| Author (Corporate) | Council of the European Union |
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| Series Title | Official Journal of the European Union |
| Series Details | L262, 19.10.2018 |
| Publication Date | 19/10/2018 |
| Content Type | Legislation |
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Summary: On 25 July 2018 the European Commission presented a proposal for a Council Decision on the application in the Union of UNECE Regulations on the type approval with regard to sound emissions of three-wheeled vehicles, mopeds and the replacement exhaust silencing systems for L-category vehicles. The Council of the European Union adopted a Decision on 15 October 2018. Further information: The European Union is a contracting party to the UNECE Agreement 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 (the Revised 1958 Agreement). The EU applies most of the UN Regulations adopted under this Agreement, with the exception of those which do not provide a level of protection similar or higher than EU legislation. This was the case, until now, of UN Regulations No 9 on noise of three-wheeled vehicles, No 63 on noise emissions of mopeds and No 92 on replacement exhaust silencing systems for L-category vehicles. However, those UN Regulations have recently been brought up to the same level of environmental protection as obtained through Union type-approval legislation, which now allows the Union to start applying those UN Regulations. The objective of the Regulations is to establish equivalent provisions for sound control of motorcycles and clarifications to the stationary noise measurement test of such vehicles. |
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| Source Link | https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2018.262.01.0055.01.ENG |
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| Subject Categories | Environment, Politics and International Relations |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
