Commission Directive 2007/37/EC
of 21 June 2007
amending Annexes I and III to Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type approval of motor vehicles and their trailers
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Whereas:
Directive 2006/40/EC requires vehicles fitted with an air-conditioning system designed to contain fluorinated greenhouse gases with a global warming potential higher than 150 to be type-approved with regard to emissions from an air-conditioning system.
In order to ensure the coherence of the EC type-approval procedure, the new requirements introduced by this Directive should apply from the same date as the measures adopted pursuant to Directive 2006/40/EC and to Regulation (EC) No 706/2007.
Directive 70/156/EEC should be therefore amended accordingly.
The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Adaptation to Technical Progress,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Annexes I and III to Directive 70/156/EEC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2
1.
Member States shall adopt and publish, by 4 January 2008 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
They shall apply those provisions from 5 January 2008.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2.
Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 3
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 21 June 2007.
For the Commission
Günter Verheugen
Vice-President
ANNEX
Directive 70/156/EEC is amended as follows:
- 1.
in Annex I, the following points are inserted:
‘9.10.8.
Gas used as refrigerant in the air-conditioning system: …
9.10.8.1
The air-conditioning system is designed to contain fluorinated greenhouse gases with a global warming potential higher than 150: YES/NO (1)
9.10.8.2
If YES, fill in the following sections:
9.10.8.2.1
Drawing and brief description of the air-conditioning system, including the reference or part number and material of the leak components:
9.10.8.2.2
Leakage of the air-conditioning system:
9.10.8.2.3
In case of component testing: list of leak components including the corresponding reference or part number and material, with their respective yearly leakages and information about the test (e.g. test report no., approval no., etc.): …
9.10.8.2.4
In case of vehicle testing: reference or part number and material of the components of the system and information about the test (e.g. test report no., approval no., etc.): …
9.10.8.3
Overall leakage in g/year of the entire system: …’
- 2.
in Annex III, the following points are inserted:
‘9.10.8
Gas used as refrigerant in the air-conditioning system: …
9.10.8.1
The air-conditioning system is designed to contain fluorinated greenhouse gases with a global warming potential higher than 150: YES/NO (1)
If yes, overall leakage in g/year of the entire system: …’