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Direction indicator lamps for motor vehicles with trailers

Outline of the Community (European Union) legislation about Direction indicator lamps for motor vehicles with trailers

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Internal market > Motor vehicles > Technical harmonisation for motor vehicles

Direction indicator lamps for motor vehicles with trailers (until 2014)

Document or Iniciative

Council Directive 76/759/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to direction indicator lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers [See amendingacts].

Summary

Each Member State must grant component EC type-approval for any type of direction indicator lamp which satisfies the construction and testing requirements laid down in the Annexes to the Directive, and issue an EC component type-approval mark conforming to the model shown in the Annex to the Directive for each type. The Member State which has granted EC component type-approval must take the measures required in order to verify that production models conform to the approved type.

According to the system of granting approval set out in the Directive, Member States may not:

prohibit the placing on the market of direction indicator lamps on grounds relating to their construction or method of functioning if they bear the EC component type-approval mark;
refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval of any vehicle on grounds relating to its direction indicator lamps if these bear the EC component type-approval mark and are fitted in accordance with the requirements laid down in Directive 76/756/EEC;
refuse or prohibit the sale, registration, entry into service or use of any vehicle on grounds relating to its direction indicator lamps if these bear the EC component type-approval mark and are fitted in accordance with the requirements laid down in Directive 76/756/EEC.

Nevertheless, a Member State may prohibit the placing on the market of direction indicator lamps bearing the EC component type-approval mark which consistently fail to conform to the approved type.

This Directive is repealed by Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 from 1 November 2014.

References

Act	Entry into force	Deadline for implementation in the Member States	Official Journal
Directive 76/759/EC	30.7.1976	1.7.1977	OJ L 262 of 27.9.1976

Amending act(s)	Entry into force	Deadline for transposition in the Member States	Official Journal
Directive 1999/15/EC	2.5.1999	1.10.1999	OJ L 97 of 12.4.1999

The successive amendments and corrections to Directive 76/759/EC have been incorporated into the original text. This consolidated version is for reference only.

Headlamps which function as main-beam and/or dipped-beam headlamps for motor vehicles

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Headlamps which function as main-beam and/or dipped-beam headlamps for motor vehicles

Outline of the Community (European Union) legislation about Headlamps which function as main-beam and/or dipped-beam headlamps for motor vehicles

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These categories group together and put in context the legislative and non-legislative initiatives which deal with the same topic.

Internal market > Motor vehicles > Technical harmonisation for motor vehicles

Headlamps which function as main-beam and/or dipped-beam headlamps for motor vehicles (until 2014)

Document or Iniciative

Council Directive 76/761/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to motor-vehicle headlamps which function as main-beam and/or dipped-beam headlamps and to incandescent electric filament lamps for such headlamps [See amending acts].

Summary

Each Member State must grant component type-approval for any type of headlamp which functions as a main-beam and/or dipped-beam headlamp, and any type of light source (incandescent and other lamps) for such headlamps which satisfy the construction and testing requirements laid down in the Annexes to the Directive. The Member State which has granted EC component type-approval must take the measures required in order to verify that production models conform to the approved type.

Member States must issue an EC component type-approval mark for each type of headlamp which functions as a main-beam and/or dipped-beam headlamp and for each type of light source for such headlamps.

According to the system of granting approval set out in the Directive, Member States may not:

prohibit the placing on the market of headlamps which function as main-beam and/or dipped-beam headlamps on grounds relating to their construction or method of functioning if they bear the EC component type-approval mark.
refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval or prohibit the sale, registration, entry into service or use of any vehicle on grounds relating to headlamps which function as main-beam and/or dipped-beam headlamps if these bear the EC component type-approval mark and are fitted in accordance with the requirements laid down in Directive 76/756/EEC.

This Directive is repealed by Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 from 1 November 2014.

References

Act	Entry into force	Deadline for implementation in the Member States	Official Journal
Directive 76/761/EEC	30.7.1976	1.7.1977	OJ L 262 of 27.9.1976

Amending act(s)	Entry into force	Deadline for transposition in the Member States	Official Journal
Directive 1999/17/EC	2.5.1999	1.10.1999	JO L 97 of 12.4.1999

The successive amendments and corrections to Directive 76/761/EEC have been incorporated into the original text. This consolidated version is for reference only.

Parking lamps on motor vehicles

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Parking lamps on motor vehicles

Outline of the Community (European Union) legislation about Parking lamps on motor vehicles

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Internal market > Motor vehicles > Technical harmonisation for motor vehicles

Parking lamps on motor vehicles (until 2014)

Document or Iniciative

Council Directive 77/540/EEC of 28 June 1977 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to parking lamps for motor vehicles [See amendingacts].

Summary

This Directive concerns any motor vehicle intended for use on the road, with or without bodywork, having at least four wheels and a maximum design speed exceeding 25 km/h, as well as its trailers.

Vehicles which run on rails, agricultural or forestry tractors and any mobile machinery.

Each Member State must grant component EC type-approval for any type of parking lamp which satisfies the construction and testing requirements laid down in the Annexes to the Directive, and issue an EC component type-approval mark for each type of parking lamp approved. The Member State which has granted EC component type-approval must take the measures required in order to verify that production models conform to the approved type.

According to the system of granting approval set out in the Directive, Member States may not:

prohibit the placing on the market of parking lamps on grounds relating to their construction or method of functioning if they bear the EC component type-approval mark.
refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval of any vehicle on grounds relating to parking lamps if these bear the EC component type-approval mark and are fitted in accordance with the requirements laid down in Directive 76/756/EEC.
refuse or prohibit the sale, registration, entry into service or use of any vehicle on grounds relating to parking lamps if these bear the EEC component type-approval mark and are fitted in accordance with the requirements laid down in Directive 76/756/EEC.

Nevertheless, a Member State may prohibit the placing on the market of parking lamps bearing the EC component type-approval mark that consistently fail to conform to the approved type.

This Directive is repealed by Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 from 1 November 2014.

References

Act	Entry into force	Deadline for implementation in the Member States	Official Journal
Directive 77/540/EEC	29.6.1977	29.6.1978	OJ L 220 of 29.8.1977

Amending Act(s)	Entry into force	Deadline for transposition in the Member States	Official Journal
Directive 1999/16/EC	2.5.1999	1.10.1999	OJ L 97 of 12.4.1999

The successive amendments and corrections to Directive 77/540/EEC have been integrated into the original text. This consolidated version is for reference only.

Front fog lamps on motor vehicles

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Front fog lamps on motor vehicles

Outline of the Community (European Union) legislation about Front fog lamps on motor vehicles

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Internal market > Motor vehicles > Technical harmonisation for motor vehicles

Front fog lamps on motor vehicles (until 2014)

Document or Iniciative

Council Directive 76/762/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to front fog lamps for motor vehicles and filament lamps for such lamps [See amending acts].

Summary

Each Member State must grant EC component type-approval for any type of front fog lamp which satisfies the construction and testing requirements laid down in the Annexes to the Directive. The Member State which has granted EC component type-approval must take the measures required in order to verify that production models conform to the approved type.

Member States must issue an EC component type-approval mark for each type of front fog lamp.

According to the system of granting approval set out in the Directive, Member States may not

prohibit the placing on the market of front fog lamps on grounds relating to their construction or method of functioning if they bear the EC component type-approval mark.
refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval or prohibit the sale, registration, entry into service or use of any vehicle on grounds relating to front fog lamps if these bear the EC component type-approval mark and are fitted in accordance with the requirements laid down in Directive 76/756/EEC.

This Directive is repealed by Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 from 1 November 2014.

References

Act	Entry into force	Deadline for implementation in the Member States	Official Journal
Directive 76/762/EEC	30.7.1976	1.7.1977	OJ L 262 of 27.9.1976

Amending act(s)	Entry into force	Deadline for transposition in the Member States	Official Journal
Directive 1999/18/EC	2.5.1999	1.10.1999	OJ L 97 of 12.4.1999

The successive amendments and corrections to Directive 76/762/EEC have been integrated into the original text. This consolidated version is for reference only.