Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the European Union within the relevant Committees of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe regarding the draft Regulations on Lane Departure Warning Systems and on Advanced Emergency Braking Systems

At international level, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) develops harmonised requirements, intended to remove technical barriers to the trade in motor vehicles between the Contracting Parties to the Revised 1958 Agreement and to ensure that such vehicles offer a high level of safety and environmental protection.

The UNECE recently finalised a draft Regulation on uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor vehicles with regard to Lane Departure Warning Systems (LDWS) and a draft Regulation on uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor vehicles with regard to Advanced Emergency Braking Systems (AEBS). The objective of these draft Regulations is to establish a high level of safety for motor vehicles fitted with LDWS and AEBS and uniform test procedures for the type-approval of such vehicles.

At EU level, Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 on the general safety of motor vehicles in its Article 10 and its implementing measures mandate the installation of LDWS and AEBS on certain motor vehicles of categories M2, N2, M3 and N3.

The present proposal aims at defining the Union position with regard to those two draft UNECE Regulations on LDWS and AEBS and consequently to provide for the Union, represented by the Commission, to vote in favour of these drafts. Hence, it will enable for the draft UNECE Regulations on LDWS and AEBS to be incorporated into the Union system for the type-approval of motor vehicles.

EUR-Lex: COM(2012)178: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2012:178:FIN

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