are made to Schedules 3 and 5.

Copies of the ECE Regulations and the Directives can be obtained from The Stationery Office. The details of the ECE Regulations and the Directives are as follows.

Principal Instrument	Relevant Amending Instrument
1.  Regulation 36 dated 12th November 1975 and annexed to the Agreement concerning the adoption of uniform conditions for motor vehicle equipment and parts and reciprocal recognition thereof concluded at Geneva on 2nd March 1958 (Cmnd 2535) as amended (Cmnd 3562) to which the United Kingdom is a party by an instrument of accession dated 14th January 1963 deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations on 15th January 1963.	Amended on 8th February 1982, 7th September 1986 and 14th December 1992, and revised on 23rd September 1993.
2.  Regulation 44 dated 22nd January 1981 and annexed to the agreement amended as stated above.	Amended on 17th November 1982, corrected on 26th January 1984, amended on 4th April 1986, 8th November 1987, 28th February 1989 and 29th November 1990, corrected on 11th September 1992; and amended on 12th September 1995.
3.  Regulation 51 dated 15th July 1982 and annexed to the agreement amended as stated above.	Amended on 21st October 1984 and 27th April 1988,, corrected on 20th June 1988; and amended on 12th September 1991,, 18th April 1995 and 5th May 1996.
4.  Directive 95/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24th October 1995 (O.J.L281, 23.11.95, p.1).
5.  Council Directive 74/61/EEC of 17th December 1973 (O.J. L38, 11.2.74, p.22).	Commission Directive 95/56/EC of 8th November 1995 (O.J. L286, 29.11.95, p.1).
6.  Council Directive 72/245/EEC of 20th June 1972 (O.J. L152, 6.7.72, p.15).	Commission Directive 89/491/EEC of 17th July 1989 (O.J. L238, 15.8.89, p.43) and Commission Directive 95/54/EC of 31st October 1995 (O.J. L266, 8.11.95, p.1).
7.  Council Directive 70/157/EEC of 6th February 1970 (O.J. L42, 23.2.70, p.16).	Council Directive 92/97/EEC of 10th November 1992 (O.J. L371, 19.12.92, p.1) and Commission Directive 96/20/EC of 27th March 1996 (O.J. L92, 13.4.96, p.23).